CHAPTER 224

AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-28.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to compensation of members of the General Assembly; and to a

the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 14-28.2, pro-

viding for expenses for such members. 3 108

(S 108]

Approved March 7, 1958

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 14-28.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
and that the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
14-28.2, the amended and new sections being as follows:

§ 14-28, 1. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Delegates shall each receive the sum of twelve hundred sixty dollars,
and the other members of the General Assembly shall each receive the sum
of one thousand eighty dollars, for attendance and services at each reg-
ular session of the General Assembly; and at all extra sessions the Pres-
ident of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates shall each
receive * that proportion of six hundred and thirty dollars which the
actual number of days in session is to thirty days, and the other members
of the General Assembly shall each receive * that proportion of five
hundred and forty dollars which the actual number of days in session ts
to thirty days, 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 one hundred forty-seven dollars per week, and the other members of
the General Assembly, each * at the rate of one hundred twenty-six dol-
lars per week, until their respective salaries are exhausted, or until the
General Assembly adjourns; at which time the whole amount of their
salaries 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 any session of the General Assembly, any member shall
die, or otherwise vacate his seat, and his successor be elected, the personal
representative of the deceased member shall receive the uncollected com-
pensation up to the date of the death of such deceased member and the
successor of the deceased member shall receive the per diem beginning
from the date of his election.

§ 14-28.2. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive in
addition to the salary provided in § 14-28.1 seven hundred and twenty
dollars for regular sessions and for extra sessions that proportion of three
hundred and sixty dollars which the actual number of days in session is
to thirty days, as an allowance for expenses incurred while in attendance
upon the duties of their respective houses.

2. The provisions hereof shall become effective on the second Wednesday
of January, nineteen hundred and sixty.