Georgia Code
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 28-1-8. Salary and Allowances of Members and Officers

History. Orig. Code 1863, §§ 184, 185, 186; Code 1868, §§ 178, 179, 180; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 18, § 1; Code 1873, §§ 189, 190, 191; Code 1882, §§ 189, 190, 191; Civil Code 1895, §§ 309, 310, 311; Civil Code 1910, §§ 351, 352, 353; Ga. L. 1918, p. 89, § 1; Ga. L. 1919, p. 76, § 1; Code 1933, §§ 47-107, 47-108, 47-109; Ga. L. 1960, p. 141, § 1; Ga. L. 1966, p. 544, § 1; Ga. L. 1967, p. 39, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 647, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 207, § 1; Ga. L. 1972, p. 248, § 1; Ga. L. 1975, p. 155, § 1; Ga. L. 1976, p. 763, § 1; Ga. L. 1981, p. 699, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 28; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1055, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 28; Ga. L. 1986, p. 311, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 314, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3041, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1302, § 1; Ga. L. 1999, p. 1242, § 1; Ga. L. 2001, p. 865, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 30/HB 293; Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, § 17/HB 117; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 28/HB 323.
The 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, in subsection (f), substituted “he or she” for “he” throughout and substituted “himself or herself or his or her family” for “himself or his family” near the end; and substituted “his or her” for “his” near the beginning of subsection (g).
Cross references.
Salaries generally, Ga. Const. 1983, Art III, Sec. IV, Para. VI.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, “nonstop” was substituted for “non-stop” near the middle of the third sentence of paragraph (b)(3).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2009, Code Section 28-1-8, as enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 620, § 7, was redesignated as Code Section 28-1-8.1.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1981, p. 699, § 2, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that Section 1 of that Act, regarding payment of salary and expense allowance of a member who has died, shall become effective when members of the General Assembly take office on the convening day of the regular session in 1983.
Ga. L. 1996, p. 1302, § 3, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that the amount of daily expense allowance shall remain $59.00 until the convening date of the 1997 regular session of the General Assembly and that on and after such date the allowance shall be $75.00.
Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, § 20/HB 117, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: “This Act is intended to reflect the current internal organization of the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives and is not otherwise intended to change substantive law. In the event of a conflict with any other Act of the 2009 General Assembly, such other Act shall control over this Act.

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