The following statutes of the Pennsylvania Constitution apply to the 1995 pay raise our legislature voted themselves:
ARTICLE II
Compensation
Section 8: The members of the General Assembly shall receive such salary and mileage for regular and special sessions as shall be fixed by law, and no other compensation whatever, whether for service upon committee or otherwise. No member of either House shall during the term for which he may have been elected, receive any increase of salary, or mileage, under any law passed during such term.
Article III
Changes in Term of Office or Salary Prohibited
Section 27: No law shall extend the term of any public office, or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments, after his election or appointment
emolument (n) : compensation or payment from an office or employment
Read the Oath of Office
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