1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; establishing the salary for legislators; eliminating the 
1.3 	authority to pay per diem; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.099, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
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 $....... per year. Compensation is due on the first day of the regular 
1.9 	legislative session of the term and payable in equal parts on January 15, in the first month 
1.10 	of each term and on the first day of each following month during the term for which 
1.11 	the member was elected. The compensation of each member of the legislature elected 
1.12 	at a special election is due on the day the member takes the oath of office and payable 
1.13 	within ten days of taking the oath for the remaining part of the month in which the oath 
1.14 	was taken, and then in equal parts on the first day of each following month during the 
1.15 	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 A member shall alsomust not receive per diem living expenses during a regular 
1.20 	or special session of the legislature in the amounts and for the purposes as determined by 
1.21 	the senate for senate members and by the house of representatives for house members. 
1.22 	This prohibition does not prevent reimbursement for documented expenses as authorized 
1.23 	by section 3.101 or 3.103.
2.1 	On January 15 in the first month of each term and on the first day of each following 
2.2 	month, the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives shall 
2.3 	certify to the commissioner of finance, in duplicate, the amount of compensation then 
2.4 	payable to each member of their respective houses and its total.