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NEWS February 09, 2010 SENATE VOTES TO LOWER SALARIES AMID ECONOMIC HARDSHIP JACKSON – Senators voted Thursday to reduce the salaries of lawmakers by 10 percent, an effort to help the state's budget crisis. SB 2506, passed 39 to 2 in the Senate, cuts salaries of representatives, senators, the Speaker of the House and the Lt. Governor. The bill now heads to the House of Representatives. “In these tough economic times the legislature should tighten its belt just as families and businesses all over Mississippi are doing,” said Lt. Governor Phil Bryant. “I believe as a public servant you should lead by example and that is exactly what we did today.” The legislation states the reduction in salary will go into effect Jan. 1, 2011, for legislators and on July 1, 2010, for the Lt. Governor and Speaker of the House. The Mississippi Constitution prohibits a reduction in salary for legislators during the current session. For more information on SB 2506: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/SB/SB2506.xml ### About Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant Phil Bryant was sworn-in as Mississippi’s Lieutenant Governor on January 10, 2008 after capturing 59% of the vote in the November election. He started his career in public service as a Hinds County Deputy Sheriff and was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from District 59 in Rankin County in 1992 and re-elected in 1995. Bryant was appointed State Auditor by the late Governor Kirk Fordice and re-elected overwhelmingly in 1999 and without opposition in 2003. |
