Pay of members of the general court
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
The base compensation as of January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-six, of members of the shall not be changed except as provided in this article. As of the first Wednesday in January of the year two thousand and one and every second year thereafter, such base compensation shall be increased or decreased at the same rate as increases or decreases in the median household income for the commonwealth for the preceding two year period, as ascertained by the governor.
Simplified explanation
The base compensation of members of the general court as of January 1, 1996 shall not be changed except as this article provides: from January 2001 and every second year, it rises or falls at the same rate as the commonwealth's median household income, as ascertained by the governor.