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| To amend sections 101.27 and 141.011 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code to reduce salaries of General Assembly | 2 |
| members, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and | 3 |
| administrative department heads by five per cent. | 4 |
| Section 1. That sections 101.27 and 141.011 of the Revised | 5 |
| Code be amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 101.27. (A)(1) Every member of the senate, except the | 7 |
| members elected president, president pro tempore, assistant | 8 |
| president pro tempore, majority whip, minority leader, assistant | 9 |
| minority leader, minority whip, and assistant minority whip, shall | 10 |
| receive as compensation a salary of fifty-one thousand six hundred | 11 |
| seventy-four dollars a year during the senator's term of office. | 12 |
| Every member of the house of representatives, except the members | 13 |
| elected speaker, speaker pro tempore, majority floor leader, | 14 |
| assistant majority floor leader, majority whip, assistant majority | 15 |
| whip, minority leader, assistant minority leader, minority whip, | 16 |
| and assistant minority whip, shall receive as compensation a | 17 |
| salary of fifty-one thousand six hundred seventy-four dollars a | 18 |
| year during the representative's term of office. Such salaries | 19 |
| shall be paid in equal monthly installments during such term. All | 20 |
| monthly payments shall be made on or before the fifth day of each | 21 |
| month. Upon the death of any member of the general assembly | 22 |
| during the member's term of office, any unpaid salary due such | 23 |
| member for the remainder of the member's term shall be paid to the | 24 |
| member's surviving spouse, children, mother, or father, in the | 25 |
| order in which the relationship is set forth in this section in | 26 |
| monthly installments. | 27 |
| (2) Each member shall receive a travel reimbursement per mile | 28 |
| each way, at the same mileage rate allowed for the reimbursement | 29 |
| of travel expenses of state agents as provided by rule of the | 30 |
| director of budget and management pursuant to division (B) of | 31 |
| section 126.31 of the Revised Code, for mileage not more than once | 32 |
| a week during the session for travel incurred by a member from and | 33 |
| to the member's place of residence, by the most direct highway | 34 |
| route of public travel to and from the seat of government, to be | 35 |
| paid quarterly on the last day of March, June, September, and | 36 |
| December of each year. | 37 |
| (3) The member of the senate elected president and the member | 38 |
| of the house of representatives elected speaker shall each receive | 39 |
| as compensation a salary of eighty thousand five hundred | 40 |
| forty-nine dollars a year during the president's or speaker's term | 41 |
| of office. | 42 |
| The member of the senate elected president pro tempore, the | 43 |
| member of the senate elected minority leader, the member of the | 44 |
| house of representatives elected speaker pro tempore, and the | 45 |
| member of the house of representatives elected minority leader | 46 |
| shall each receive as compensation a salary of seventy-three | 47 |
| thousand four hundred ninety-three dollars a year during the | 48 |
| member's term of office. The member of the house of | 49 |
| representatives elected majority floor leader and the member of | 50 |
| the senate elected assistant president pro tempore shall each | 51 |
| receive as compensation a salary of sixty-nine thousand two | 52 |
| hundred twenty-seven dollars a year during the member's term of | 53 |
| office. The member of the senate elected assistant minority leader | 54 |
| and the member of the house of representatives elected assistant | 55 |
| minority leader shall each receive as compensation a salary of | 56 |
| sixty-seven thousand ninety-nine dollars a year during the | 57 |
| member's term of office. The member of the senate elected majority | 58 |
| whip and the member of the house of representatives elected | 59 |
| assistant majority floor leader shall each receive a salary of | 60 |
| sixty-four thousand nine hundred sixty-seven dollars a year during | 61 |
| the member's term of office. The member of the senate elected | 62 |
| minority whip, the member of the house of representatives elected | 63 |
| majority whip, and the member of the house of representatives | 64 |
| elected minority whip shall each receive as compensation a salary | 65 |
| of sixty thousand seven hundred six dollars a year during the | 66 |
| member's term of office. The member of the house of | 67 |
| representatives elected assistant majority whip shall receive as | 68 |
| compensation a salary of fifty-six thousand four hundred | 69 |
| forty-three dollars a year during the member's term of office. The | 70 |
| member of the house of representatives elected assistant minority | 71 |
| whip and the member of the senate elected assistant minority whip | 72 |
| shall each receive a salary of fifty-four thousand sixty dollars a | 73 |
| year during the member's term of office. | 74 |
| (4) The chairperson of the finance committee of each house | 75 |
| shall receive an additional sum of ten thousand dollars annually. | 76 |
| The chairperson of each standing committee of each house other | 77 |
| than the finance committee shall receive an additional sum of six | 78 |
| thousand five hundred dollars annually. The chairperson of each | 79 |
| standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall receive an | 80 |
| additional sum of six thousand five hundred dollars annually. The | 81 |
| vice-chairperson of the finance committee of each house shall | 82 |
| receive an additional sum of five thousand five hundred dollars | 83 |
| annually. The ranking minority member of the finance committee of | 84 |
| each house shall receive an additional sum of six thousand five | 85 |
| hundred dollars annually. The ranking minority member of each | 86 |
| standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall receive an | 87 |
| additional sum of five thousand dollars annually. The chairperson | 88 |
| of each standing subcommittee of each house other than a standing | 89 |
| subcommittee of the finance committee shall receive an additional | 90 |
| sum of five thousand dollars annually. The vice-chairperson and | 91 |
| ranking minority member of each standing committee of each house | 92 |
| other than the finance committee shall each receive an additional | 93 |
| sum of five thousand dollars annually. Except for the ranking | 94 |
| minority member of each standing subcommittee of a finance | 95 |
| committee, the ranking minority member of each standing | 96 |
| subcommittee of each house shall receive an additional sum of two | 97 |
| thousand five hundred dollars annually. | 98 |
| No member may receive more than one additional sum for | 99 |
| serving as chairperson, vice-chairperson, or ranking minority | 100 |
| member of a standing committee or standing subcommittee, | 101 |
| regardless of the number of standing committees or standing | 102 |
| subcommittees on which the member serves as chairperson, | 103 |
| vice-chairperson, or ranking minority member. | 104 |
| (5) If a member is absent without leave, or is not excused on | 105 |
| the member's return, there shall be deducted from the member's | 106 |
| compensation twenty dollars for each day's absence. | 107 |
| (B) Each calendar year from 2002 through 2008, the salary | 108 |
| amounts under divisions (A)(1) and (3) of this section shall be | 109 |
| increased by the lesser of the following: | 110 |
| (1) Three per cent; | 111 |
| (2) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price | 112 |
| index over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day | 113 |
| of September of the immediately preceding year, rounded to the | 114 |
| nearest one-tenth of one per cent. | 115 |
| (C) The salary amounts specified in divisions (A)(1) and (3) | 116 |
| of this section as they have been increased under division (B) of | 117 |
| this section and the additional sums specified in division (A)(4) | 118 |
| of this section shall be reduced by five per cent. The changes to | 119 |
| salary and additional sums made in this division apply only to | 120 |
| members whose terms commence on or after January 1, 2011. | 121 |
| (D) As used in this section: | 122 |
| (1) "Consumer price index" means the consumer price index | 123 |
| prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S. | 124 |
| city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers: all | 125 |
| items, 1982-1984=100), or, if that index is no longer published, a | 126 |
| generally available comparable index. | 127 |
| (2) "Finance committee" means the finance committee of the | 128 |
| senate and the finance-appropriations committee of the house of | 129 |
| representatives. | 130 |
| Sec. 141.011. Beginning in calendar year 2001, the annual | 131 |
| salaries of the elective officers of the state shall be as follows | 132 |
| rather than as prescribed by divisions (A) to (F) of section | 133 |
| 141.01 of the Revised Code: | 134 |
| (A)(1) In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the | 135 |
| governor shall be one hundred twenty-six thousand four hundred | 136 |
| ninety-seven dollars. | 137 |
| (2) In calendar years 2002 through 2006 the annual salary of | 138 |
| the governor shall be one hundred thirty thousand two hundred | 139 |
| ninety-two dollars. | 140 |
| (3) In calendar year 2007 the annual salary of the governor | 141 |
| shall be the annual salary in 2006 increased by each of the | 142 |
| following percentages in succession: | 143 |
| (a) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 144 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001, to | 145 |
| September 30, 2002, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 146 |
| cent; | 147 |
| (b) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 148 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2002, to | 149 |
| September 30, 2003, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 150 |
| cent; | 151 |
| (c) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 152 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2003, to | 153 |
| September 30, 2004, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 154 |
| cent; | 155 |
| (d) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 156 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2004, to | 157 |
| September 30, 2005, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 158 |
| cent; | 159 |
| (e) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 160 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2005, to | 161 |
| September 30, 2006, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 162 |
| cent. | 163 |
| (4) | 164 |
| calendar year 2008 and thereafter, the annual salary of the | 165 |
| governor shall be the annual salary in 2007 increased by the | 166 |
| lesser of the following: | 167 |
| (a) Three per cent; | 168 |
| (b) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price | 169 |
| index from October 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007, rounded to the | 170 |
| nearest one-tenth of one per cent. | 171 |
| (5) With respect to terms commencing on or after January 1, | 172 |
| 2011, the annual salary of the governor shall be the salary amount | 173 |
| specified in division (A)(4) of this section reduced by five per | 174 |
| cent. | 175 |
| (B)(1) In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the | 176 |
| lieutenant governor shall be sixty-six thousand three hundred six | 177 |
| dollars. | 178 |
| (2) In calendar years 2002 through 2006 the annual salary of | 179 |
| the lieutenant governor shall be sixty-eight thousand two hundred | 180 |
| ninety-five dollars. | 181 |
| (3) In calendar year 2007 the annual salary of the lieutenant | 182 |
| governor shall be the annual salary in 2006 increased by each of | 183 |
| the following percentages in succession: | 184 |
| (a) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 185 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001, to | 186 |
| September 30, 2002, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 187 |
| cent; | 188 |
| (b) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 189 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2002, to | 190 |
| September 30, 2003, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 191 |
| cent; | 192 |
| (c) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 193 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2003, to | 194 |
| September 30, 2004, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 195 |
| cent; | 196 |
| (d) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 197 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2004, to | 198 |
| September 30, 2005, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 199 |
| cent; | 200 |
| (e) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase, | 201 |
| if any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2005, to | 202 |
| September 30, 2006, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one per | 203 |
| cent. | 204 |
| (4) | 205 |
| calendar year 2008 and thereafter, the annual salary of the | 206 |
| lieutenant governor shall be the annual salary in 2007 increased | 207 |
| by the lesser of the following: | 208 |
| (a) Three per cent; | 209 |
| (b) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price | 210 |
| index from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, rounded to the | 211 |
| nearest one-tenth of one per cent. | 212 |
| (5) With respect to terms commencing on or after January 1, | 213 |
| 2011, the annual salary of the lieutenant governor shall be the | 214 |
| salary amount specified in division (B)(4) of this section reduced | 215 |
| by five per cent. | 216 |
| (6) If the governor appoints the lieutenant governor as an | 217 |
| administrative department head, the lieutenant governor may accept | 218 |
| the salary for that office while serving as its head in lieu of | 219 |
| the salary for the office of lieutenant governor. | 220 |
| (C)(1) In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the | 221 |
| secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and | 222 |
| attorney general shall be ninety-three thousand four hundred | 223 |
| forty-seven dollars. | 224 |
| (2) In calendar year 2002 the annual salary of the secretary | 225 |
| of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and attorney | 226 |
| general shall be ninety-six thousand two hundred fifty dollars. | 227 |
| (3) In each calendar year from 2003 through 2008, the annual | 228 |
| salary of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of | 229 |
| state, and attorney general shall be increased by the lesser of | 230 |
| the following: | 231 |
| (a) Three per cent; | 232 |
| (b) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price | 233 |
| index over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day | 234 |
| of September of the immediately preceding year, rounded to the | 235 |
| nearest one-tenth of one per cent. | 236 |
| (D) Upon the death of an elected executive officer of the | 237 |
| state listed in divisions (A) to (F) of section 141.01 of the | 238 |
| Revised Code during that person's term of office, an amount shall | 239 |
| be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or | 240 |
| to that person's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the | 241 |
| salary that the officer would have received during the remainder | 242 |
| of the officer's unexpired term or an amount equal to the salary | 243 |
| of that person's office for two years, whichever is less. | 244 |
| (E) As used in this section, "consumer price index" has the | 245 |
| same meaning as in section 101.27 of the Revised Code. | 246 |
| Section 2. That existing sections 101.27 and 141.011 of the | 247 |
| Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 248 |
| Section 3. In calendar year 2010, the annual salary of the | 249 |
| administrative department heads listed in section 121.03 of the | 250 |
| Revised Code, the Adjutant General, the Chancellor of the Ohio | 251 |
| Board of Regents, and the Director of the State Lottery Commission | 252 |
| shall be the annual salary those persons were receiving as of July | 253 |
| 1, 2009, reduced by five per cent. | 254 |