Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that raises state employee salaries.

Highlights:

- Increases the salaries of state employees 1.5 to 4 percent (sec 1). - Awards longevity bonuses of $50 per year (up to $1,250) to employees who have worked for the state ten years or more [sec 1(c)(1)]. - Increases legislative allowances by the average pay increase for state employees [sec. 8(f)]. - Increases the bi-weekly allowances of legislative leaders (sec. 9):

- $537.13 for the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate - $447.14 for the Speaker Pro Tempore and the Vice President of the Senate - $131.94 for certain committee chairpersons - $484.58 for the Majority and Minority leaders

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