1.  The compensation of the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly must be provided for in the budget for the Legislature for the ensuing biennium. The compensation must include an annual salary payable on a biweekly basis. The salary must not be increased during the biennium unless otherwise provided by a legislative act.

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2.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly are subject to the same requirements of and entitled to the same benefits and rights as specified for employees of the Legislative Counsel Bureau. For the purposes of this subsection, references in the statutes and in the rules and policies of the Legislative Counsel Bureau to the chief of a division or the Director must be replaced by:

(a) The Majority Leader of the Senate in the case of the Secretary of the Senate.

(b) The Speaker of the Assembly in the case of the Chief Clerk of the Assembly.

3.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly are not employees of the Legislative Counsel Bureau.