CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CERTAIN COMMISSIONS ENGAGED
IN LEGISLATIVE SERVICES (§ 30-19.12)

A. Subject to the provisions of subsections B through G hereof, members of all
legislative committees, legislative commissions, and councils established by the
General Assembly and all committees and subcommittees of any of the foregoing
shall receive compensation at such rate as provided for in § 2.2-2813. Any
other member of the General Assembly whose attendance, in the opinion of the
chairman of such a group, is required at a sitting of such group shall also be
entitled to compensation at the same rate.

B. A legislative member shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this
section for any services performed on any day that the member’s house is
in active session. For purposes of this subsection, “active session”
means (i) any day during any regular session of the General Assembly or the
first extension thereof, (ii) any day that a roll call vote is taken in the
member’s house during any second or subsequent extension of a regular
session that is not a pro forma session, or (iii) any day that a roll call vote
is taken in the member’s house during any special session of the General
Assembly that is not a pro forma session.

C. A legislative member shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this
section for legislative services performed on Capitol Square on any day that the
member’s house has a pro forma session.

D. Full-time employees of the Commonwealth or of any of its political
subdivisions shall not be entitled to compensation pursuant to this section.

E. No person shall receive pursuant to this section a total of more than one
day’s compensation for services performed on any one day. Whenever a
member attends two or more meetings for which compensation is authorized herein
in a single day, such one day’s compensation shall be prorated from among
the activities served.

F. Compensation of members of the General Assembly provided for in this section
shall be paid by the offices of the Clerk of the House of Delegates or Clerk of
the Senate as appropriate and funds therefor transferred from the appropriate
activity.

G. For purposes of this section, “Capitol Square” means the grounds
and all buildings in the City of Richmond bounded by Bank, Governor, Broad and
Ninth Streets. “Pro forma session” means a session that is announced
as a pro forma session by the presiding officer and in which no business is
scheduled to be conducted.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-29.1; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-18; 1966, c. 703; 1974, c.
356; 1979, c. 316; 1980, c. 718; 1984, c. 161; 1998, cc. 790, 872; 2006, c. 272.