Lawmaker salary math simplified  Published February 1, 2013 3:02
pm  HJR6 • Change will cost taxpayers $150K more annually.  How
legislators are paid will now be less mysterious —Â coming
mostly through a straight salary instead of largely through
"reimbursements" or "allowances" for hotels and meals they never
used.  The Senate voted 23-3 Friday to give final passage to
HJR6, just in time for lawmakers' first paychecks this session.
The House passed it 70-4 earlier this week.  That will give
Utah's part-time lawmakers an annual base salary of $16,380.
Previously, they were given a compensation package for
essentially that same amount, which was roughly divided into
thirds for daily pay, meals and lodging.  "This bill corrects
the egregious problem of state legislators basically receiving
money for hotels that they don't stay in, and for meals that
they don't buy and sometimes for miles that they don't drive,"
said Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross.  Sen. Lyle Hillyard,
R-Logan, says the new system will be more