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H. B. No. 394 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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A BILL
To amend section 101.27 of the Revised Code to
require that a member of the General Assembly in
fact travel to or from the member's residence and
to or from the seat of government to receive a
travel reimbursement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 101.27 of the Revised Code be amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 101.27. (A)(1) Every member of the senate, except the
members elected president, president pro tempore, assistant
president pro tempore, majority whip, minority leader, assistant
minority leader, minority whip, and assistant minority whip, shall
receive as compensation a salary of fifty-one thousand six hundred
seventy-four dollars a year during the senator's term of office.
Every member of the house of representatives, except the members
elected speaker, speaker pro tempore, majority floor leader,
assistant majority floor leader, majority whip, assistant majority
whip, minority leader, assistant minority leader, minority whip,
and assistant minority whip, shall receive as compensation a
salary of fifty-one thousand six hundred seventy-four dollars a
year during the representative's term of office. Such salaries
shall be paid in equal monthly installments during such term. All
monthly payments shall be made on or before the fifth day of each
month. Upon the death of any member of the general assembly during
the member's term of office, any unpaid salary due such member for
the remainder of the member's term shall be paid to the member's
surviving spouse, children, mother, or father, in the order in
which the relationship is set forth in this section in monthly
installments.
(2) Each member shall receive a travel reimbursement per mile
each way, at the same mileage rate allowed for the reimbursement
of travel expenses of state agents as provided by rule of the
director of budget and management pursuant to division (B) of
section 126.31 of the Revised Code, for mileage not more than once
a week during the session for travel incurred by a member from and
to the member's place of residence, by the most direct highway
route of public travel to and from the seat of government, to be
paid quarterly on the last day of March, June, September, and
December of each year. A member is not entitled to receive a
travel reimbursement per mile each way under this division unless
the member in fact travels from or to the member's place of
residence and to or from the seat of government.
(3) The member of the senate elected president and the member
of the house of representatives elected speaker shall each receive
as compensation a salary of eighty thousand five hundred
forty-nine dollars a year during the president's or speaker's term
of office.
The member of the senate elected president pro tempore, the
member of the senate elected minority leader, the member of the
house of representatives elected speaker pro tempore, and the
member of the house of representatives elected minority leader
shall each receive as compensation a salary of seventy-three
thousand four hundred ninety-three dollars a year during the
member's term of office. The member of the house of
representatives elected majority floor leader and the member of
the senate elected assistant president pro tempore shall each
receive as compensation a salary of sixty-nine thousand two
hundred twenty-seven dollars a year during the member's term of
office. The member of the senate elected assistant minority leader
and the member of the house of representatives elected assistant
minority leader shall each receive as compensation a salary of
sixty-seven thousand ninety-nine dollars a year during the
member's term of office. The member of the senate elected majority
whip and the member of the house of representatives elected
assistant majority floor leader shall each receive a salary of
sixty-four thousand nine hundred sixty-seven dollars a year during
the member's term of office. The member of the senate elected
minority whip, the member of the house of representatives elected
majority whip, and the member of the house of representatives
elected minority whip shall each receive as compensation a salary
of sixty thousand seven hundred six dollars a year during the
member's term of office. The member of the house of
representatives elected assistant majority whip shall receive as
compensation a salary of fifty-six thousand four hundred
forty-three dollars a year during the member's term of office. The
member of the house of representatives elected assistant minority
whip and the member of the senate elected assistant minority whip
shall each receive a salary of fifty-four thousand sixty dollars a
year during the member's term of office.
(4) The chairperson of the finance committee of each house
shall receive an additional sum of ten thousand dollars annually.
The chairperson of each standing committee of each house other
than the finance committee shall receive an additional sum of six
thousand five hundred dollars annually. The chairperson of each
standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall receive an
additional sum of six thousand five hundred dollars annually. The
vice-chairperson of the finance committee of each house shall
receive an additional sum of five thousand five hundred dollars
annually. The ranking minority member of the finance committee of
each house shall receive an additional sum of six thousand five
hundred dollars annually. The ranking minority member of each
standing subcommittee of a finance committee shall receive an
additional sum of five thousand dollars annually. The chairperson
of each standing subcommittee of each house other than a standing
subcommittee of the finance committee shall receive an additional
sum of five thousand dollars annually. The vice-chairperson and
ranking minority member of each standing committee of each house
other than the finance committee shall each receive an additional
sum of five thousand dollars annually. Except for the ranking
minority member of each standing subcommittee of a finance
committee, the ranking minority member of each standing
subcommittee of each house shall receive an additional sum of two
thousand five hundred dollars annually.
No member may receive more than one additional sum for
serving as chairperson, vice-chairperson, or ranking minority
member of a standing committee or standing subcommittee,
regardless of the number of standing committees or standing
subcommittees on which the member serves as chairperson,
vice-chairperson, or ranking minority member.
(5) If a member is absent without leave, or is not excused on
the member's return, there shall be deducted from the member's
compensation twenty dollars for each day's absence.
(B) Each calendar year from 2002 through 2008, the salary
amounts under divisions (A)(1) and (3) of this section shall be
increased by the lesser of the following:
(2) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price
index over the twelve-month period that ends on the thirtieth day
of September of the immediately preceding year, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Consumer price index" means the consumer price index
prepared by the United States bureau of labor statistics (U.S.
city average for urban wage earners and clerical workers: all
items, 1982-1984=100), or, if that index is no longer published, a
generally available comparable index.
(2) "Finance committee" means the finance committee of the
senate and the finance-appropriations committee of the house of
representatives.
Section 2. That existing section 101.27 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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