SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 3

(By Senator Craigo)




Authorizing the appointment of employees for the Senate for the one thousand nine hundred ninety-six regular sixty-day session of the seventy-second Legislature and payment of their compensation.

Resolved by the Senate:
That the Clerk of the Senate, with the approval of the President of the Senate, be and he is hereby authorized to appoint employees to receive the per diem compensation, as herein provided, during this regular sixty-day session of the seventy-second Legislature, and any extension thereof as follows:
Twenty Class I secretaries at a rate of forty dollars to sixty-three dollars per diem;
Nine Class II secretaries at a rate of forty-two dollars to fifty-one dollars per diem;
Eight Class III secretaries at a rate of forty-four dollars to forty-eight dollars per diem;
Five Class IV secretaries at a rate of forty-six dollars to seventy-three dollars per diem;
One administrative assistant to the President at a rate of ninety dollars and eighty-eight cents per diem;
Three Legislative Analysts at a rate of fifty dollars to seventy-five dollars per diem;
Ten legal counselors at a rate of one hundred fifty dollars to one hundred ninety-five dollars per diem; assignments and salary to be determined by the President of the Senate;
One legal counselor to the Senate President at a rate of two hundred fifteen dollars per diem;
One Topical Index and Bill Clerk to the Senate Clerk at a rate of eighty-five dollars per diem;
Six proofreaders at a rate of forty-two dollars to fifty-six dollars per diem;
One Journal Room supervisor at a rate of seventy dollars per diem;
One assistant Journal Room supervisor at a rate of forty-four dollars per diem;
Six Journal and Bill Room clerks at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to fifty-three dollars per diem;
One Sergeant at Arms at a rate of seventy-seven dollars per diem;
One assistant Sergeant at Arms at a rate of fifty-one dollars per diem;
Six assistants to the Sergeant at Arms at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to forty dollars per diem;
One Doorkeeper at a rate of seventy dollars per diem;
One chief assistant Doorkeeper at a rate of forty-eight dollars per diem;
Four assistant Doorkeepers at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to fifty dollars per diem;
One information clerk at a rate of fifty-four dollars per diem (twenty-seven dollars per day paid by House of Delegates);
One messenger to the Senate Clerk and Assistant Page at a rate of forty-two dollars per diem;
Three messengers at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to thirty-nine dollars per diem;
One head page at a rate of thirty-seven dollars per diem;
One recording system operator at a rate of sixty-four dollars per diem;
One duplicating machine operator at a rate of forty-one dollars per diem;
One assistant fiscal officer at a rate of fifty dollars per diem;
The Clerk is further authorized to appoint such other employees at such compensation as the Committee on Rules shall from time to time authorize; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the appointment of salaried full-time employees of the Senate for the year one thousand nine hundred ninety-six and their compensation, at the following amounts per month, for such periods of time as they are employed in the positions designated, is hereby authorized, as follows:
Clerk 4,708.84
Assistant Clerk 4,052.76
Executive Secretary to the Clerk 2,161.18
Administrative Assistant to the Clerk 3,197.60
Supervisor of Senate Secretarial Staff 3,204.34
Legislative Assistant II 3,180.00
Legislative Assistant II 2,590.34
Legislative Assistant II 2,433.60
Legislative Assistant II 2,380.76
Legislative Assistant II 2,305.00
Legislative Assistant II 2,301.60
Legislative Assistant I 1,834.10
Legislative Assistant I 1,619.18
Legislative Assistant I 1,458.34
Senate Fiscal Officer 2,821.34
Chief Word Processor Operator 2,103.60
Secretary to the Minority Leader 1,458.68
Legislative Analyst 1,750.00
Legislative Analyst 1,778.88
President's Assistant 1,875.00
Chief Custodian 1,697.10
Executive Secretary to the President 2,592.84
Secretary to the Majority Leader 1,545.00
Secretary to the Finance Chairman 1,416.68
Secretary to the Health and Human
Resources Committee 1,563.26
Secretary to the Government
Organization Committee 1,287.50
Attorney 4,050.76
Attorney 3,675.68
Attorney 3,543.76
Attorney 3,325.00
Three Custodians$1,234.34 - 1,622.84
Two Mail/Supply Clerks$1,548.92 - 1,718.92

The Clerk of the Senate, with the written approval of the President of the Senate, or the President of the Senate, is hereby authorized to employ persons to fill the above positions, at the compensation hereinabove set forth for each, and to make adjustments in said compensation during the year. The President of the Senate may employ personnel at such rates of compensation as may be needed to fill any other positions.