SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 7
(By Senator Craigo)

Authorizing the appointment of employees for the Senate for the one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven regular sixty-day session of the seventy-third 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-third Legislature, and any extension thereof as follows:
Twenty Class I secretaries at a rate of forty dollars to ninety-seven dollars and nine cents per diem;
Nine Class II secretaries at a rate of forty-two dollars to fifty-two dollars per diem;
Eight Class III secretaries at a rate of forty-four dollars to fifty-one 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-two dollars and three cents per diem;
One legislative assistant II at a rate of one hundred seven dollars and thirty-eight cents per diem;
Three legislative analysts at a rate of fifty dollars to fifty-one dollars per diem;
One legislative aide at forty dollars per diem;
Ten legal counselors at a rate of one hundred fifty dollars to two hundred 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 twenty dollars per diem;
One topical index and bill clerk to the Senate Clerk at a rate of ninety-five dollars per diem;
Six proofreaders at a rate of forty-two dollars to fifty- seven dollars per diem;
One journal room supervisor at a rate of seventy-one dollars per diem;
One assistant journal room supervisor at a rate of forty-five dollars per diem;
Six journal and bill room clerks at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to fifty-four dollars per diem;
One Sergeant at Arms at a rate of seventy-eight dollars per diem;
One assistant Sergeant at Arms at a rate of fifty-two dollars per diem;
Six assistants to the Sergeant at Arms at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to forty-one dollars per diem;
One Doorkeeper at a rate of seventy-one dollars per diem;
One chief assistant Doorkeeper at a rate of forty-nine dollars per diem;
Four assistant Doorkeepers at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to fifty-one dollars per diem;
One information clerk at a rate of fifty-five dollars per diem (twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents per day paid by House of Delegates);
One messenger to the Senate Clerk and assistant page at a rate of forty-three dollars per diem;
Six messengers at a rate of thirty-seven dollars to forty- two dollars per diem;
One head page at a rate of thirty-seven dollars per diem;
One recording system operator at a rate of sixty-five dollars per diem;
One duplicating machine operator at a rate of forty-two dollars per diem;
One assistant fiscal officer at a rate of fifty-one 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-seven 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$5,000.00
Assistant Clerk 4,280.42
Executive Secretary to the Clerk 2,359.10
Supervisor of Senate Secretarial Staff 3,389.60
Legislative Assistant II 2,744.84
Legislative Assistant II 2,596.26
Legislative Assistant II 2,580.26
Legislative Assistant II 2,514.42
Legislative Assistant I 1,950.76
Legislative Assistant I 1,725.18
Legislative Assistant I 1,600.00
Senate & Joint Committee Fiscal Officer 3,072.00
Chief Word Processor Operator 1,468.76
Secretary to the Minority Leader 1,458.34
Assistant Secretary to the Minority 1,556.60
Legislative Analyst 2,333.34
Legislative Analyst 1,960.00
Legislative Analyst 1,862.50
Administrative Assistant to President 3,000.00
President's Assistant 2,050.00
Executive Secretary to the President 2,747.50
Secretary to the Judiciary 1,833.34
Secretary to the Finance Chairman 1,775.00
Secretary to the Health and Human

Resources Committee 1,647.26
Attorney 4,399.76
Attorney 3,516.26
Attorney 3,108.34
Supervisor, materials/supplies1,829.84
Communications 1,651.34
Mail/Supply Clerk1,713.00
Chief Custodian1,806.92
Three Custodians$1,055.00 - 1,729.00
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.