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The terms used in this order to designate individuals apply equally to both women and men.

**Article: Compensation for Members and Deputies**

Members and deputies are entitled to a compensation of 150 francs per session.

When the session lasts less than one hour, members and deputies are entitled to half-compensation.

Members and deputies who, without an excuse deemed valid by the Speaker of the Parliament, did not attend the majority of a session will have their compensation reduced by half.

The same rate applies to the sessions of the Bureau, committees, inter-parliamentary committees, and groups, as well as for study days organized with the Bureau's agreement.

Parliamentarians who do not belong to any group receive, for dossier studies, an annual compensation of 2,000 francs.

Substitutes who do not sit on the committee receive no compensation if they participate in an informational session or a visit organized by the committee.

The President of the Parliament receives an annual allowance, for reimbursement of expenses, of 4,000 francs; the First Vice-President receives 2,000 francs, and the Second Vice-President receives 1,000 francs.

In addition, they receive an allowance of 40 francs per representation for reimbursement of expenses. Their travel expenses are compensated in accordance with Article 7.

For presiding over a session of the Parliament or the Bureau, the President is entitled to an additional half-session allowance.

Other deputies are entitled to the regular remuneration when they attend in an official delegation.

The Bureau is competent to decide whether or not to compensate, and at what level, the participation of its members, or their substitutes, in certain sessions and representations, including meetings with other institutions or offices from other cantons.

The scrutineers are entitled to an additional remuneration of 15 francs per day or half-day of plenary session during which they are called to serve.

During each committee or group meeting, the chairman is entitled to an additional allowance equivalent to half of the session allowance.

A mileage allowance, the amount of which is based on the provisions applicable to State employees, is paid to parliamentarians for their travel between their residence and the location where the Parliament, the Office, the committees, the groups, and the interparliamentary committees sit. For travel outside the canton, the use of public transport is preferred. The provisions applicable to State employees for the reimbursement of travel expenses apply by analogy to parliamentarians.

Parliamentarians are entitled to a subsistence allowance, the amount of which is based on the provisions applicable to State employees, when a meal must be taken during an official representation or a session outside the canton.

To cover their personal computer equipment expenses and printing costs, parliamentarians are entitled to an annual allowance of 200 francs.

Upon the proposal of the committee, the Bureau may decide to grant a special allowance to commissioners assigned to specific tasks.

An annual allowance is granted to groups to cover their secretarial expenses.

It includes

a) a basic contribution of 4,000 francs;

b) a contribution of 700 francs per member and substitute.

The compensations provided for in this decree are adjusted according to the Swiss consumer price index, provided that it has changed by two points since the last adjustment.

A contribution of 1.9% is deducted from the allowance provided for in Article 2, paragraph 1.

The deduction is implemented for a period of three years from the entry into force of the present provision.

Order of December 3, 2014, setting parliamentary allowances is repealed.

This Order shall enter into force on December 16, 2020.