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Ways and Means committee tables resolution opposing recommended legislative pay increase
Summary
The committee voted to lay on the table Senate Concurrent Resolution 101, which sought to reject a citizens committee recommendation to raise legislative pay; debate focused on legal limits under Title 67 and payroll timing that would allow members to receive higher pay for a past pay period.
The Ways and Means Committee voted to lay on the table Senate Concurrent Resolution 101, a measure introduced to reject a citizens committee recommendation to raise legislative salaries, after members debated whether the resolution would legally reject the increase or effectively reduce it while allowing members to keep pay already processed for earlier pay periods.
The resolution was presented by District 11 state representative Kent Marmon of Caldwell. Marmon said the citizens committee had recommended roughly a 26% increase and argued the legislature should reject that recommendation now. “Considering a pay increase of this magnitude sends a message to the people of Idaho that we, the citizens' legislature, is out of touch with them,” Marmon said, adding that he wanted…
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