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Senate approves temporary reduction in legislators’ daily pay as part of budget measures

Utah State Senate · March 10, 2009
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Summary

The Senate passed House Bill 410 to impose a temporary 10% reduction to legislators’ daily pay (reducing the base to about $117/day) as part of wider budget-cutting measures; senators debated equity for remote legislators, travel and housing reimbursements, and whether savings should be donated to nonprofits.

House Bill 410, proposing a temporary reduction in legislative daily pay as a part of broader budget adjustments, was debated on the floor and approved. Sponsors described the measure as one component of roughly $300,000 in cuts the Legislature faces and said the pay reduction was a way for the legislative branch to share in statewide belt tightening.

Senator Hilliard introduced the measure as a 10% reduction in the explicit payment scheduled for 2010; the…

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