1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; changing the timing for payment of compensation to 
1.3 	legislators; authorizing payments for additional travel during special sessions;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 3.099, subdivision 1; 3.103.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.099, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Pay days; mileage; per diem. The compensation of each member 
1.8 	of the legislature is due on the first day of the regular legislative session of the term and 
1.9 	payable in equal parts ~~on January 15, in the first month of each term~~ within five days after 
1.10 	the member takes the oath of office  and on the first day of each following month during 
1.11 	the term for which the member was elected. The compensation of each member of the 
1.12 	legislature elected at a special election is due on the day the member takes the oath of 
1.13 	office and payable within ten days of taking the oath for the remaining part of the month 
1.14 	in which the oath was taken, and then in equal parts on the first day of each following 
1.15 	month during the term for which the member was elected.
1.16 	Each member shall receive mileage for necessary travel to the place of meeting and 
1.17 	returning to the member's residence in the amount and for trips as authorized by the senate 
1.18 	for senate members and by the house of representatives for house members.
1.19 	Each member shall also receive per diem living expenses during a regular or special 
1.20 	session of the legislature in the amounts and for the purposes as determined by the senate 
1.21 	for senate members and by the house of representatives for house members.
1.22 	On January 15 in the first month of each term and on the first day of each following 
1.23 	month, the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall 
2.1 	certify to the commissioner of finance, in duplicate, the amount of compensation then 
2.2 	payable to each member of their respective houses and its total.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.103, is amended to read:
2.4 	3.103 SPECIAL SESSION ~~LIVING~~ EXPENSES.
2.5 	Each member of the legislature, during a special session, shall be reimbursed 
2.6 	for expenses incurred in the performance of duties in the same amounts, for the same 
2.7 	purposes, and in the same manner as authorized for senators and members of the house of 
2.8 	representatives at the last regular session before the special session. ~~Reimbursement for~~ 
2.9 	~~travel shall not exceed one round trip per member for each seven calendar days in which~~ 
2.10 	~~the legislature meets in the special session.~~