§ 2-3-1-2 — Purpose of salary; limitations

(a) The general assembly hereby declares that the
annual salary provided for in section 1 of this chapter is solely for the
purpose of compensating the members of the general assembly for
legislative services rendered during the year for which the salary is
paid.
(b) The legislative services referred to in subsection (a) include, but
are not limited to, the following:
(1) participating in sessions of the senate or the house of
representatives;
(2) participating in meetings of standing committees of the senate
or the house of representatives, regardless of when the meetings
are held;
(3) participating in meetings of legislative study committees or
commissions, regardless of when the meetings are held;
(4) attending conferences for state legislators conducted by the
National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State
Governments, or similar organizations;
(5) working with constituents, state agencies, and others to help
resolve problems of constituents; and
(6) working with legislative staff on research and bill drafting
requests.
In performing these and other legislative services, a member of the
general assembly is normally required to work more than six hundred
(600) hours per year.
(c) This section, as amended in 1981 by the one hundred second
general assembly at its first regular session, applies to salary payments
made after December 31, 1975, under section 1 of this chapter.
Formerly: Acts 1955, c.65, s.1a; Acts 1957, c.245, s.1; Acts
1963(ss), c.25, s.2. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.7, SEC.1.