Title 2 — Legislative
8 chapters · 46 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 2.0101 Legislative journals
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(a) The corrected daily copies of the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, together with the indexes thereof, constitute and are the official permanent record of the legislative proceedings. (b) One copy of the daily permanent journals of the House and Senate must…
A.S.C.A. § 2.0102 Compensation of legislators
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(a) The annual salary of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House is $30,000. (b) The annual salary of other members of the Legislature is $25,000. (c) The annual salary of the delegate from Swains Island is $20,000. History: 1962, PL 7-28;amd 1974, PL 17-51;amd 1…
A.S.C.A. § 2.0103 Legislature may not raise its own compensation—Exception
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No Legislature except the 15th, may raise its own compensation, but a Legislature may raise the compensation of succeeding Legislatures. History: 1977, PL 15-13 § 2. Reviser’s Comment: Section 3 of PL 15-13 provided: This act is only effective if the Secretary of the Interior app…
A.S.C.A. § 2.0104 Office expense fund for legislators
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(a) There shall be paid in equal biweekly installments an annual expense allowance of: (1) $30,000 per annum to each member of the Senate and House of Representatives; and (2) $40,000 per annum to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. (b) This a…
A.S.C.A. § 2.0105 Administration oaths
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Any member of the Legislature, while acting as a member or as a member of any committee thereof, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before the Legislature or any committee thereof. History: 1988, PL 20-78.
A.S.C.A. § 2.0106 Contempt of the Legislature
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(a) For the purposes of this section, contempt of the Legislature shall consist of any of the following acts: (1) knowingly arresting a member or officer of the Senate or the House, or procuring such member or officer to be arrested in violation of his privilege from arrest; (2) …
A.S.C.A. § 2.0107 Appearance of American Samoa’s Washington Delegate
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Annually, at a month to be determined by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Congressman, the President and the Speaker shall invite American Samoa’s Delegate to the United States House of Representatives to appear before the Legislature and give an add…