(a) The salary for a newly elected Sergeant at Arms shall be set by the Joint Rules Committee and annually thereafter, this compensation shall be adjusted in accordance with any annual increase provided for legislative employees, unless otherwise determined by the Joint Rules Committee.

(b) [Repealed.]  (Added 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 48, eff. March 1, 1961; amended 1961, No. 231, § 2, eff. July 25, 1961; 1964, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.), eff. Dec. 27, 1963; 1965, No. 125, § 21, eff. July 2, 1965; 1966, No. 53 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 5, 1966; 1969, No. 86, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1969; 1969, No. 294 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. Jan. 4, 1970; 1973, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 1977, No. 109, § 32a, eff. July 3, 1977; 1979, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1981, No. 91, § 5, eff. July 5, 1981; 1981, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 4, 1982; 1983, No. 88, § 1, eff. July 3, 1983; 1983, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1985, No. 93, § 9; 1985, No. 225 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 1987, No. 121, § 13; 1987, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 1989, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. July 8, 1990; 1993, No. 227 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1995, No. 177 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1997, No. 28, § 10, eff. Jan. 4, 1998; 1999, No. 40, § 8, eff. July 4, 1999; 2001, No. 66, § 8; 2003, No. 66, § 322; 2003, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 11, 2004; 2005, No. 66, § 9; 2007, No. 47, § 7; 2015, No. 58, § B.1112.1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; 2015, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § E.128.1.)