TITLE 59

PUBLIC OFFICERS IN GENERAL

CHAPTER 5

SALARIES OF OFFICERS

59-501.  Salaries of state elective officers — Regular payment — Traveling expenses — Fees property of state. (1)  The elected officers named in this subsection shall receive the following compensation for their services:

(a)  Commencing on the first Monday in January 2023, until the first Monday in January 2027, the governor shall receive compensation of one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred dollars ($151,400) per annum;

(b)  The lieutenant governor shall receive thirty-five percent (35%) of the governor’s compensation per annum;

(c)  The secretary of state, state treasurer, and state superintendent of public instruction shall each receive eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation per annum;

(d)  Commencing on the first Monday in January 2023, until the first Monday in January 2027, the attorney general shall receive compensation of one hundred forty-six thousand seven hundred thirty dollars ($146,730) per annum; and

(e)  The state controller shall receive eighty-five percent (85%) of the governor’s compensation per annum; said compensation to be audited by the legislative council.

(2)  Such compensation shall be paid on regular pay periods as due out of the state treasury and shall be in full for all services by said officers, respectively, rendered in any official capacity or employment whatever during their respective terms of office; but no increase in the rate of compensation shall be made during the terms of such officers; provided however, that the actual and necessary expenses of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state controller, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction, while traveling within the state or between points within the state in the performance of official duties, shall be allowed and paid by the state; not, however, exceeding such sum as shall be appropriated for such purpose.

(3)  Actual and necessary subsistence expenses of the governor while traveling in connection with the performance of official duties are hereby expressly exempted from the provisions of sections 67-2007 and 67-2008, Idaho Code (standard travel pay and allowance act of 1949).

(4)  No officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance of any official duty, any fee for his own use, but all fees fixed by law for the performance of any official duty shall be collected in advance and deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the state.

History:

[(59-501) 1907, ch. 465, sec. 1; compiled and reen. R.C., sec. 274; compiled and reen. C.L., sec. 274; C.S., sec. 405; am. 1927, ch. 117, sec. 1, p. 117; am. 1927, ch. 249, sec. 1, p. 412; am. 1929, ch. 30, sec. 1, p. 32; I.C.A., sec. 57-501; am. 1933, ch. 180, sec. 1, p. 334; am. 1941, ch. 70, sec. 1, p. 134; am. 1945, ch. 131, sec. 1, p. 199; am. 1949, ch. 241, sec. 1, p. 490; am. 1953, ch. 216, sec. 1, p. 330; am. 1955, ch. 69, sec. 1, p. 135; am. 1957, ch. 316, sec. 1, p. 674; am. 1961, ch. 326, sec. 1, p. 618; am. 1965, ch. 244, sec. 1, p. 596; am. 1970, ch. 263, sec. 1, p. 698; am. 1974, ch. 250, sec. 1, p. 1644; am. 1977, ch. 178, sec. 2, p. 460, am. 1978, ch. 101, sec. 1, p. 202; am. 1979, ch. 28, sec. 1, p. 44; am. 1982, ch. 303, sec. 1, p. 764; am. 1986, ch. 272, sec. 1, p. 695; am. 1989, ch. 251, sec. 1, 600; am. 1993, ch. 327, sec. 27, p. 1219; am. 1994, ch. 180, sec. 128, p. 505; am. 1994, ch. 435, sec. 1, p. 1399; am. 1998, ch. 399, sec. 1, p. 1248; am. 2002, ch. 340, sec. 1, p. 957; am. 2006, ch. 431, sec. 1, p. 1318; am. 2010, ch. 264, sec. 1, p. 666; am. 2014, ch. 356, sec. 1, p. 883; am. 2018, ch. 269, sec. 1, p. 643; am. 2022, ch. 326, sec. 1, p. 1047.]