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the meal and housing allowance, each member is entitled to a | daily meal allowance in the amount of $32 | | daily mileage allowances in an amount up to but not exceeding | | $38 per day. Each member of the Senate also receives an annual | | allowance for constituent services in the amount of $2,000, | | $1,300 in January and $700 in the month following adjournment of | | the regular session. Each member of the House of | | Representatives also receives an annual allowance for | | constituent services in the amount of $1,500, $1,005 in January | | and $495 in the month following adjournment of the regular | | session. Notwithstanding this section, during the first regular | | session of each legislative biennium, a member of the Senate or | | the House of Representatives may elect to receive the first | | payment of the annual allowance for constituent services in | | December following convening of the Legislature by notifying the | | Executive Director of the Legislative Council in the manner | | prescribed by the executive director. The Executive Director of | | the Legislative Council shall inform Legislators of the choice | | available for payment of the allowance for constituent services | | in the first year of the legislative biennium and of any tax | | implications associated with exercising that choice. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 3 MRSA §2, 10th ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 501, Pt. O, | | §5; c. 600, Pt. B, §§9 and 10; and c. 878, Pt. D, §§14 and 15, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | The President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of | | Representatives, the floor leaders and their assistants and | | members of a committee, with the approval of the President of | | the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives as | | to members of a committee, may also meet on days when the | | Legislature is not in daily session at any convenient location | | within the State. Each member of the Senate and House of | Representatives shall receive | | day's attendance when meetings or daily sessions are held, a | meal allowance in the amount of $32 | | allowance whereby actual lodging expenses will be reimbursed | at the single-room rate, provided that | | submitted to the Executive Director of the Legislative Council | | for each day in attendance at such meetings or daily sessions | | and for each day that member occupies overnight accommodations | | away from home either immediately preceding or immediately | | following attendance at daily sessions of the Legislature and | actual daily mileage allowances which shall | at the same paid to state employees | | mile. In lieu of the meal and housing allowance, each member | shall be | of $32 |
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| | | Sec. 4. Effective date. This Act takes effect December 1, 2004. |
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