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Independent panel backs 'overdue' pay raise for Utah Legislature

Related Topics: part-time employment

Part-time lawmakers haven’t seen a pay hike since 2013.

(Steve Griffin / The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Gov. Gary Herbert gives the State of the State address from the House of Representatives earlier this year. An independent commission is recommending a pay raise for Utah's part-time lawmakers.

An independent commission recommended Thursday giving Utah legislators what it calls an overdue raise in their daily pay rate, and also backed paying them for more days each year — saying they now often work extra days with no compensation.

“I think this is fair,” said Legislative Compensation Commission member Matthew Bell, a former Weber County commissioner.