ORS 171.072
Salary of members and presiding officers

  • per diem allowance
  • expenses
  • tax status

(1)

A member of the Legislative Assembly shall receive for services an annual salary that equals one step below the maximum step of Salary Range 1 in the Management Service Compensation Plan in the executive department as defined in ORS 174.112 (“Executive department” defined).

(2)

The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives each shall receive for services, as additional salary, an amount equal to the salary allowed each of them as a member under subsection (1) of this section.

(3)

A member of the Legislative Assembly shall receive, as an allowance for expenses not otherwise provided for, a per diem determined as provided in subsection (9) of this section for each day within the period that the Legislative Assembly is in session, to be paid with the salary provided for in subsection (1) of this section. Pursuant to procedures determined by the Legislative Administration Committee, a member may draw from an accrued allowance.

(4)

A member of the Legislative Assembly shall receive, as an allowance for expenses incurred in the performance of official duties during periods when the legislature is not in session, $400 for each calendar month or part of a calendar month during those periods, to be paid monthly, and subject to approval of the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives, mileage expenses and a per diem determined as provided in subsection (9) of this section for each day a member is engaged in the business of legislative interim and statutory committees, including advisory committees and subcommittees of advisory committees, and task forces and for each day a member serves on interstate bodies, advisory committees and other entities on which the member serves ex officio, whether or not the entity is a legislative one.

(5)

In addition to the mileage and per diem expense payments provided by this section, a member of the Legislative Assembly may receive reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses, subject to approval by the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives, for legislative business outside of the state.

(6)

The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may delegate to the chairpersons of interim and statutory committees and task forces the approval authority granted to the President and the Speaker by subsection (4) of this section, with respect to expenses incurred in attending any meeting of a particular committee or task force.

(7)

Amounts received under subsections (3) to (5) of this section are excluded from gross income and expenditures of the amounts are excluded in computing deductions for purposes of ORS chapter 316. If there is attached to the personal income return a schedule of all ordinary and necessary business expenses paid during the tax year as a member of the Legislative Assembly, a deduction may be claimed on the return for legislative expenses paid in excess of the amounts received under subsections (3) to (5) of this section. Expenses of members of the Legislative Assembly who are reimbursed by the state for actual expenses for meals and lodging associated with state travel for the same period during which a legislator receives per diem are subject to state income tax.

(8)

For periods when the Legislative Assembly is not in session, a member of the Legislative Assembly shall receive an expense allowance that is in addition to the amount allowed under subsection (4) of this section. The amount allocated to a member under this subsection must be adjusted based on the geographic area of the member’s district to reflect travel expenses necessary to communicate in the district.

(9)

The per diem allowance referred to in subsections (3) and (4) of this section shall be the amount fixed for per diem allowance that is authorized by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be excluded from gross income without itemization. [1963 c.1 §1; 1967 c.66 §1; 1967 c.246 §1; 1971 c.465 §1; 1973 c.250 §1; 1975 c.530 §1; 1977 c.896 §1; 1979 c.557 §1; 1979 c.635 §7; 1981 c.517 §13; 1985 c.782 §3; 1987 c.879 §1; 1989 c.977 §7; 1995 c.658 §86; 1999 c.181 §1; 2003 c.516 §§1,2; 2007 c.912 §§5,5b; 2009 c.899 §6; 2013 c.578 §1; 2018 c.98 §17; 2019 c.643 §19]

Source: Section 171.072 — Salary of members and presiding officers; per diem allowance; expenses; tax status, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors171.­html.

Attorney General Opinions

Payment of expenses and allowances to legislators, (1974) Vol 37, p 147; mandatory receipt of legislator’s compensation, (1975) Vol 37, p 793; expenses incurred by a state legislator as an appointee of the Governor’s Committee on Aging, (1976) Vol 37, p 1475

171.010
Time and place of holding regular legislative sessions
171.015
Emergency legislative sessions
171.022
Effective date for Act of Legislative Assembly
171.023
When member-elect may resign
171.051
Filling vacancies in Legislative Assembly
171.060
Procedure for filling vacancy by appointment
171.062
Filling vacancies in multicounty legislative districts
171.064
Apportioning votes for filling vacancies in multicounty legislative districts
171.068
Procedure when vacancy filled after reapportionment
171.072
Salary of members and presiding officers
171.113
Use of state provided telephones
171.115
Revolving fund
171.117
Lounge Revolving Account
171.120
Purpose of ORS 171.120 to 171.125
171.122
Rights and benefits of legislators and prospective legislators in relation to their regular employment
171.125
Proceeding to require compliance with ORS 171.120 and 171.122
171.127
When proposed measure to bear name of person other than member requesting introduction
171.130
Presession filing of proposed measures
171.133
Approval of Governor required for state agency measure introduction
171.134
Readability test for legislative digests and summaries
171.136
Supplies and equipment
171.180
State policy governing election dates
171.185
Dates for legislatively prescribed elections
171.200
“Publications” defined for ORS 171.206
171.206
Legislative publications
171.236
Session laws
171.245
Legislative Publications Account
171.255
Evidentiary status of published session laws
171.270
Legislative materials furnished to public officers without charge are public property
171.275
Oregon Revised Statutes
171.285
Legislative Counsel certificate
171.295
Preservation and use of ORS medium
171.305
ORS Revolving Account
171.315
Distribution of ORS
171.325
Certified copy of statute or rule of civil procedure published in Oregon Revised Statutes
171.405
Binding original enrolled laws and joint resolutions
171.407
Sound recordings of legislative proceedings
171.410
“Legislative record” defined for ORS 171.410 to 171.430
171.415
Delivery to Legislative Administration Committee
171.420
Classification and arrangement
171.425
Borrowing by certain legislative personnel
171.427
Schedule for retention, destruction or disposition of records
171.430
Disposal by certain committees
171.450
Legislative intent
171.455
Complaint of elector
171.460
Secretary of State to conduct investigation
171.465
Credentials committee
171.505
Administering oaths or affirmations to witnesses
171.510
Legislative process to compel attendance and production of papers
171.515
Reimbursement of witnesses appearing under legislative process
171.520
Reporting violations of ORS 171.510
171.522
Judicial enforcement of legislative process
171.525
Immunities of witness before legislative committee
171.530
Privilege of witness before legislative committee
171.555
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
171.557
State budget policy
171.558
Furnishing budget information to Oregon Department of Administrative Services
171.562
Procedures for confirmation
171.565
Vote required for confirmation
171.575
Oversight over state compensation and classification system
171.580
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
171.585
Duties of committee
171.590
Cooperation of state agencies
171.605
Construction of ORS 171.605 to 171.635
171.610
Functions
171.615
Periods during which committees function
171.620
Powers
171.630
Vacancies
171.635
Appointment of nonlegislators
171.640
Appointment of interim committees
171.650
Interim staff for presiding officers
171.670
Authority for approval of disbursements during interim
171.725
Definitions for ORS 171.725 to 171.785
171.730
Legislative finding
171.735
Exceptions to application of ORS 171.740 and 171.745
171.740
Lobbyist registration
171.742
Annual training
171.745
Lobbyist statements of expenditures
171.750
Lobbyist employer statements of expenditures
171.752
Time for filing statements
171.756
Prohibited conduct
171.762
Verification of reports, registrations and statements
171.764
False statement or misrepresentation by lobbyist or public official
171.766
Status of reports, registrations and statements
171.772
Forms for reports, registrations and statements
171.776
Commission duties
171.778
Complaint and adjudicatory process
171.785
Sanctions prescribed by either chamber of Legislative Assembly
171.790
Contact with Legislative Assembly by local government officials and employees
171.795
Electronic distribution of information
171.852
Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology
171.855
Duties of committee
171.857
Appointment
171.858
Joint Committee on Transportation
171.861
Duties of committee
171.870
Legislative findings
171.875
Report required to accompany measures proposing mandated coverage
171.880
Content of report
171.990
Penalty for witness failing to appear or to give testimony in legislative proceeding
171.992
Civil penalty for violation of lobby regulation
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