§ 5-7-4-1 — Elected officials; salary while incarcerated

Any elected official of any county, city, town,
township or the state shall not be entitled to receive payment of any
salary or fees, as fixed by law, covering the period during which such
elected official is incarcerated in any penal institution as the result of
a sentence by any court upon conviction of any crime, except such pay
or fees as may have been earned prior to his or her incarceration. Any
public official charged with the duty of paying the salaries and fees of
any elected official of any county, city, town, township or the state is
prohibited from paying any salary and fees to such elected official
while such elected official is incarcerated in any penal institution,
excepting such pay or fees as may have been earned prior to his or her
incarceration.
Formerly: Acts 1951, c.56, s.1.