As Amended
SEC. 5-1-51. When compensation is due.
(1) The mileage and one third ( 1/3 ) of the salary for a regular session may be received at the beginning of the
session. After thirty (30) days of the session have expired another one third ( 1/3 ) may be received and the
remainder at the close of the session. Provided that the remaining one third ( 1/3 ) of their salaries of any regular
session and the remainder of the unpaid salaries of the lieutenant governor, president pro tempore of the senate
and the speaker of the house be payable immediately upon both houses terminating the consideration of all bills.
If the member of the legislature, or lieutenant governor, or speaker of the house does not file a written
authorization to have his salary paid as provided in subsection (2) of this section, his salary shall be paid at the time
and in the manner provided in this subsection.
(2) If, however, any member of the legislature, or the lieutenant governor, or speaker of the house files a written
authorization with the clerk of the house, or the secretary of the senate, as the case may be, depending upon the
legislative body in which he holds office, authorizing the payment of his salary in the manner specified below,
such authorization shall be binding upon him and his estate, and the method and manner of payment specified
below shall not be changed, in any event, during the remainder of his term of office in which he has given such
written authorization:
(a) A member of the house of representatives, or a member of the senate, giving such authorization, shall receive
his pay as follows:
The mileage and one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) at the beginning of the session; one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) after thirty (30) days of the session have expired; eight hundred fifty dollars ($850.00) shall be payable
on April 2 of the year in which the regular session is held; fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be payable on July 31, fifty
dollars ($50.00) shall be payable on October 31 of the year in which the regular session is held and fifty dollars
($50.00) shall be payable on January 31 of the year following the year in which the regular session is held.
(b) The lieutenant governor, or the speaker of the house, giving such authorization, shall receive their pay in the
following manner:
The mileage and one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) at the beginning of the regular session; one
thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) after thirty (30) days of the session have expired; one thousand, three
hundred fifty dollars ($1,350.00) shall be payable on April 2 of the year in which the regular session is held; and
fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be payable on July 31, fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be payable on October 31 of the year
in which the regular session is held, and fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be payable January 31 of the year next
following the year in which the regular session was held.
SOURCES: Codes, 1880, Sec. 183; 1892, Sec. 2667; 1906, Sec. 3027; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 5415; 1930, Sec. 5351; 1942, Sec. 3349; Laws, 1912, ch. 231; 1938, ch. 169; 1946, ch. 379; 1954, ch. 325; 1956, ch. 357, Sec. 2, eff January 1, 1957.