No. 111 1st Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 8 Elizabeth II BILL 111 A Bill to amend The Legislative Assembly Act HON. MR. MANNING Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1960

Explanatory Note

Section 35 presently reads: "35.

(1) In respect of each session of the Legislative Assembly that is first ~eld in any year there shall be paid to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker such aHQwances as are voted by the Legislative Assembly.

(2) There shall be paid to the Speaker as an allowance in respect of each session of the Legisla;ture held in any year after the first session the sum of twenty-five dollars in addition to any other allowance pa.y­ able to him as the Speaker or as a member of the Legislative Assembly .... This

section will give statutory recognition to the amounts to be paid to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. It does not increase or alter these amounts. 3. (

a) Section 512, subsection (1) presently reads: "52.

(1) For each session of the Legislative Assembly that 18 ftret held in any year, a member of the Legislatlve Assembly a.ttendlnc the session is allowed and shall be paid

BILL No. 111 of 1960

An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act (Assented to , 1960) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Legislative Assembly Act, being

chapter 174 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 35 is struck out and the following is sub­ ~tituted : 35.

(1) In respect of each session of the Legislative ,Assembly that is first held in any year, there shall be paid rto the Speaker (

a) a sessional indemnity allowance of four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, and (

b) an expense allowance of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars for expenses incidental to the dis­ charge of his duties as a member of the Legislative Assembly and as Speaker.

(2) In respect of each session of the Legislative Assembly tha t is first held in each year, there shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker (

a) a sessional indemnity allowance of four thousand dollars, and (

b) an expense allowance of two thousand dollars for expenses incidental to the discharge of his duties as a member of the Legislative Assembly and as Deputy Speaker.

(3) There shall be paid to the Speaker as an allowance in respect of each session of the Legislative Assembly held in 'any year after the first session the sum of twenty-five dollars in addition to any other allowances payable to him as a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Section 52 is amended (

a) by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: 52.

(1) For each session of the Legislative As­ sembly that is first held in any year there shall be paid to each member of the Legislative Assembly attending the session, other than the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker,

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a) a ses·sional indemnity allowance of two thousand four hundred dollars, and (

b) an expense aUowance of one thousand two hundred dollaN for expenses incidental to the discharge of the duties of a member of the Legislative Assembly." (:b) Subsection (2) relating to deductions from aUowances is amended to relate to the Speaker's and Deputy SpeakeT's allow­ ances. Subsection (2) reads in part: "

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (II), "(

a) deductions shan be made at the rate of fourteen dollars per day from the sessional indemnity allowance, and at the rate of seven dollars per day from the expense allowance, for each day in excess of five days on which (

i) a sitting of the Legislative Assembly is held, and (il) the member doe,s not attend the sitting or a meetlng of some committee thereof, except where iLlness, wh1,ch shall be certified by a qualified medical practitioner, is the cause of the absence," (

C) Section 512, subsection (5) presently reads: "

(5) The annual compensation to be paid to the President of the Executive Council sl}aU be thirteen thousand dollars, and the annual compensation to be paid to each other member of the Executive Council who is the head of a public department shan be teil thousand dollars.". (

d) Section 5!2, subsection (6) presently reads: "

(6) In each year there shall be paid to the recognized leader of Her Majesty's loyal opposItion such allowance as may be voted by the Legislative As,sembly." 4.

(1) Amendments relating to Members' allowances aTe made effeotive at the beginning of the SessiO'n. !(2.) Amendments relating to' compensation of mem!bers of the Executive Oouncil are made effective at the beginning of the fiscal year.

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a) a sessional indemnity allowance of three thousand dollars, and (

b) an expense allowance of one thousand five hundred dollars for expenses incidental to the discharge of the duties of a member of the Legislative Assembly. (

b) as to subsection (2) (

i) by adding immedia tely after the words and figure "of subsection (1)" the words and figures "or of subsection 35", (ii) iby striking out the word "seven" in clause (

a) and by substituting the word "nine", (

c) as to subsection (5), (

i) by striking out the word "thirteen" and by substituting the word "fourteen", (ii) by striking out the word "ten" and by sub­ stituting the word "eleven", (

d) by striking out subsection (6) and by substitut­ ing the following: ( 6 ) In each year there shall be paid to the recognized leader of Her Majesty's loyal opposition such allowance as may be voted by the Legislative Assembly and where there is no recognized leader (

a) if any of the me·mbers sitting in opposition are formed into groups recognized by the Speaker, an allowance may be voted and paid to the leader of each such group, or (

b) if none of the members sitting in opposition are formed into any group recognized by the speaker, an allowance may be voted and paid to each member sitting in opposition. 4.

(1) This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to and upon so coming into force this Act, except clause (

c) of

section 3, shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the eleventh day of Febru­ .ary, 1960.

(2) Clause (

c) of

section 3 is effective on and after the first day of April, 1960.

No. 111 FIRST SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 8 ELIZABET'H II 1960 BILL An A'ct to amend The Legislative Assembly Act Received and read the First time .... Second time. Third time ......................................... . HON. MR. MANNING Title: 1960 (14th, 1st) Bill 111,

An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act