1 KARNATAKA LEGISLATURE (TELEPHONE TO MEMBERS) RULES, 1979.
(Notification No. LAW 44 LGR 79 dt. 28/31-3-1979)
1. Title and Commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka Legislature (Telephone to Members) Rules, 1979.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the First day of April,
1978.
2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
(i) 'member means a member of the Assembly or the Council and includes a Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, the Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Chairman, the Deputy Speaker, a Leader of the Opposition and a Government Chief Whip.
(ii) 'residence' means the place where a member ordinarily resides and from which he claims travelling allowances for attending meetings of the Legislature or any Committee thereof:
(iii) 'Secretary' means the Secretary of the State Legislature and includes such other officer of the Legislature Secretariat as may be specified in this behalf by the Chairman and the Speaker.
3. Applicability.- These rules shall apply to all members including the Ministers, the Ministers of State, the Deputy Ministers, the Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Chairman, the Deputy Speaker, the Leaders of Opposition and the Government Chief Whips.
4. Installation Charges, etc., (1) Expenditure on account of the initial deposit, Installation and rental charges of the telephone installed under clause (g) of Section 12 of the Act shall be borne by the Government.
(2) Every member shall bear all other charges on account of local call or trunk-call or charges for re-connection, shifting or otherwise.
5. Reimbursement.- (1) Every members shall be entitled for reimbursement of the initial deposit amount and installation and rental charges of the telephone as specified in rule 4, on an application made to the Secretary. Such application shall be accompanied by the demand note or the bill, as the case may be, evidencing installation of the Telephone or quarterly rent there to along with the receipt in token of having paid the amount. The payment of telephone charges of members of Legislature shall be paid by cheques by the Secretary;
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Provided that such reimbursement shall be allowed,-
(a) towards installation charges, in the case of Telephones installed on or after the 1st April, 1978;
(b) towards rentals, in the case of Telephone installed whether prior to or after the 1st April, 1978, but with effect from the said date only.
(2) The reimbursement of the amount paid by the member towards installation of Telephone at his residence shall be allowed for not more than once during his term or consecutive terms as member.
3 KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Legislative Assembly Secretariat, Post Box No. 5074, Vidhana Soudha Bangalore 560 001.
No. KLAS/ACTS-I/28/ACT/97-98, Dated: 20-11-1998.
NOTIFICATIONS -1 In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 15 of the Karnataka Legislature Salaries Act, 1956 (Karnataka Act 2 of 1957) and in supersession of Notification No, 6 Bearing No. Accounts-1/ACT/28/97-98, dated: 01-04-1998 published in Karnataka Gazette extraordinary dated: 23rd May,1998, the Secretary, Karnataka Legislative Assembly, with the approval of the Special Board hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Karnataka Legislature (Telephone to Member) Rules, 1979, namely:-
1. Short Title and Commencement:- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka Legislature (Telephone to Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1998.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of rule 4:- In sub-rule (1) of rule 4 of the Karnataka Legislature (Telephone to Members) Rules, 1979, after the words "telephone installed". the words "in the name of Secretary, Karnataka legislative Assembly/Secretary, Karnataka Legislative Council, as the case may be " shall be inserted.
By Order of the Special Board, YAKUB SHARIFF Secretary, Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretariat.