§ 1051 - Speaker of the house; president pro tempore - Vermont Statutes

§ 1051. Speaker of the house; president pro tempore

(a) The speaker of the house and the president pro tempore of the senate shall receive annual compensation of $10,080.00 for the 2005 biennial session and thereafter to be paid in biweekly payments; provided that, beginning on January 1, 2007, the annual compensation shall be adjusted annually thereafter by the cost of living adjustment negotiated for state employees under the most recent collective bargaining agreement. In addition to the annual compensation, the speaker and president pro tempore shall receive:

(1) $652.00 a week for the 2005 biennial session and thereafter, to be paid in biweekly payments during the regular and adjourned sessions of the general assembly; provided that, beginning on January 1, 2007, the weekly compensation shall be adjusted annually thereafter by the cost of living adjustment negotiated for state employees under the most recent collective bargaining agreement;

(2) $130.00 a day during a special session of the general assembly which is called at any time following the 2005 biennial session; provided that, beginning on January 1, 2007, the daily compensation shall be adjusted annually thereafter by the cost of living adjustment negotiated for state employees under the most recent collective bargaining agreement; and

(3) meals and rooms expenses as provided to members of the general assembly under subsection 1052(b) of this title during the biennial, adjourned, and special sessions of the general assembly and in addition such other actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in duties imposed by law.

(b) If the speaker of the house succeeds to the governorship he or she shall receive the salary and allowances of the governor.

(c) [Deleted.] (Amended 1963, No. 31, § 1, eff. April 3, 1963; 1966, No. 53 (Sp. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 5, 1966; 1971, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), eff. Jan. 1, 1973; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. April 16, 1974; 1979, No. 59, § 27, eff. July 1, 1979; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1983, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 1985, No. 93, § 11; 1987, No. 121, § 15; 1989, No. 67, § 11; 1993, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 103, eff. April 15, 1994; 1997, No. 28, § 1a; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; 2005, No. 66, § 1a.)