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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
Senate: APPROP DP 10-0-0-0 | 3rd Read 22-5-3-0
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SCR1003: compensation; elective state officers; inflation
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Caucus & COW
Overview
Subject to voter approval, adjusts on January 1 of each year state legislators' most recently approved salary for inflation relative to the calendar year in which the salary was approved.
History
The Arizona Constitution outlines term limits for members of the state legislature. Legislators' terms are two years each with a term limit of four consecutive terms for both chambers. Legislators may not serve in the same office after serving the maximum number of terms until they have been out of office for no less than one full term (Arizona Constitution, Art. IV Pt. 2 § 21).
The Arizona Constitution establishes the Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers (Commission). The 5-member Commission must report to the Governor their recommendation for the rates of pay for elected state officers. The Commission's recommendation for the salaries of state legislators must be certified by the Secretary of State and be submitted to the voters at the next general election. If approved by the voters, the new salary for legislative members will become effective at the beginning of the next regular session (Arizona Constitution, Art. V § 12)
The current salary for state legislators was set at $24,000 in 1998 with the passage of Proposition 302 (SOS). Statute determines additional travel and subsistence reimbursement, or per diem, payments for legislative members (A.R.S. § 41-1104).
Provisions
1. Makes the salary of a legislator the amount most recently approved by voters with adjustments made for inflation or deflation on January 1 each year relative to the calendar year in which the salary was approved by voters.
2. Specifies that the inflation or deflation rates will be determined according to the Consumer Price Index, or its successor index, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor agency.
3. Requires the adjusted annual salary under the Resolution to take effect on the second Monday of January each year.
4. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the proposition to the voters at the next general election.
5. Becomes effective if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor.
6. Makes technical and conforming changes.
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