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Sec. 65. Compensation of Elected Officers and Limitation on Outside Activities.
(a) Compensation.
The Mayor, City Attorney, Controller, and Members of the City Council shall receive compensation for their services only as provided in this section and shall not receive any other compensation for such services.
(1) Salaries.
Members of the City Council shall be paid a salary equal to that prescribed by law for judges of the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District or its successor in the event such court is dissolved or reconstituted.
The Controller shall be paid a salary that is 10% more than that of a Council member. The City Attorney shall be paid a salary that is 20% more than that of a Council member. The Mayor shall be paid a salary that is 30% more than that of a Council member.
The Controller shall be responsible for ascertaining the salary of Municipal Court judges and for setting and adjusting the salaries of elected officers in accordance with this section. Salaries shall be paid in bi-weekly increments unless the Council, by ordinance, prescribes otherwise.
(2) Other Benefits.
The Council may, by ordinance subject to referendum as specified in Charter Sections 281 and 282 et seq., confer benefits other than salary upon elected officers as additional compensation for their services; provided, however, that benefits from the City Employees Retirement System may not be so provided for said elected officers that would exceed benefits generally provided to members of the System who are non-represented officers or employees of the City or, if there are no such non-represented officers or employees, that would exceed benefits generally provided to other members of the System.
(3) Operative Date of Changes in Salaries.
The salaries of elected officers shall be adjusted in the manner provided herein upon the effective date of this section and thereafter upon the effective date of any change in the salaries of Municipal Court judges.
(4) Holders of the Offices of Mayor, City Attorney, Controller, and Members of the Council at the time this section takes legal effect (“incumbents”) shall have the option of receiving compensation during the remainder of their current respective terms of office as provided for in this Subdivision (4) (“the alternative salary”) rather than as provided for in Subdivisions (1) - (3) above.
(i) An incumbent wishing to exercise the option to receive the alternative salary must so advise the City Clerk and the Controller in writing within 10 days after this section takes legal effect. The exercise of such option shall be irrevocable.
(ii) The alternative salary for fiscal year 1990-91 shall be equal to the salary prescribed by ordinance for fiscal year 1989-90 increased by 5% of the salary prescribed by ordinance for fiscal year 1988-89. The alternative salary for fiscal year 1991-92 shall be equal to 105% of the alternative salary for the prior fiscal year. The alternative salary for fiscal year 1992-93 shall be equal to the alternative salary for the prior fiscal year increased by 5% of the alternative salary for fiscal year 1990-91.
(iii) As to any office as to which the incumbent has opted to receive the alternative salary, the Controller shall calculate the alternative salary for each fiscal year (other than the current fiscal year) remaining in the incumbent’s term. Alternative salaries shall be operative as of the beginning of the fiscal year to which they relate. The first fiscal year as to which alternative salaries shall be available shall be the 1990-91 fiscal year. An incumbent opting to receive the alternative salary shall continue to receive his or her 1989-90 salary from the date this section takes legal effect through June 30, 1990. Alternative salaries shall be paid in bi-weekly increments unless the Council, by ordinance, prescribes otherwise.
(iv) The alternative salary option shall not be available to incumbents for terms subsequent to their current terms, nor to their successors. Should an incumbent who has opted to receive the alternative salary leave office prior to the end of his or her current term, the incumbent’s successor or successors shall be compensated as specified in Subdivisions (1) - (3) above during the remainder of such term.
(b) Restrictions on Outside Activities.
The Mayor, City Attorney, Controller, and Members of the City Council shall devote their entire time to duties related to their offices. They shall not receive any compensation, including honoraria, for their services other than that provided in this section, except that which may be provided for their serving on governmental entities where payment is authorized for other governmental officers or employees serving in such capacity. (Sec. Repealed, 1973; re-Added, 1990.)