Except for legislative days which, by Senate or House action, are designated for consideration only of local and uncontested matters, members of the General Assembly must be paid subsistence expenses as may be provided for by law for each legislative day. Provided, such subsistence allowance must be paid for each calendar day occurring within the same legislative day to members of that body in session on each calendar day.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 30-52.1; 1958 (50) 1721; 1962 (52) 1741; 1966 (54) 2424; 1969 (56) 444; 1977 Act No. 219, Part II, Section 6; 1980 Act No. 517, Part II, Section 24; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 84, eff January 31, 2019.
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 1, Section 84, in the first sentence, substituted "must be paid subsistence expenses as may be provided for by law" for ", including the Lieutenant Governor, shall be paid fifty ($50.00) dollars subsistence expenses", and in the second sentence, substituted "must be paid" for "shall be paid".
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