Article V. Legislative Department
Section 21. Conflict of interests prohibited - Board on
Legislative Compensation
The Legislature shall enact laws to prohibit members of the
Legislature from engaging in activities or having interests which
conflict with the proper discharge of their duties and
responsibilities. The Board on Legislative Compensation is
hereby created. Said Board shall be composed of five members
appointed by the Governor, two members appointed by the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, and two members appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives. The members appointed by the
Governor shall be from religious organizations, communications
media, nonstate-supported educational institutions, labor
organizations, and retail business; the members appointed by the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be from agricultural and
civic organizations; and the members appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives shall be from manufacturing and from
professional fields not otherwise specified. No member of the
Legislature may be appointed to or serve on the Board. In
addition to the members above provided for, the Chairman of the Tax
Commission and the Director of State Finance shall serve as ex
officio nonvoting members of said Board. The Chairman of said
Board shall be designated by the Governor. Members of the
Legislature shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by
the Board on Legislative Compensation. Said Board shall each
two years review the compensation paid to the members of the
Legislature and shall be empowered to change such compensation;
such change to become effective on the fifteenth day following the
succeeding general election. The members of the Board shall
serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive
necessary travel and subsistence expense as provided by law for
other state officers.
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