CHAPTER 618

An Act to amend and reenact § 14.1-17, as amended, of the Code of
Virginu, relating to salaries and expenses of General Assembly
members and officers.

[H 958]

Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14.1-17, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 14.1-17. Salaries and expenses of members and presiding officers
of General Assembly.—The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Delegates shall each receive, together with the other members of
the General Assembly, the sum of thirty-five dollars per day for expenses,
attendance and services at each regular session of the General Assembly;
and at all extra sessions the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Delegates and the other members of the General Assembly shall
each receive the sum of thirty-five dollars per day, for attendance upon
the duties of their respective houses. Such salaries shall be paid in the
following manner: To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, each at the rate of three hundred dollars per week,
and the other members of the General Assembly, each at the rate of two
hundred dollars per week, until their respective salaries are exhausted,
or until the General Assembly adjourns; at which time the whole amount
of their compensation remaining unpaid, if any, shall then be paid. Any
sick member, or one who shall have obtained leave of absence, shall receive
such salary as is due him in the same manner as if he had been in his seat.
If, during his term of office, any member shall die, or resign his seat, and
his successor be elected, the personal representative of the deceased mem-
ber or the resigned member shall receive the uncollected compensation up
to the date of the death of such deceased member or the date of resigna-
tion of a resigned member and the successor of the deceased member or
resigned member shall receive the per diem beginning from the date of his
election.

In addition to the foregoing the * expense allowances shall be paid
to the persons and in the amounts hereinafter set out each year:

(a) To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Delegates * three thousand dollars each.

(b) To the members of the General Assembly, including the Speaker
of the House of Delegates, * twelve hundred dollars each.

The expense allowances set forth in paragraphs (a) and (6b) above
shall be payable semiannually.

The President of the Senate shall also be allowed such other compen-
sation or expenses as may be provided in the appropriation act.

2. This act shall be in force and effect on and after July one, nineteen
hundred sixty-eight.