§ 28-5-101 — Schedule of compensation, per diem and travel expenses

Wyoming § 28-5-101

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 28: Legislature
• Ch. 5: COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS

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(a) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 129, § 202.
(b) The per diem amount to be received by each member of
the legislature for expenses shall be equal to an amount to be
determined on July 1 of each year by the state auditor that is
equal to the most recent per diem rates established by the
United States general services administration for locations
within Wyoming.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 51, § 2.
(d) Each member of the legislature shall receive one
hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per day as salary in addition to
the mileage rate provided for in this subsection. Each member
of the legislature may receive the mileage rate provided for in
this subsection for the total round trip mileage from Cheyenne
to the legislator's home for not more than one (1) trip each
week during the period the legislature is in session, provided
the legislature is in session for a period of not less than two
(2) weeks and the legislator claiming the mileage reimbursement
shall submit a verified claim for mileage to the legislative
service office. Each member of the legislature shall receive a
mileage rate as established by the state auditor to be
reflective of the average of all direct and indirect costs of
driving a motor vehicle. In establishing the mileage rate the
state auditor:
(i) May use a rate established by another entity if
the rate reflects these costs;
(ii) Shall adjust the rate each year on January 1;
(iii) Shall not establish the rate at an amount
exceeding the maximum nontaxable rates allowed by the internal
revenue service at the time of travel.
(e) During the interim each member of the legislature
shall be paid the following amounts, subject to subsection (f)
of this section:
(i) The full daily statutory salary for four (4) days
per month for floor leaders and committee chairmen, six (6) days
for the speaker of the house and the president of the senate,
and two (2) days per month for all other members of the
legislature for each month the legislature is not in session;
(ii) The full daily statutory salary for each day the
member is engaged in work for the management council, a standing
committee, interim committee, select committee or a committee
authorized by law;
(iii) One-half (1/2) the full daily statutory salary
for one (1) day of preparation for each day the member is
engaged in work for the management council, a standing
committee, interim committee, select committee or a committee
authorized by law to allow the member to prepare for the interim
activity;
(iv) One-half (1/2) the full daily statutory salary
for each day during which the member travels to engage in or
returns from an interim activity for which he is entitled to
receive salary under paragraph (ii) of this subsection;
(v) Full daily statutory per diem, or actual expenses
in lieu of per diem if authorized by management council policy,
for each day during which he travels to engage in, return from
or engages in an interim activity for which he is entitled to
receive salary under paragraph (ii) of this subsection, or an
activity approved by the management council or the chairman of
an interim committee of which he is a member; and
(vi) Statutory mileage for necessary travel to attend
and return from an approved interim activity.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, no
member of the legislature shall receive a salary in any month
the legislature is not in session in excess of the amount equal
to the full daily statutory salary multiplied by the number of
days in that month.