CT Gen Stat § 2-9 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 2 - General Assembly and Legislative Agencies|Chapter 16 - General Assembly|Section 2-9 - Salary and transportation allowance for General Assembly officers and employees.

 The clerk of the Senate shall receive a salary of twenty-five thousand dollars for each regular session of the General Assembly and sixty dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the assistant clerk of the Senate, twenty-three thousand three hundred fifty dollars for each regular session of the General Assembly and forty-eight dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the clerk of the House of Representatives, twenty-five thousand dollars for each regular session of the General Assembly and sixty dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the assistant clerk of the House of Representatives, twenty-three thousand three hundred fifty dollars for each regular session of the General Assembly and forty-eight dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the chaplains of the Senate and the House of Representatives, ten thousand dollars each for each regular session of the General Assembly and thirty dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; the messengers of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, five thousand four hundred twenty-five dollars each for each regular session and twenty-four dollars per day for each day the General Assembly is convened in special session; which salaries shall be full payment for the performance of all services required of said officers in the discharge of their duties, and for all assistance and all expenses and disbursements not otherwise provided for. The Comptroller shall draw his order on the Treasurer for transportation for said officers, and for the messengers assigned to the speaker of the House, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the minority and majority leaders of the House and Senate and the sergeants-at-arms and assistant sergeants-at-arms of the House and the Senate, between their respective homes and Hartford during the session of the General Assembly at such sum per mile as shall from time to time be determined by the Joint Committee on Legislative Management. The clerk of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives shall, with the approval and consent of the Joint Committee on Legislative Management, obtain such suitable offices and, with the approval of said committee, such office fixtures and supplies, including telephone, as may be necessary to the performance of their respective duties. The Comptroller is directed to draw his order on the Treasurer in payment for the same. The salaries of the clerks and employees of the General Assembly for a regular session shall be paid as follows: In each year, one-fifth of such compensation in the month of February and thereafter one-fifth of such compensation within each succeeding month until such compensation is paid in full or such employee may elect in each year to receive the compensation for such year in twelve monthly installments of substantially equal amount. Compensation for any special session shall be payable monthly during such session.(1949 Rev., S. 3595; 1949, S. 1964d; November, 1955, S. N193; 1957, P.A. 1, S. 17; 9, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 138, S. 2; 370; 1969, P.A. 158, S. 1; 749, S. 3; 1972, P.A. 281, S. 40; P.A. 77-576, S. 58, 65; P.A. 78-299, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-365, S. 2, 8; P.A. 84-345, S. 2, 3; P.A. 85-470, S. 1, 4; 85-613, S. 5, 154; P.A. 86-375, S. 8, 9; P.A. 88-349, S. 2, 5; P.A. 98-227, S. 8, 9; P.A. 06-187, S. 71.)History: 1963 acts increased salaries of clerks and assistant clerks and changed method of payment of salaries of clerks and employees; 1969 P.A. 158 raised compensation for house and senate chaplains to $1,000 for each regular session, effective retroactive to January 8, 1969; 1969 P.A. 749 provided that the treasurer be responsible for travel reimbursement and that the joint committee on legislative management be the approving agency for offices and office fixtures and supplies rather than the public works commissioner and the comptroller; 1972 act increased salaries of clerks and assistant clerks of senate and house and revised schedule of payment, effective January 3, 1973; P.A. 77-576 increased salaries for clerks and assistant clerks, chaplains, doorkeepers and messengers of general assembly, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-299 increased salaries for clerks and assistant clerks of house and senate, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-365 increased salary of senate and house clerks from $9,500 for session in odd-numbered year and $7,500 for session in even-numbered year to $9,500 for each session; increased salary of assistant clerks from $8,500 for session in odd-numbered year and $6,500 in even-numbered year to $8,500 for each session; increased salary of chaplains from $2,000 per session to $3,000; increased salary of messengers and doorkeepers from $1,000 per session to $2,000; P.A. 84-345 increased the salaries of the clerks of the senate and house from $9,500 to $12,000 and the salaries of the assistant clerks of the house and senate from $8,500 to $11,000; increased the salaries for the chaplains of the senate and house from $3,000 to $4,000 per regular session, plus $25, instead of $15, per day of each special session; increased salaries of messengers and doorkeepers from $2,000 to $2,500 per regular session, plus $20 per day, instead of $15, for any special session day and standardized the payment of salaries for clerks and employees during a regular session for both odd and even-numbered years; P.A. 85-470 deleted provision re salaries of doorkeepers, added provision requiring payment of transportation allowance for messengers assigned to speaker, president pro tempore and minority and majority leaders and sergeants-at-arms, and added provision that amount of transportation allowance for officers, such messengers and sergeants-at-arms shall be determined by legislative management committee; P.A. 85-613 made technical change; P.A. 86-375 increased salaries: Of the clerks of the senate and house from $12,000 to $13,500; of the assistant clerks of the senate and house from $11,000 to $12,500; of the chaplains of the senate and house from $4,000 to $5,500, and of the messengers of the senate and house from $2,500 to $3,000; P.A. 88-349 increased salaries of: The clerks of the senate and house from $13,500 to $15,000; the assistant clerks of the senate and house from $12,500 to $14,000; the chaplains of the senate and house from $5,500 to $6,000, and the messengers of the senate and house from $3,000 to $3,250; P.A. 98-227 increased salaries: Of the clerks of the Senate and House from $15,000 to $18,000 per regular session and from $50 to $60 per each day of special session, of the assistant clerks of the Senate and House from $14,000 to $16,800 per regular session and from $40 to $48 per each day of special session, of the chaplains of the Senate and House from $6,000 to $7,200 per regular session and from $25 to $30 per each day of special session, and of the messengers of the Senate and House from $3,250 to $3,900 per regular session and from $20 to $24 per each day of special session, effective January 6, 1999; P.A. 06-187 increased salaries of clerks of Senate and House of Representatives from $18,000 to $25,000, of assistant clerks of Senate and House of Representatives from $16,800 to $23,350, of chaplains of Senate and House of Representatives from $7,200 to $10,000 and of messengers of Senate and House of Representatives from $3,900 to $5,425 for each regular session of the General Assembly, effective January 3, 2007.See Sec. 2-12 re prohibition against payment of bonuses.See Sec. 2-15 re transportation allowance.