HB392 Summary

• Creates a Legislative Compensation Commission consisting of five members appointed by the Governor (2), Chief Justice of Alabama Supreme Court (1), Lieutenant Governor (1), and Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives (1), with initial appointments on February 1, 2015, and quadrennially thereafter for four-year terms.

• Commission members must not be state officials or employees receiving more than 10 percent of gross annual income from state funds; members receive no compensation but are reimbursed for expenses at the same per diem rate as state employees.

• Commission shall establish by resolution, by the fifteenth legislative day of the fourth regular session of each quadrennium, the salary, expense allowance, benefits, and other compensation for Alabama Legislature members, effective the first day of January following the next general election unless rejected by joint resolution with recorded vote in both legislative houses.

• Grants the commission exclusive authority to modify legislative compensation; prohibits the Legislature from modifying legislative compensation or benefits.

• Repeals conflicting laws upon adoption of the commission's initial resolution, including Acts 87-209, 91-108, 2007-75, 1196 (1971), 91-95, 90-490, Section 49 of the Alabama Constitution, and Section 29-1-8 of the Code of Alabama 1975.