Alabama § 29-1-8 Compensation and Mileage of Officers and Members

Alabama Statutes

§ 29-1-8 — Compensation and Mileage of Officers and Members

Alabama § 29-1-8

Title 29Legislature

Ch. 1General Provisions

Art. 1Members, Terms, Records, Etc

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Ala. Code § 29-1-8 (2026).

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(a)The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive $12.00, and each member of the Legislature shall receive $10.00, for each day during the period in which the Legislature is in session, but not exceeding in any event the number of calendar days for which the Legislature is authorized to be in session, and no additional sum shall be paid or received for per diem or expenses.

(b)The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and each member of the Legislature shall be paid $.10 per mile in going from his residence to, and in returning to his residence from, the seat of government, to be computed by the nearest usual route traveled, and according to the distances herein specified:

(1)Autauga, 14 miles.

(2)Baldwin

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(a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each receive $12.00, and each member of the Legislature shall receive $10.00, for each day during the period in which the Legislature is in session, but not exceeding in any event the number of calendar days for which the Legislature is authorized to be in session, and no additional sum shall be paid or received for per diem or expenses.
(b) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and each member of the Legislature shall be paid $.10 per mile in going from his residence to, and in returning to his residence from, the seat of government, to be computed by the nearest usual route traveled, and according to the distances herein specified:
(1) Autauga, 14 miles.
(2) Baldwin, 155 miles.
(3) Barbour, 101 miles.
(4) Bibb, 72 miles.
(5) Blount, 132 miles.
(6) Bullock, 41 miles.
(7) Butler, 44 miles.
(8) Calhoun, 150 miles.
(9) Chambers, 83 miles.
(10) Cherokee, 173 miles.
(11) Chilton, 40 miles.
(12) Choctaw, 159 miles.
(13) Clarke, 134 miles.
(14) Clay, 142 miles.
(15) Cleburne, 153 miles.
(16) Coffee, 140 miles.
(17) Colbert, 228 miles.
(18) Conecuh, 82 miles.
(19) Coosa, 126 miles.
(20) Covington, 92 miles.
(21) Crenshaw, 52 miles.
(22) Cullman, 150 miles.
(23) Dale, 92 miles.
(24) Dallas, 50 miles.
(25) DeKalb, 186 miles.
(26) Elmore, 18 miles.
(27) Escambia, 105 miles.
(28) Etowah, 160 miles.
(29) Fayette, 177 miles.
(30) Franklin, 213 miles.
(31) Geneva, 136 miles.
(32) Greene, 142 miles.
(33) Hale, 102 miles.
(34) Henry, 144 miles.
(35) Houston, 119 miles.
(36) Jackson, 250 miles.
(37) Jefferson, 96 miles.
(38) Lauderdale, 233 miles.
(39) Lamar, 208 miles.
(40) Lawrence, 211 miles.
(41) Lee, 66 miles.
(42) Limestone, 214 miles.
(43) Lowndes, 24 miles.
(44) Macon, 45 miles.
(45) Madison, 207 miles.
(46) Marengo, 100 miles.
(47) Marion, 200 miles.
(48) Marshall, 186 miles.
(49) Mobile, 185 miles.
(50) Monroe, 161 miles.
(51) Morgan, 183 miles.
(52) Perry, 80 miles.
(53) Pickens, 148 miles.
(54) Pike, 52 miles.
(55) Randolph, 119 miles.
(56) Russell, 75 miles.
(57) Shelby, 74 miles.
(58) St. Clair, 140 miles.
(59) Sumter, 135 miles.
(60) Talladega, 110 miles.
(61) Tuscaloosa, 107 miles.
(62) Tallapoosa, 97 miles.
(63) Walker, 137 miles.
(64) Washington, 210 miles.
(65) Wilcox, 115 miles.
(66) Winston, 185 miles.
(c) No more than one such travel allowance shall be paid for each session of the Legislature. The 10-day or organization session is hereby declared to be a session for which such travel allowance is due.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §43; Code 1867, §49; Code 1876, §43; Code 1886, §43; Code 1896, §2226; Code 1907, §914; Code 1923, §1521; Acts 1939, Ex. Sess., No. 12, p. 11; Code 1940, T. 32, §12.)