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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Rawson

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/25/2006

1/31/2006 HB

SHORT TITLE Annual Salary to State Legislators, CA

SJR 002

ANALYST McOlash

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY06

FY07

$3,000.0 to $5,000.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

General Services Division (GSD)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Joint Resolution 002 proposes a Constitutional amendment to allow an annual salary for

state legislators that is fifteen percent of the salary paid to members of the United States Con-

gress. The SJR would allow legislators to claim per diem payments for travel between their home

and Santa Fe once each week during a legislative session rather than one time for each legislative

session.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The amendment proposed in SJR 2, if approved by both the Senate and the House, shall be sub-

mitted to the people for their approval or rejection at the next General Election or at any special

election prior to that date that may be called for that purpose.

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