HRS §24-1.5
How legislators get paid their yearly salary
This section says that each legislator's yearly salary, set by the state constitution, is paid in equal amounts. Payments start with the first state employee pay period in November of the year the legislator is elected.
The statute, as written — Payment of legislative salaries
The annual salary of any legislator, as determined pursuant to Article III, section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, shall be paid in equal amounts, beginning with the first pay period for state employees in November of the year the legislator is elected.
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