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Ways and Means Committee tables resolution opposing proposed legislative pay increase
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee voted to lay on the table Senate Concurrent Resolution 101, which would reject a citizens committee recommendation to raise legislative pay to about $25,000, after debate over legal authority and payroll timing.
The Ways and Means Committee voted to lay on the table Senate Concurrent Resolution 101, a measure that would reject a recommendation by the citizens committee to raise legislative pay to about $25,000 a year, after members questioned the legal mechanics of rejecting versus reducing the committee’s recommendation and noted payroll timing complications.
The resolution, introduced in committee by State Representative Kent Marmon of Caldwell, urged the House to oppose a roughly 26% increase recommended by a citizens compensation committee. Marmon said the increase would “send[] a message to the people of Idaho that we,…
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