Minnesota Legislature
Legislative Coordinating Commission
Legislative Salary Council
About
State law has established a Legislative Salary Council to prescribe salaries of Minnesota legislators. The council must report its determinations to the governor, the majority and minority leaders of the senate and the house of representatives, the chairs of the committees in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over the legislature's budget, and the chairs of the committees in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over finance. The council's report must be submitted by March 31st in each odd-numbered year.
Members
Per Minnesota Statutes 15A.0825, the Legislative Salary Council consists of 16 members: one person, who is not a judge, from each congressional district, appointed by the chief justice of the
Supreme Court; and one person from each congressional district, appointed by the governor.
One-half of the members appointed by the governor and one-half of the members appointed by the chief
justice must belong to the political party that has the most members in the legislature. The remaining half must belong to a political party that has the second most members in the legislature.
Current members can be found on the members page.
Council Members
- A nonjudge from each district (8 total) appointed by Supreme Court
- A member from each district (8 total) appointed by the governor
Staff
To email staff, use firstname.lastname@lcc.mn.gov
Commission's Statutory Authority:
By March 31 of each odd-numbered year, the council must prescribe salaries for legislators to take effect July 1 of that year.
Contact Information
| Location | Centennial Office Building, 1st Floor 658 Cedar St. St. Paul, MN 55155 |
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| Phone | (651) 296-0099 |
| Fax | (651) 297-3697 |
| Website | www.lcc.mn.gov/legsalarycouncil/ |