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S. B. No. 209 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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A BILL
To amend sections 101.27 and 141.011 of
the Revised
Code to reduce
salaries of
General
Assembly
members, the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and
administrative department heads by five per
cent.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 101.27 and 141.011 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.
(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) The salary amounts specified in divisions (A)(1) and (3)
of this section as they have been increased under division (B) of
this section and the additional sums specified in division (A)(4)
of this section shall be reduced by five per cent. The changes to
salary and additional sums made in this division apply only to
members whose terms commence on or after January 1, 2011.
(D) 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.
Sec. 141.011. Beginning in calendar year
2001, the annual
salaries of the elective officers of the state shall be as
follows
rather than as prescribed by divisions (A) to (F) of
section
141.01 of the Revised Code:
(A)(1) In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the
governor shall be
one hundred twenty-six thousand four hundred
ninety-seven dollars.
(2) In calendar years 2002 through 2006 the annual salary
of
the governor
shall be one hundred thirty
thousand two hundred
ninety-two dollars.
(3) In calendar year 2007 the annual salary of the governor
shall
be
the annual salary in 2006 increased by each of the
following percentages
in succession:
(a) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage
increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001, to
September 30, 2002, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(b) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage
increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2002, to
September 30, 2003, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(c) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2003, to
September 30, 2004, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(d) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2004, to
September 30, 2005, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(e) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2005, to
September 30, 2006, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent.
(4) In Subject to division (A)(5) of this section, in
calendar year 2008 and thereafter, the annual salary
of
the
governor shall be the annual salary in 2007 increased by
the
lesser
of the following:
(b) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price
index
from October 1, 2006, to September 30, 2007, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(5) With respect to terms commencing on or after January 1,
2011, the annual salary of the governor shall be the salary amount
specified in division (A)(4) of this section reduced by five per
cent.
(B)(1) In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the
lieutenant
governor
shall be sixty-six thousand three
hundred six
dollars.
(2) In calendar years 2002 through 2006 the annual salary
of
the
lieutenant governor shall be
sixty-eight thousand two
hundred
ninety-five dollars.
(3) In calendar
year 2007 the annual salary of the lieutenant
governor
shall be the annual salary in 2006 increased by each of
the following
percentages in succession:
(a) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2001, to
September 30, 2002, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(b) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage
increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2002, to
September 30, 2003, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(c) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage
increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2003, to
September 30, 2004, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent;
(d) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage
increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1,
2004, to
September 30, 2005, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of
one per
cent;
(e) The lesser of three per cent or the percentage increase,
if
any, in the consumer price index from October 1, 2005, to
September 30, 2006, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per
cent.
(4) In Subject to division (B)(5) of this section, in
calendar year 2008 and thereafter, the annual salary
of
the
lieutenant governor shall be the annual salary in 2007
increased
by the lesser of the following:
(b) The percentage increase, if any, in the consumer price
index
from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007, rounded to the
nearest one-tenth of one per cent.
(5) With respect to terms commencing on or after January 1,
2011, the annual salary of the lieutenant governor shall be the
salary amount specified in division (B)(4) of this section reduced
by five per cent.
(6) If the governor appoints the lieutenant governor as an
administrative
department head, the lieutenant governor
may accept
the salary for that
office while serving as its head in lieu of
the salary for
the
office of lieutenant governor.
(C)(1) In calendar year 2001 the annual salary of the
secretary of
state,
auditor of state, treasurer of state, and
attorney general shall be ninety-three thousand four hundred
forty-seven
dollars.
(2) In calendar year 2002 the
annual
salary of the
secretary
of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, and
attorney
general
shall be ninety-six thousand two
hundred fifty
dollars.
(3) In each calendar year from 2003 through 2008, the annual
salary of the secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of
state, and attorney general shall be increased by
the lesser of
the following:
(b) 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.
(D) Upon the death of an elected executive officer of the
state listed in divisions (A) to (F) of section 141.01 of the
Revised Code during that person's term of office, an amount shall
be paid in accordance with section 2113.04 of the Revised Code, or
to that
person's estate. The amount shall equal the amount of the
salary that the
officer would have received during the remainder
of the officer's unexpired
term or an amount equal to the salary
of that person's office for two years,
whichever is less.
(E) As used in this section, "consumer price index" has the
same
meaning as in section 101.27 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing sections 101.27 and 141.011 of the
Revised Code
are hereby repealed.
Section 3. In calendar year 2010, the
annual salary of the
administrative department heads listed in
section 121.03 of the
Revised Code, the Adjutant General, the Chancellor of the Ohio
Board of Regents, and the Director of the State Lottery Commission
shall be the annual salary those persons were receiving as of July
1, 2009, reduced by five per cent.
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