5-1-43 - Remuneration of lieutenant governor and speaker of the house.
§ 5-1-43. Remuneration of lieutenant governor and speaker of the house.
(1) The salary of the Lieutenant Governor and of the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) annually, and they shall receive for attending each extraordinary or called session the same compensation and mileage as is provided for members of the Legislature. However, in the event the Lieutenant Governor serving on the effective date of Laws, 1997, chapter 577, shall be re-elected for the term beginning in the year 2000, he shall continue to receive an annual salary of Forty Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($40,800.00).
(2) On the first day of each month, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive in twelve (12) equal monthly installments the compensation provided for pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
Sources: Codes, 1930, § 5349; 1942, § 3346; Laws, 1928, ch. 297; Laws, 1946, ch. 198; Laws, 1950, ch. 456; Laws, 1956, ch. 357, § 1; Laws, 1960, ch. 328; Laws, 1966, ch. 436, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 531, § 2; Laws, 1980, ch. 301; Laws, 1988, ch. 579, § 1; Laws, 1997, ch. 577, § 7, eff from and after January 1, 1998.