As Amended
SEC. 5-1-47. Additional mileage and expense allowances of lieutenant governor, senators, and representatives.
(1) In addition to the regular salary and mileage provided by law, an expense allowance equal to the maximum daily expense rate allowable to employees of the federal government for travel in the high rate geographical area of Jackson, Mississippi, as may be established by federal regulations, per day, or an expense allowance of Forty-four Dollars ($44.00) if the Lieutenant Governor or a Senator or Representative so chooses under subsection (2) of Section 5-1-41, for each legislative day in actual attendance at a session shall be paid to the Lieutenant Governor and members of the Senate and House of Representatives, together with an additional mileage allowance as provided by Section 25-3-41, for each mile of the distance by the most direct route usually traveled in coming to and returning from the place where the Legislature is in session, which said expense allowance and additional mileage allowance shall be paid at the end of each seven (7) day period while the Legislature is in session.
In addition to the mileage allowance provided for in the above paragraph, an expense allowance equal to the maximum daily expense rate allowable to employees of the federal government for travel in the high rate geographical area of Jackson, Mississippi, as may be established by federal regulations, per day, shall be paid to the Lieutenant Governor and members of the Senate and House of Representatives, unless the Lieutenant Governor or a Senator or Representative chooses not to receive such expense allowance in the manner provided in subsection (2) of Section 5-1-41, for any day between legislative sessions while attending to legislative duties, upon the approval of the appropriate management committee of the Senate or House, as the case may be.
(2) The expense allowance and additional mileage allowance provided by this section for the Lieutenant Governor and members of the Senate shall be paid from the appropriate legislative fund of the Senate as provided by law, and the expense allowance and additional mileage allowance for members of the House of Representatives shall be paid from the appropriate legislative fund of said House of Representatives as provided by law, upon warrants drawn for such purpose in the manner provided by law.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 3346.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 449; 1952, ch. 326, Secs. 1, 2; 1960, ch. 326, Secs. 1, 2; 1966, ch. 437, Secs. 1, 2; 1970, ch. 396, Sec. 1; 1972, ch. 356, Sec. 2; 1974, ch. 302; 1980, ch. 560, Sec. 2; 1985, ch. 409, Sec. 2; 1985, ch. 539; 1988, ch. 314, Sec. 3, eff from and after passage (approved April 6, 1988).