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SENATE BILL NO. 1437 – Elected officials, salary increase

SENATE BILL NO. 1437

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S1437aaH...................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ELECTED OFFICIALS - SALARY INCREASE - Amends existing law relating to state
elected officials to increase salaries by five percent during each of the
four years of the term of office of the state elected officials.
                                                                        
03/09    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/10    Rpt prt - to St Aff
    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14    3rd rdg - PASSED - 19-12-4
      AYES -- Andreason, Broadsword, Bunderson, Cameron, Coiner, Corder,
      Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Little, Lodge,
      McGee, McKenzie, Richardson, Stegner, Williams
      NAYS -- Brandt, Burkett, Compton, Gannon, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough,
      Langhorst, Malepeai, Schroeder, Stennett, Werk
      Absent and excused -- Burtenshaw, Marley, Pearce, Sweet
    Floor Sponsor - President Pro Tempore Geddes
    Title apvd - to House
03/15    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/21    Rpt out - to Gen Ord
03/28    Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/29    1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/30    Ret'd to St Aff

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1437
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE SALARIES OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS; AMENDING SECTION 59-501,  IDAHO
  3        CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SALARIES OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS SHALL BE INCREASED
  4        BY FIVE PERCENT PER ANNUM ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE YEARS SPECIFIED.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Section  59-501, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        59-501.  SALARIES OF STATE ELECTIVE OFFICERS -- REGULAR PAYMENT -- TRAVEL-
  9    ING EXPENSES -- FEES PROPERTY OF STATE. (1) The governor, lieutenant governor,
 10    secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer,  attorney  general  and
 11    superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall,  during  their  continuance in
 12    office, receive for their services compensation as follows:
 13        Commencing on the first Monday in January 2002, until the first Monday  in
 14    January 2007:
 15        Governor, $101,500 per annum;
 16        Lieutenant governor, $26,750 per annum;
 17        Secretary of state, $82,500 per annum;
 18        State controller, $82,500 per annum; said salary to be audited by the leg-
 19    islative council;
 20        Attorney general, $91,500 per annum;
 21        State treasurer, $82,500 per annum; and
 22        State superintendent of public instruction, $82,500 per annum.
 23        (2)  Commencing on the first Monday in January 2007, and then again on the
 24    first Mondays in January of 2008, 2009 and 2010, the salary then in effect for
 25    each  officer  named  in  subsection (1) of this section shall be increased by
 26    five percent (5%) per annum.
 27        (3)  Such compensation shall be paid on regular pay periods as due out  of
 28    the  state  treasury,  and  shall be in full for all services by said officers
 29    respectively rendered in any official capacity or employment  whatever  during
 30    their  respective terms of office; but no increase in the rate of compensation
 31    shall be made during the terms of such officers; provided, however,  that  the
 32    actual  and necessary expenses of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary
 33    of state, attorney general, state controller, state  treasurer,  and  superin-
 34    tendent  of  public  instruction  while traveling within the state, or between
 35    points within the state, in the  performance  of  official  duties,  shall  be
 36    allowed  and  paid  by  the state; not however, exceeding such sum as shall be
 37    appropriated for such purpose.
 38        (34)  Actual and necessary subsistence  expenses  of  the  governor  while
 39    traveling  in  connection  with  the performance of official duties are hereby
 40    expressly exempted from the provisions of sections 67-2007 and 67-2008,  Idaho
 41    Code. (Standard Travel Pay and Allowance Act of 1949).
 42        (45)  No  officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance
 43    of any official duty any fee for his own use, but all fees fixed  by  law  for
                                                                        
                                           2
                                                                        
  1    the performance by either of them, of any official duty, shall be collected in
  2    advance and deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the state.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Lake                
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Pasley-Stuart       
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                              HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S.B. NO. 1437
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
  2        On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 23 through 26 and insert:
  3        "(2)  Commencing on the first Monday in January 2007, the salary  then  in
  4    effect  for  each  officer  named  in  subsection (1) of this section shall be
  5    increased by four percent (4%) per annum. Commencing on the  first  Monday  in
  6    January  2008 and on the first Monday in each subsequent year, the salary then
  7    in effect for each officer named in subsection (1) of this  section  shall  be
  8    increased  by  a  percentage  equal to the salary percentage increase, if any,
  9    effective for classified state employees for the respective year.".
                                                                        
 10                                 CORRECTION TO TITLE
 11        On page 1, delete line 4 and insert: "BY FOUR PERCENT  PER  ANNUM  ON  THE
 12    FIRST MONDAY IN 2007 AND BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS.".

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16222

This bill would increase statewide elective officials salaries by
five percent each year during their 2007 to 2011 term of office.

Article V, Section 27 of the Idaho Constitution prohibits the
Legislature from taking any action to diminish or increase the
compensation of a statewide elective official during his or her
term of office.  That means that the Legislature must act no later
than the last legislative session before the beginning of the four-
year term of statewide elective officials.  However, it is
permissible, if the Legislature acts before the beginning of the
term, to provide for an increase during the term in steps or in
more than one calendar year.

One of the reasons for selecting a five percent per year increase
amount is to "catch up" statewide elective officials' salaries
after the four-year 2003-2007 "freeze" that those salaries are
enduring.  Examination of the existing salaries, and how they
relate to other state salaries, also indicates the need for a
periodic upgrade.

Because of the constitutional prohibition, if elective officials'
salaries are not increased by statute during the 2006 session,
there will not be another opportunity to increase their salaries
until January 2011, and the current salaries will remain in effect
indefinitely.



                           FISCAL NOTE

Below are the adjusted salaries authorized by RSCFB915, the
associated benefit costs, and the total fiscal impact for each
fiscal year.




             Current   Jan 1,     Jan 1,     Jan 1,      Jan 1, 
                       2007       2008       2009        2010

Governor     $101,500  $106,575   $111,904   $117,499   $123,374

Lt.
Governor     $26,750   $28,088    $29,492    $30,966    $32,515

Attorney
General      $91,500   $96,075    $100,879   $105,923   $111,219

Secretary
of State     $82,500   $86,625    $90,956    $95,504    $100,279

Controller   $82,500   $86,625    $90,956    $95,504    $100,279

Treasurer    $82,500   $86,625    $90,956    $95,504    $100,279

Supt. Of
Public Ins   $82,500   $86,625    $90,956    $95,504    $100,279


The estimated fiscal impact for salaries and benefits in FY 2007 is
$16,700; the bill impacts one-half of the fiscal year.  In FY 2008
the estimated impact is $34,200, in FY 2009 the estimated impact is
$35,900, and the fiscal impact in FY 2020 is estimated to be
$37,700.  Finally, the bill impacts one-half of FY 2011 and the
estimated fiscal impact is $15,900.   



         
Contact
Name: Pro Tem Robert Geddes 
Phone: 332-1300


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                              S 1437