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Facilities such as free furnished residence in Bangalore City, or house rent allowance, telephone at residence and allowance towards secretariat staff and office expenses are also proposed to be provided to the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A, dated 26th August 1968, as No. 705, p. 7-8.) VIII Amending Act 15 of 1969.—In respect of tours outside India by the Chairman or the Speaker it is considered appropriate to provide for payment of travelling and daily allowances at the same rates as are applicable to Ministers under the Mysore Ministers Salaries and Allowances Act, 1956. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A, dated 26th August 1969, as No. 420, p. 3.) IX Amending Act 19 of 1974.—The salary and allowances of the Chairman, Speaker, Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker and the members of the Legislature have been fixed long time back. It is considered necessary in the present context to revise the salary payable to the Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker and the allowances payable to the Chairman. Speaker, Deputy Chairman, Deputy Speaker and the members of the Legislature. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from LA Bill No. 23 of 1974. File No. LAW 11 LGN 74.) X Amending Act 3 of 1975.—It was considered necessary to provide each to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker a furnished residence and a motor car. As neither House of the Legislature was in session, an Ordinance for the purpose was promulgated. The Bill seeks to replace the Ordinance. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A dated 10th February 1975, as No. 273, p. 4.) 5 XI Amending Act 13 of 1976.—At present section 12(f) does not provide for the payment of charges incurred by a Chairman of the committee towards transportation when he attends the conferences of the Chairman of the respective committees. It was considered necessary to provide for the payment of transportation charges to the extent specified in the rules. As the State Legislature was not in session the Karnataka Legislature Salaries (Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 was issued. Accordingly provision is made for payment to the extent specified in the rules, charges towards transportation. The Bill seeks to replace the Ordinance. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette, Part IV-2A, Dated 5th February 1976, p. 114-115.) XII Amending Act 49 of 1976.—The cost of travelling outside India as also the cost of living in the Capitals and country-side of foreign countries has considerably increased in recent years. The scale of T.A. at one and one-fifth times the single fare of the Class now admissible to the Chairman and the Speaker, for journeys by air, train or sea and daily allowance at Rs. 100 per day for the days of journeys and for the days of halt, at any place and even the provision of Rs. 150 of daily allowance to be authorised under special circumstances has been found to be inadequate. Since the actual expenditure varies from country to country, depending on the cost of living and travel obtaining there, it is considered necessary to amend the Act. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A, Dated 24th May 1976, as No. 2814, p. 3.) XIII Amending Act 72 of 1976.—It was considered necessary to provide certain facilities like salary, residence, conveyance, stenographer and peon to the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly as also to the Government Chief Whip in the Legislative Assembly. Members of the Committees of Legislature are undertaking journeys outside the State in India. As there was no provision in the Act for payment of travelling allowance and daily allowance for such journeys, it was considered necessary to make suitable provision in the Act. It was also considered necessary to make provision in the Act for payment of actual hire charges for motor car hired by the Presiding Officers and Deputy Presiding Officers while touring outside the State in India. For such of the members of the Legislature who cannot be provided with free accommodation during the meetings of the Legislature, it was considered necessary to provide for payment of Rs. 15 per day. As some of the members are taking medical treatment outside the Government hospitals provision for reimbursement of the expenditure incurred was considered necessary. As the Legislative Assembly was not in session and only the Legislative Council was in session the Karnataka Legislature Salaries (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1976 was promulgated making provision for the purpose. 6 It is proposed to replace the Ordinance. Hence the Bill. In the Bill additional provision is made for payment of salary, allowances, etc., to the Leader of the Opposition and Government Chief Whip in the Legislative Council also. Certain other amendments of a clarificatory nature are also proposed to make the position clear regarding tours undertaken by the Committees of the Legislature. (Obtained from LA Bill No. 67 of 1976. File LAW 68 LGN 76.) XIV Amending Act 31 of 1978.—It is considered necessary to increase the salary of the Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Chairman, the Deputy Speaker, the Leaders of the Opposition and the Government Chief Whips and also of the members of the Legislature. It is also considered necessary to provide certain additional facilities like free railway pass, telephone, to the members of the Legislature. It is also considered necessary to— (i) provide pension to the members of the Legislature; (ii) enhance the daily allowance from Rs. 31 to Rs. 51; (iii) provide for the telephone, postal and other contingency allowance of Rs. 300 p.m.; (iv) free travel by bus within the S tate to the spouse of the members; and (v) increase the rate of travelling allowance to the Presiding Officers and Leaders of the Opposition and Government Chief Whips. Hence this Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A Dated 14th August 1978, as No. 1153, p. 11. ) XV Amending Act 5 of 1979.—It was considered necessary— (i) to give effect to the provisions of the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances (Amendment) Act, 1978 in so far as it related to the increase in conveyance allowance payable to the Presiding Officers, Deputy Presiding Officers, Leaders of Opposition and the Government Chief Whips from the date the Act was published in the Gazette; (ii) to reduce the rates of mileage allowance to 0-75 paise per Kilometer; (iii) that specific provisions should be made in the Act empowering the Government to prescribe by rules, the maximum plinth area of the residential buildings to be provided to the Presiding Officers, Deputy Presiding Officers, Leaders of Opposition and Government Chief Whips and also the scale on which such buildings should be furnished. (iv) to provide for payment of pension to the family of a deceased member only for the remaining period for which such member but for his death would have continued as member. As the Karnataka Legislature Assembly was not in session, the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1978 was promulgated for the aforesaid purposes. The Bill seeks to replace the Ordinance. 7 (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A Dated 24th January 1979, as No. 83, p. 5-6.) XVI Amending Act 31 of 1979.—In the Central Budget, in March, this year, there was an increase in the petrol and oil rates. Added to this OPEC also announced increase in the oil prices, which had its impact in the petrol and oil rates in the country. As a result, the rates of petrol has been on the increase from the last few months. Hence, it is considered necessary to increase the kilometerage allowance from 75 paise to one rupee to cope with the enhanced rates of oil and petrol. It is also considered necessary to provide for grant of advance to the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Leaders of the Opposition and the Government Chief Whips for purchase, repair or construction of residential houses. Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A Dated 24th September 1979, as No. 954, p. 3.) XVII Amending Act 26 of 1981.—Representation have been received from the members of the Legislature to the effect that— (i) members may be issued railway coupons of the value of Rs. 2,000/- on the pattern existing in Tamil Nadu instead of the present facility of allowing a member and a member of his family to travel by first class by any railway in India for a distance of ten thousand kilo meters; (ii) each member be permitted make 2,000 free local calls per year; (iii) the road mileage for road journey be increased from 0.75 paise per kilo meter to Rs. 1.25 per kilo meter; (iv) the room rent payable for the accommodation given to the members in the Legislator‟s Home with effect from 1-1-1980 be reduced from Rs. 5/- per day to Rs. 2/- per day.