Senators Unanimously Approve 10% Raise for State Legislators
The Senate, without debate, voted unanimously Monday to give members of the Legislature a 10% pay raise from $40,816 a year to $44,898, effective Dec. 3, 1990.
In addition to their annual salaries, senators receive an average of $17,500 a year in tax-free per diem. They are also provided leased vehicles, free gasoline, telephone credit cards, pensions and life and medical insurance.
Lawmakers, who last voted themselves a pay raise two years ago, generally approve pay increases that cover a two-year period. Under the state Constitution, legislative pay raises are limited to 5% a year.
The pay raise bill, by Sen. Robert Beverly (R-Manhattan Beach), goes to the Assembly.
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