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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF | |
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AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (COMPENSATION OF | |
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LEGISLATORS) | |
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Introduced By: Representative Michael W. Chippendale | |
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Date Introduced: January 31, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Finance | |
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RESOLVED, That a majority of all members elected to each house of the general |
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assembly voting therefore, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed |
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to the qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the |
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Constitution, for their approval and the following section is hereby amended, effective on January |
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1, 2015, to read as follows: |
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ARTICLE VI |
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OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER |
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Section 3. Sessions of general assembly -- Compensation of general assembly |
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members and officers. -- There shall be a session of the general assembly at Providence |
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commencing on the first Tuesday of January in each year. Commencing in January 1995, senators |
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and representatives shall be compensated at an annual rate of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). |
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Commencing in 1996, the rate of compensation shall be adjusted annually to reflect changes in |
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the cost of living, as determined by the United States government during a twelve (12) month |
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period ending in the immediately preceding year; provided however that, commencing in 2016, |
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under no circumstances shall they receive an increase in the rate of compensation greater than the |
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rate of the cost-of-living adjustment received by the retired members of the state's employees' |
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retirement system for the same period. Commencing in 2003, the president of the senate and the |
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speaker of the house shall be compensated at an annual rate of double that of other senators and |
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representatives. |
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Senators and representatives shall receive the same health insurance benefits as full-time |
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state employees. |
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Senators and representatives shall be reimbursed for traveling expenses in going to and |
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from the general assembly at the same mileage paid to state workers as of the 31st day of |
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December in the year preceding each session. |
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No senator or representative shall be eligible for any pension on account of service in the |
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general assembly after 1994; provided, however, that those senators and representatives first |
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elected before 1994 who elect to receive compensation for legislative service in 1995 and |
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thereafter, at the rat of five dollars ($5.00) for every day of actual attendance and eight cents (.08) |
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per mile for traveling expenses in going to and returning from the general assembly, for a |
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maximum of sixty (60) days in any calendar year, shall be eligible for a pension on account of |
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service in the general assembly after 1994. The amount of such pension shall be based upon the |
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pension program in effect for legislators on January 1, 1994. |
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RESOLVED, That the said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors |
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for their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the |
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several cities and towns shall be kept open during the house required by law for voting therein for |
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general officers of the state; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause the said proposition of amendment to |
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be published as a part of this resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the said |
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meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall e inserted in the warrants or notices to |
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be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town, ward, or |
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district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district meetings to be |
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held as aforesaid; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held aforesaid shall be |
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warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and |
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district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provide by law for the town, |
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ward, and district meetings for the election of general officers of the state. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N | |
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TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A PROPOSITION OF | |
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AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE (COMPENSATION OF | |
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LEGISLATORS) | |
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This proposed amendment to the state constitution would provide that, commencing in |
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2016, the annual cost-of-living adjustment to the pay of legislators would not exceed the cost-of- |
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living adjustment received by the retired members of the state's employees retirement system for |
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the same period. |
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