House Bill No. 5714
House Bill No. 5714
PUBLIC ACT NO. 98-227
AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF ELECTED
STATE OFFICIALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 3-2 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
The Governor shall receive an annual salary of
seventy-eight thousand dollars and the Lieutenant
Governor shall receive an annual salary of
[fifty-five thousand] SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED dollars. The Governor shall devote full
time to the duties of the office.
Sec. 2. Section 3-2a of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
(a) Any person who has served as Governor of
this state, having been elected to said office or
having exercised the powers and authority of said
office on the death or resignation of the
Governor, and who has attained the age of
fifty-five, shall receive an annual pension equal
to five thousand dollars for each year or fraction
thereof he so served, payable in equal monthly
instalments for the remainder of his life,
provided no such pension shall be payable for any
period during which such person serves as, or
exercises the powers and authority of, Governor or
any other salaried office in the state government.
The state shall provide compensation to the
surviving spouse of any Governor or former
Governor at the rate of one-half the pension to
which he was entitled under the provisions of this
section or would have been entitled had he
survived to the age of fifty-five, payable monthly
in equal instalments for the remainder of such
surviving spouse's life. If any former Governor or
surviving spouse of a former Governor is eligible
for a pension under any other provision of state
law, the amount of such pension shall be deducted
from the pension payable under this section.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection (a), the increase in the annual pension
for Governors and in the compensation to surviving
spouses of Governors, effective on January 1,
1979, shall not apply to the Governor in office on
July 7, 1977, or to such Governor's spouse.
(c) ON JULY 1, 1998, AND ON JULY FIRST OF EACH
SUBSEQUENT YEAR, ANY PERSON WHO HAS SERVED AS
GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ACT, HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO SAID
OFFICE OR HAVING EXERCISED THE POWERS AND
AUTHORITY OF SAID OFFICE ON THE DEATH OR
RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR, AND WHO HAS ATTAINED
THE AGE OF FIFTY-FIVE, SHALL BE ENTITLED, IN
ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL PENSION TO WHICH SUCH
GOVERNOR IS ENTITLED UNDER SUBSECTION (a) OF THIS
SECTION, TO AN ANNUAL COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE
WHICH REFLECTS THE INCREASE, IF ANY, IN THE
NATIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE
EARNERS AND CLERICAL WORKERS FOR THE PREVIOUS
TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, PROVIDED SUCH COST OF LIVING
ALLOWANCE SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE PER CENT. SUCH
COST OF A LIVING ALLOWANCE SHALL BE COMPUTED ON
THE BASIS OF THE COMBINED RETIREMENT SALARY AND
COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES, IF ANY, TO WHICH SUCH
PERSON WAS ENTITLED AS OF THE JUNE THIRTIETH
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING.
Sec. 3. Section 3-11 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
The Treasurer shall receive an annual salary
of [fifty] SEVENTY thousand dollars. Before he
enters upon the execution of the duties of his
office, he shall give a bond to the state, with
sufficient surety, in the sum of two hundred
thousand dollars, for the term for which he has
been elected, which bond shall be conditioned for
the faithful performance of his duties other than
in connection with the School Fund. The Treasurer
shall devote full time to the duties of the
office.
Sec. 4. Section 3-77 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
The Secretary shall keep all the public
records and documents and record all acts, orders,
grants and resolutions of the General Assembly,
including all resolutions of appointment and
resolutions directing orders to be drawn on the
Treasurer, and give true copies thereof when
required. The Secretary shall keep the records and
files of the Superior Court previous to May, 1798,
and the original books and papers of the late
Connecticut Land Company; provided the Secretary
may turn over any such records, documents or
papers to the State Library in accordance with the
provisions of section 11-4c. The Secretary may
give certified copies of any entries in such
records, files, books or other papers and of the
files and records of said Superior Court and of
the Supreme Court, remaining in the office, which
copies shall be legal evidence. The Secretary
shall be the keeper of the seal of the state,
which shall not be altered, and shall affix the
same to acts, laws, orders, commissions,
instruments and certificates, when requested or
required by law. In accordance with established
procedures, the Secretary may enter into such
contractual agreements as may be necessary for the
discharge of the Secretary's duties. The Secretary
shall receive an annual salary of [fifty]
SIXTY-FIVE thousand dollars and shall devote full
time to the duties of the office.
Sec. 5. Section 3-111 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
The Comptroller shall receive an annual salary
of [fifty] SIXTY-FIVE thousand dollars and shall
devote full time to the duties of the office. He
shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars.
Sec. 6. Section 3-124 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
There shall be an Attorney General to be
elected in the same manner as other state officers
in accordance with the provisions of section
9-181. He shall be an elector of this state and an
attorney at law of at least ten years' active
practice at the bar of this state. His office
shall be at the Capitol. He shall receive an
annual salary of [sixty] SEVENTY-FIVE thousand
dollars. The Attorney General shall devote full
time to the duties of the office. The Attorney
General shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand
dollars.
Sec. 7. Section 2-8 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(a) [Beginning January 4, 1989, each member of
the General Assembly shall receive annual
compensation of fifteen thousand nine hundred
sixty dollars, and beginning January 1, 1990,
each] EACH member of the General Assembly shall
receive [sixteen thousand seven hundred sixty]
TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT
dollars for each year of the term for which he is
elected, to be paid as follows: In each year of
the term, one-fifth within the first ten days of
February and thereafter one-fifth within the first
ten days of each succeeding month until total
compensation for the year is paid. Any member may
elect to receive one-twelfth of the total
compensation to which he is entitled under the
provisions of this section in any year, payable in
equal monthly instalments during such year
commencing in the month of January. If any such
member resigns for reasons of health or dies
before receiving the full compensation to which he
is entitled for such year, the balance of such
compensation shall be immediately payable to him
or to his estate.
(b) Each member shall receive, in addition to
the compensation payable under subsection (a) of
this section and the transportation allowance
payable under section 2-15, the sum of [three]
FOUR thousand five hundred dollars if a member of
the House of Representatives or the sum of [four]
FIVE thousand five hundred dollars if a member of
the Senate for each year of the term for which he
is elected as reimbursement for expenses, payable
as follows: One-half within the first ten days of
February and one-half within ten days after final
adjournment of the regular session in each year of
the term. If any member resigns for reasons of
health or dies before receiving the full amount to
which he is entitled for the year of his
resignation or death, the balance of the amount
shall be immediately payable to him or to his
estate.
(c) [Beginning January 4, 1989, in lieu of the
compensation payable under subsection (a) of this
section, the speaker of the House of
Representatives and the president pro tempore of
the Senate shall each receive annual compensation
of twenty-two thousand fifty dollars, the majority
and minority leaders of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate shall each
receive annual compensation of twenty-one thousand
dollars, the deputy speaker and the deputy
majority and minority leaders of the House of
Representatives and of the Senate shall each
receive annual compensation of nineteen thousand
six hundred thirty-five dollars, each assistant
majority and minority leader of the House and
Senate and the chairmen of each joint standing
committee, except the Joint Standing Committee on
Legislative Management, shall each receive annual
compensation of eighteen thousand three hundred
seventy-five dollars and the ranking members of
each joint standing committee, except the Joint
Standing Committee on Legislative Management shall
each receive annual compensation of seventeen
thousand three hundred twenty-five dollars to be
paid as provided in subsection (a) of this
section. Beginning January 1, 1990, in] IN lieu of
the compensation payable under subsection (a) of
this section, the speaker of the House of
Representatives and the president pro tempore of
the Senate shall each receive [twenty-three
thousand one hundred sixty] THIRTY THOUSAND ONE
HUNDRED EIGHT dollars for each year of the term
for which he so serves, the majority and minority
leaders of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate shall each receive [twenty-two thousand
fifty] TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
SIXTY-FIVE dollars for each year of the term for
which he so serves, the deputy speaker and the
deputy majority and minority leaders of the House
of Representatives and of the Senate shall each
receive [twenty thousand six hundred twenty]
TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIX dollars for
each year of the term in which he so serves, each
assistant majority and minority leader AND
MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIP of the House and Senate
and the chairmen of each joint standing committee,
except the Joint Standing Committee on Legislative
Management, shall each receive [nineteen thousand
three hundred] TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINETY dollars
for each year of the term in which he so serves
and the ranking members of each joint standing
committee, except the Joint Standing Committee on
Legislative Management, shall each receive
[eighteen thousand two hundred] TWENTY-THREE
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY dollars for each year
of the term in which he so serves to be paid as
provided in subsection (a) of this section. Each
of said officers shall receive as reimbursement
for expenses for each year of the term for which
he is elected [three] FIVE thousand five hundred
dollars IF THE OFFICER IS A SENATOR AND FOUR
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IF THE OFFICER IS A
REPRESENTATIVE, payable as provided in subsection
(b) of this section. Each of said officers shall
have the same option to elect payment of
one-twelfth of his compensation for each year of
the term for which he is elected payable in equal
monthly instalments in such year as is provided
for other members under the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section.
(d) In lieu of the compensation provided by
subsections (a) and (b) of this section, any
member elected to fill any unexpired term shall
receive the following: (1) For less than a full
year of a term, a pro rata amount of the
compensation payable under said subsection (a)
and, in addition to the transportation allowance
payable under section 2-15, a pro rata amount of
the sum payable under subsection (b) as
reimbursement for expenses, both payable upon
certification of his election; (2) for a full year
of a term, the compensation and expenses provided
in subsections (a) and (b), both payable upon
certification of his election.
(e) No person who is elected to serve in one
house of the General Assembly and is thereafter
elected to fill a vacancy in the other house for
the unexpired portion of the same term shall
receive total compensation or total reimbursement
for expenses for such term in an amount greater
than that to which he was entitled on his election
to the first house.
(f) Any member who resigns for reasons other
than health or election to the other house prior
to the expiration of any year of the term for
which he was elected, and who has received the
total compensation and reimbursement for expenses
provided under subsections (a) and (b) of this
section for that year, shall reimburse the state
in an amount equal to that portion of such total
compensation and expense reimbursement
attributable to the remainder of the year in which
he resigns.
Sec. 8. Section 2-9 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
The clerk of the Senate shall receive a salary
of [fifteen] EIGHTEEN thousand dollars for each
regular session of the General Assembly and
[fifty] SIXTY dollars per day for each day the
General Assembly is convened in special session;
the assistant clerk of the Senate, [fourteen]
SIXTEEN thousand EIGHT HUNDRED dollars for each
regular session of the General Assembly and
[forty] FORTY-EIGHT dollars per day for each day
the General Assembly is convened in special
session; the clerk of the House of
Representatives, [fifteen] EIGHTEEN thousand
dollars for each regular session of the General
Assembly and [fifty] SIXTY dollars per day for
each day the General Assembly is convened in
special session; the assistant clerk of the House
of Representatives, [fourteen thousand] SIXTEEN
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED dollars for each regular
session of the General Assembly and [forty]
FORTY-EIGHT dollars per day for each day the
General Assembly is convened in special session;
the chaplains of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, [six thousand] SEVEN THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED dollars each for each regular session of
the General Assembly and [twenty-five] THIRTY
dollars per day for each day the General Assembly
is convened in special session; the messengers of
the Senate and of the House of Representatives,
three thousand [two hundred fifty] NINE HUNDRED
dollars each for each regular session and [twenty]
TWENTY-FOUR dollars per day for each day the
General Assembly is convened in special session;
which salaries shall be full payment for the
performance of all services required of said
officers in the discharge of their duties, and for
all assistance and all expenses and disbursements
not otherwise provided for. The Comptroller shall
draw his order on the Treasurer for transportation
for said officers, and for the messengers assigned
to the speaker of the House, the president pro
tempore of the Senate and the minority and
majority leaders of the House and Senate and the
sergeants-at-arms and assistant sergeants-at-arms
of the House and the Senate, between their
respective homes and Hartford during the session
of the General Assembly at such sum per mile as
shall from time to time be determined by the Joint
Committee on Legislative Management. The clerk of
the Senate and the clerk of the House of
Representatives shall, with the approval and
consent of the Joint Committee on Legislative
Management, obtain such suitable offices and, with
the approval of said committee, such office
fixtures and supplies, including telephone, as may
be necessary to the performance of their
respective duties. The Comptroller is directed to
draw his order on the Treasurer in payment for the
same. The salaries of the clerks and employees of
the General Assembly for a regular session shall
be paid as follows: In each year, one-fifth of
such compensation in the month of February and
thereafter one-fifth of such compensation within
each succeeding month until such compensation is
paid in full or such employee may elect in each
year to receive the compensation for such year in
twelve monthly instalments of substantially equal
amount. Compensation for any special session shall
be payable monthly during such session.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect January 6,
1999.
Approved June 8, 1998