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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 674, CUTT ACK, SAT URDAY, APRIL 28, 2018 / BAISAKHA 8, 1940
SECRETARIAT
OF
THE ODISHA LEGISLAT IVE ASSEMBLY
NOTIFICATION
The 27th April, 2018
No.4579/L.A.—The following Bill which has been introduced in the
Odisha Legislative Assembly on the 27th April, 2018 is herewith published
under Rule 68 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the
Odisha Legislative Assembly for general information.
THE ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER'S
SALARY AND ALLOWANCES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018
A
BILL
FURTHER TO AMEND THE ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
SPEAKER'S SALARY AND ALLOWANCES ACT, 1960.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Odisha in
the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Odisha Legislative Assembly Short title and commencement. Speaker's Salary and Allowances (Amendment) Act, 2018.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st
day of January, 2017.
2. In section 3-A of the Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker's Amendment of section 3-A. Salary and Allowances Act, 1960, for the words "one hundred
Odisha Act 24 of 1960.
2STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Daily Allowances of the Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly has been raised from Rs.800/- to Rs. 1500/- w.e.f 01.01.2017 for attending Assembly Session or Committee thereof by recent amendment to Odisha Legislative Assembly Member's Salary, Allowances and Pension Act, 1954, which covers Leader of Opposition, Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip.
But the Daily Sitting Allowance of the Speaker had remained @ Rs.150/- since 1995.
Keeping in view the disparity, Daily Allowance of the Speaker has been enhanced from Rs.150/- to Rs.800/- w.e.f 01.01.2017.
The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
(BIKRAM KESHARI ARUKHA)
MEMBER-IN-CHARGE
A.K. SARANGI
Secretary
Odisha Legislative Assembly