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SENATE BILL 97­201

BY SENATORS Mutzebaugh, Johnson, and Tanner;

also REPRESENTATIVES George, Paschall, Sinclair, Tool, and Zimmerman.

CONCERNING COMPENSATION PAID TO ELECTED STATE OFFICIALS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  2­2­307 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1980 Repl. Vol., as amended, is amended to read:

2­2­307.  Compensation of members ­ reimbursement of expenses. (1)  Commencing January 2, 1985 1999, all members of the general assembly elected at the 1984 1998 general election and thereafter and members appointed to fill vacancies for unexpired terms of such THOSE members shall receive as base compensation for their services the sum of seventeen thousand five hundred THIRTY THOUSAND dollars per annum, payable as follows: AT THE RATE OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER MONTH.

(a)  In the months of January, February, March, and April, a member shall be compensated at the rate of two thousand one hundred eighty­seven dollars and fifty cents per month;

(b)  For the remaining eight months of the year, a member shall be compensated at the rate of one thousand ninety­three dollars and seventy­five cents per month.

SECTION 2.  24­9­101 (1) (a), (1) (b), (1) (d), (1) (e), (1) (f), and (2), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1988 Repl. Vol., are amended to read:

24­9­101.  Salaries of elected state officials. (1)  The following state officials shall receive annual salaries and allowances, payable monthly, as follows:

(a)  Governor, seventy NINETY thousand dollars;

(b)  Lieutenant governor, forty­eight SIXTY­EIGHT thousand five hundred dollars;

(d)  Attorney general, sixty EIGHTY thousand dollars;

(e)  Secretary of state, forty­eight SIXTY­EIGHT thousand five hundred dollars;

(f)  State treasurer, forty­eight SIXTY­EIGHT thousand five hundred dollars.

(2)  The salaries fixed by subsection (1) of this section shall become payable on and after the second Tuesday in January, 1987 1999.

SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.



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Tom Norton Charles E. Berry

PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES





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Joan M. Albi Judith M. Rodrigue

SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE

THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES



APPROVED________________________________________




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Roy Romer

GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO