BISMARCK - North Dakota lawmakers should receive the same percentage pay raise as those granted to state employees, a committee decided on Monday.
The Legislative Compensation Commission voted on the proposal after seeing a similar trend in recent years.
The potential increase would apply to both lawmakers' daily session pay and interim meeting daily pay. Both rates are now $141 and will increase to $148 on July 1.
The commission presented its recommendation to the procedure and arrangements committee. Rep. Al Carlson, R-Fargo, said it would be easier to tie lawmakers' raises to state employees'.
However, he said there have been questions over the years if that may influence how lawmakers vote on state employees' raises.
