GA Legislature Pay Raises

AJC 3/26/18 (Will Ga lawmakers’ pensions rise) tells us that Georgia Legislators’ salaries are $17,342 plus $173 per day during sessions. These sessions begin in January and end in March. 

If there are 40 days in the session, the extra pay is $6,920. The total is $24,262.

These folks have other sources of income and most are lawyers or business owners. 

There are 60 Senators and 180 House Reps in the Georgia Legislature and the annual contribution to their pension plan is $600,000 per year. That’s $2500 apiece. 

Their pension benefits are based on vesting after 8 years for $36 per month for each year of service or $720 per month for 20 years’ service payable upon retirement. That’s about the same as an $80,000 annuity would pay.

If they would agree to pass a Bill that restricts campaign contributions to only allow registered voters to make campaign contributions and only for candidates on their ballots so that they worked for us for a change, I would double their pay and terminate their pension plan.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader