59-501. SALARIES OF STATE ELECTIVE OFFICERS — REGULAR PAYMENT — TRAVELING EXPENSES — FEES PROPERTY OF STATE. (1) Commencing on the first Monday in January 2018, until the first Monday in January 2019, the governor shall receive for his services compensation of $126,302 per annum; and each officer named in this subsection shall receive the following compensation for their services:

Lieutenant governor, thirty-five percent (35%) of the governor’s compensation as provided for in this subsection, per annum;

Secretary of state, eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation as provided for in this subsection, per annum;

State controller, eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation as provided for in this subsection, per annum; said compensation to be audited by the legislative council;

State treasurer, eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation as provided for in this subsection, per annum; and

State superintendent of public instruction, eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation as provided for in this subsection, per annum.

(2) Until the first Monday of January 2019, the attorney general’s salary shall match that of a district judge as provided in section 59-502, Idaho Code.

(3) The elected officers named in this subsection shall receive the following compensation for their services:

(a) Commencing on the first Monday in January 2019 until the first Monday in January 2023, the governor shall receive compensation of $138,302 per annum;

(b) The lieutenant governor shall receive thirty-five percent (35%) of the governor’s compensation per annum, as provided in this subsection;

(c) The secretary of state, state treasurer and state superintendent of public instruction shall each receive eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation per annum, as provided in this subsection;

(d) Commencing on the first Monday in January 2019 until the first Monday in January 2023, the attorney general shall receive compensation of $134,000 per annum. Thereafter, the attorney general shall receive ninety percent (90%) of the governor’s compensation per annum; and

(e) The state controller shall receive eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation per annum, as provided in this subsection; said compensation to be audited by the legislative council.

(4) Such compensation shall be paid on regular pay periods as due out of the state treasury and shall be in full for all services by said officers respectively rendered in any official capacity or employment whatever during their respective terms of office; but no increase in the rate of compensation shall be made during the terms of such officers; provided however, that the actual and necessary expenses of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state controller, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction, while traveling within the state or between points within the state in the performance of official duties, shall be allowed and paid by the state; not, however, exceeding such sum as shall be appropriated for such purpose.

(5) Actual and necessary subsistence expenses of the governor while traveling in connection with the performance of official duties are hereby expressly exempted from the provisions of sections 67-2007 and 67-2008, Idaho Code. (Standard Travel Pay and Allowance Act of 1949).

(6) No officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance of any official duty, any fee for his own use, but all fees fixed by law for the performance of any official duty shall be collected in advance and deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the state.

History:

[(59-501) 1907, ch. 465, sec. 1; compiled and reen. R.C., sec. 274; compiled and reen. C.L., sec. 274; C.S., sec. 405; am. 1927, ch. 117, sec. 1, p. 117; am. 1927, ch. 249, sec. 1, p. 412; am. 1929, ch. 30, sec. 1, p. 32; I.C.A., sec. 57-501; am. 1933, ch. 180, sec. 1, p. 334; am. 1941, ch. 70, sec. 1, p. 134; am. 1945, ch. 131, sec. 1, p. 199; am. 1949, ch. 241, sec. 1, p. 490; am. 1953, ch. 216, sec. 1, p. 330; am. 1955, ch. 69, sec. 1, p. 135; am. 1957, ch. 316, sec. 1, p. 674; am. 1961, ch. 326, sec. 1, p. 618; am. 1965, ch. 244, sec. 1, p. 596; am. 1970, ch. 263, sec. 1, p. 698; am. 1974, ch. 250, sec. 1, p. 1644; am. 1977, ch. 178, sec. 2, p. 460, am. 1978, ch. 101, sec. 1, p. 202; am. 1979, ch. 28, sec. 1, p. 44; am. 1982, ch. 303, sec. 1, p. 764; am. 1986, ch. 272, sec. 1, p. 695; am. 1989, ch. 251, sec. 1, 600; am. 1993, ch. 327, sec. 27, p. 1219; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 128, p. 505; am. 1994, ch. 435, sec. 1, p. 1399; am. 1998, ch. 399, sec. 1, p. 1248; am. 2002, ch. 340, sec. 1, p. 957; am. 2006, ch. 431, sec. 1, p. 1318; am. 2010, ch. 264, sec. 1, p. 666; am. 2014, ch. 356, sec. 1, p. 883; am. 2018, ch. 269, sec. 1, p. 643.]