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S1259............................................................by FINANCE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR - PER DIEM - Amends existing law to increase the per
diem rate paid to the Lieutenant Governor while the Legislature is in or
out of session.
03/22 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/23 Rpt prt - to Fin
Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee,
Lodge, Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen,
Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor -- Cameron
Title apvd - to House
03/28 House intro - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg
Rls susp - PASSED - 69-0-1
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz,
Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow,
Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20),
Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen, Harwood, Henbest(Farley),
Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery,
Mortensen, Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould,
Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith,
Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young(Young),
Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Cuddy
Floor Sponsor -- Field(20)
Title apvd - to Senate
03/29 To enrol
Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/30 Sp signed - to Governor
03/31 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 269
Effective: 03/31/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1259
BY FINANCE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR; AMENDING SECTION 67-809, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 INCREASE THE RATE OF PER DIEM THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL RECEIVE WHEN
4 THE LEGISLATURE IS IN OR OUT OF SESSION AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS;
5 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 67-809, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 67-809. DUTIES OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR -- ACTUAL AND
10 NECESSARY EXPENSES. (1) The lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor shall per-
11 form on a day-to-day day to day basis such duties in and for the government of
12 this state as the governor may from time-to-time time to time direct. The
13 lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor shall perform such additional duties
14 as the governor may deem necessary and desirable to promote the improvement of
15 state government and the development of the human, natural and industrial
16 resources of this state. At the written direction of the governor, the
17 lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor may represent the state in negotia-
18 tions, compacts, hearings and other matters dealing with the states or the
19 federal government. He shall cooperate with all state and local governmental
20 agencies to promote and encourage the orderly development of the resources of
21 Idaho.
22 The lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor shall also exercise the powers
23 and privileges of the office of governor and presidency of the senate as pro-
24 vided by article IV, sections 12 and 13, article IV of the Idaho constitution
25 of the state of Idaho.
26 (2) The lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor shall be entitled to
27 receive the following expense allowances:
28 (a) As unvouchered expense allowances:
29 (i) While performing the duties of acting governor, the difference
30 between the daily salary of lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor
31 and the daily salary of governor, which amount shall be in addition
32 to the salary as lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor. Such amount
33 shall not be paid for any day on which the lieutenant-governor lieu-
34 tenant governor claims an unvouchered expense allowance as president
35 of the senate.
36 (ii) For each day spent serving as president of the senate during a
37 legislative session, the sum of forty-four dollars ($44.00) if the
38 lieutenant-governor does not maintain his primary residence in Ada
39 County.
40 (iii) For each day spent serving as president of the senate during a
41 legislative session, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) if the
42 lieutenant-governor maintains his primary residence in Ada County per
43 diem authorized for a member of the legislature by the citizen's com-
2
1 mittee on legislative compensation.
2 (ivii) Actual mileage expense reimbursement for coming to and
3 returning from any regular, extraordinary or organizational session
4 of the legislature at the same rate as mileage expense reimbursement
5 is made for other state officers and employees.
6 (iv) For each day actually spent in the office serving as
7 lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor while the legislature is not
8 in session, the sum of forty-four dollars ($44.00) if the lieutenant
9 governor does not maintain his primary residence in Ada County same
10 daily amount of per diem enumerated in subsection (2)(a)(ii) of this
11 section.
12 (vi) For each day actually spent in the office serving as
13 lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor when the legislature is not
14 in session, the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) if the
15 lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor maintains his primary resi-
16 dence in Ada Ccounty.
17 (b) As vouchered expense allowances:
18 (i) Actual and necessary expenses incurred while serving as presi-
19 dent of the senate during a legislative session, subject to the same
20 requirements and limitations as if a member of the legislature.
21 (ii) Actual and necessary expenses incurred while serving as
22 lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor or as acting governor.
23 (3) Unvouchered expense allowances and vouchered expense reimbursement
24 for duties performed as president of the senate shall be paid from the legis-
25 lative fund. All other compensation and/or allowances for duties performed as
26 the lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor shall be paid from the appropria-
27 tion made for the office of the lieutenant-governor lieutenant governor.
28 (4) The actual and necessary expenses of the lieutenant-governor lieuten-
29 ant governor while performing his official duties as lieutenant-governor lieu-
30 tenant governor or as acting governor are hereby expressly exempted from the
31 provisions of sections 67-2007 and section 67-2008, Idaho Code (Standard
32 Travel Pay and Allowance Act of 1949).
33 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
34 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
35 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11272
When the legislature is in session, a lieutenant governor who does not
maintain a primary residence in Ada County is entitled to a per diem
of $44 per day. In addition, a lieutenant governor who does not
maintain a primary residence in Ada County is entitled to a per diem
of $44 per day for each day actually spent in the office while the
legislature is not in session. This legislation would amend Idaho
Code to adjust the amount of per diem received by the lieutenant
governor to reflect the same amount received by legislators, as
determined by the citizens' committee on legislative compensation.
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact to the General Fund while the legislature is in
session will be the same amount for an individual legislator. The
total per diem for a legislator who maintains a second residence in
Ada County during a regular session is approximately $8,400. The
fiscal impact to the General Fund while the legislature is not in
session will depend upon the number of days actually spent in the
office by the lieutenant governor multiplied by $99 per day.
Contact
Name: Sen. Dean Cameron
Phone: 332-1000
Rep. Frances Field
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1259