06 LC 18
5466S
The
House Committee on Appropriations offers the following substitute to HB
1022:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
the annual salaries of certain state officials, so as to provide that members of
a constitutional commission or body may be reimbursed for certain expenses
incurred during the performance of their official duties; to provide an
effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 45-7-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the annual
salaries of certain state officials, is amended by adding a new paragraph
immediately following paragraph (25) of subsection (a) to read as
follows:
"(26)
In addition to any other compensation and allowances authorized by law, a state
official elected by the people to serve on a constitutional commission or body
may be reimbursed by the employing agency for actual expenses incurred for
lodging at or near the
commissiońs
principal place of business when the elected official is required by law to
reside more than 50 miles from the
commissiońs
principal place of business. Reimbursement under this paragraph shall not
exceed 70 percent of the per diem allowance for members of the General Assembly.
Reimbursement provided pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed an average of
reimbursement for three days per week per
annum."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.