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TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2001 C.B.

NO.

____12-2____ A BILL FOR AN ACT To further amend title 3 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended, by amending sections 301 and 303, to modify when a Member of Congress's eligibility for compensation ends and to provide a death benefit for the survivors of a deceased member, and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 1 Section 1.
Section 301 of title 3 of the Code of the Federated 2 States of Micronesia is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 301.

Compensation levels.
Upon the presentation of credentials and qualification thereof, a Member of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $27,000 per annum as of the date his term of office begins and shall remain eligible therefor until the Member's term expires or [until a vacancy has been declared in his or her office] he or she has been elected to the office of President or Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia, has died, has come under judgment of mental incompetency or insanity, or has resigned or been expelled from Congress.
The Speaker, upon his election as the Speaker, shall be entitled to receive compensation at the rate of $30,000 per annum and shall remain eligible therefor [ until a new Speaker assumes the office or until a vacancy in the Office of the Speaker has been declared] as long as he or CBL 12-7 C.B.

NO.

____12-2____ she holds office as the Speaker.
A Member appointed or elected to fill a vacancy in the Congress shall be entitled to receive compensation upon taking the oath of office as a Member of the Congress.

The official expense allowance shall not exceed $3,000."

Section 2.

Section 303 of title 3 of the Code of the Federated 7 States of Micronesia is hereby amended to read as follows: "Section 303.

Sums owing to deceased Congress Member; Death Benefit.
(1) The surviving spouse of a Member of the Congress who dies in office shall be entitled to receive the balance of any sums owing to such Member at the time of his death, plus the lesser of (a) an amount equal to eight weeks of the Member's salary; or (b) the salary from the date of the Member's death to the expiration of his or her term.

(2) If no surviving spouse exists, the deceased [m]Member's heirs or next of kin shall receive this amount."

Section 3.
Section 3.

The death benefit provided under this act shall not be 21 deemed an increase in compensation for purposes of section 302 of 22 title 3 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia.

23 Section 4.

This act shall become law upon approval by the 24 President of the Federated States of Micronesia or upon its becoming 25 law without such approval.

2 of 3 C.B.

NO.
2 of 3 C.B.

NO.

____12-2____ 1 2 Date: _____________ Introduced by: __________________________ Jack Fritz of 3