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H. 3504

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Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. H.B. Brown
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3297sd11.docx

Introduced in the House on January 27, 2011
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: Compensation of General Assembly members

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   1/27/2011  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 19)
   1/27/2011  House   Referred to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 19)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/27/2011

TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2011, AND CONTINUING FOR TWO FISCAL YEARS THEREAFTER, THE COMPENSATION OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST BE REDUCED BY TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT, AND TO DEFINE THE TERM "COMPENSATION".

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Beginning with fiscal year 2011, and continuing for two fiscal years thereafter, the compensation of all members of the General Assembly must be reduced by twenty-five percent. The term "compensation" as used in this section means the remuneration a member of the General Assembly receives for serving during a session of the General Assembly and does not include mileage, subsistence, or in-district allowances.

SECTION    2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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