§ 710. Compensation of Lieutenant Governor and members of General Assembly.

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(a)The Lieutenant Governor shall receive an annual salary as determined in the annual appropriations act.

(b)A member of the Senate and the House of Representatives is to receive an annual salary, as determined in the annual appropriations act, for the period commencing on the day after Election Day in the year in which the member is elected and extending through Election Day in the year in which the term expires. The salary received under this subsection is to be paid under § 2712 of this title.

(c)A member of the Senate or the House of Representatives who is elected or appointed to any of the following positions is to receive, while serving in the position, additional yearly compensation as follows:

(1)President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,291.

(2)Speaker of the House of Representatives, $20,291.

(3)Majority and Minority Leader of the Senate, $12,624.

(4)Majority and Minority Leader of the House, $12,624.

(5)Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Finance Committee, $11,688.

(6)Majority and Minority Whip of the Senate, $7,950.

(7)Majority and Minority Whip of the House, $7,950.

(8)Members of the Joint Finance Committee, $9,620.

(9)Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Capital Improvement, $4,670.

(10)Members of the Joint Committee on Capital Improvement, $3,929.

(11)Chair and Vice Chair of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, $4,670.

(12)Members of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee, $3,929.

(d)A member of the Senate or the House of Representatives who is elected or appointed to 2 positions under subsection

(c)of this section may receive the compensation for the position the member is elected or appointed to with the greater compensation and receive 1 / 2 of the amount of the compensation for the other position to which the member is elected or appointed. Eligible recipients of compensation for a second position may choose not to accept the compensation.

(1)A member of the Senate or the House of Representatives is to receive the compensation required under subsections

(c)and

(d)of this section beginning on the following date:

a. For a member elected to a position under paragraphs (c)(1) or

(2)of this section, the date the Senate or the House, as appropriate, votes to elect the member to the position.

b. For a member elected to a position under paragraphs (c)(3), (4), (6), or

(7)of this section, the date the member’s election is announced to a session of the Senate or the House, as appropriate.

c. For a member appointed to a position under paragraphs (c)(5) or

(8)through

(12)of this section, the date the member’s appointment is communicated to the Secretary of the Senate or Chief Clerk of the House, as appropriate.

(2)The compensation received under subsections

(c)and

(d)of this section is to be paid under § 2712 of this title.

(f)A member of the Senate or the House of Representatives who is elected or appointed to a position under subsection

(c)of this section and who is entitled to receive compensation under subsections

(c)and

(d)of this section is to receive the compensation until the member’s successor has been elected or appointed or the General Assembly in which the member is elected or appointed expires, whichever comes first.