AB 996

Under current law, representatives to the assembly and senators may receive

allowances for transportation expenses for travel to and from the state capitol once

every week during a legislative session, and per diem allowances for food and lodging

during a session of the legislature, but none is payable during a recess of the

legislature for 30 days or more unless approved by a joint resolution adopted by both

houses. The allowances are payable once per month.

This bill prohibits payment for these allowances during the period beginning

90 days after the enactment of a biennial budget act that contains any increase in

compensation for public employees and ending on the date the Joint Committee on

Employment Relations takes action on the increase. Under the bill, the allowances

accrued during such a period are to be paid in a timely manner following action by

JCOER.