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REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON REMUNERATION OF STATE POLITICIANS, JUDGES AND STATE OFFICIALS 29 August 2000 No VIII-1904 V

REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON REMUNERATION OF STATE POLITICIANS, JUDGES AND STATE OFFICIALS 29 August 2000 No VIII-1904 Vilnius (As last amended on 18 December 2007 – No X-1385) Article

  1. Purpose of the Law This Law shall set the amount of earnings and the conditions of payment of remuneration to state politicians, judges and state officials of the Republic of Lithuania to whom the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Civil Service does not apply. Article
  2. Scope of the Law
  3. The amount of earnings and the conditions of remuneration, set by this Law, shall apply to the following state politicians: 1) the Speaker of the Seimas; 2) the officials of the Seimas; 3) the Members of the Seimas; 4) the Prime Minister; 5) the Ministers; 6) the mayors and deputy mayors; 7) the municipal councillors.
  4. The amount of earnings and the conditions of remuneration, set by this Law, shall apply to the judges of the following courts: 1) the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania; 2) the Supreme Court of Lithuania; 3) the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania; 4) the Court of Appeal of Lithuania; 5) regional courts; 6) regional administrative courts; 7) local courts of towns and regions.
  5. The amount of earnings and the conditions of remuneration, set by this Law, shall also apply to those state officials to whom the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Civil Service does not apply (hereinafter referred to as “state officials”): 1) prosecutors; 2) the Auditor General and deputy Auditors General; 3) the ombudsmen of the Seimas; 4) the director of the National Courts Administration; 5) the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson; 6) the Children’s Rights Ombudsman; 7) the Inspector of Journalist Ethics; 8) the heads and officials of the institutions and establishments financed from the State Budget, who are appointed by the Seimas, the Speaker of the Seimas, the President of the Republic or the Prime Minister (with the exception of the Director General and deputy Directors General of the State Security Department, the Director and deputy Directors of the Special Investigations Service, the Police Commissioner General); 9) the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of the state (standing) commissions and councils, who are appointed under special laws by the Seimas, the President of the Republic, others. Article
  6. Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials
  7. Remuneration of state politicians and judges shall comprise: 1) basic salary; 2) bonuses for the length of service to the State of Lithuania.
  8. Remuneration of state officials (with the exception of prosecutors) shall comprise: 1) basic salary; 2) bonuses for the length of service to the State of Lithuania; 3) single additional pay.
  9. Remuneration of prosecutors shall comprise: 1) basic salary; 2) bonuses for the length of service to the State of Lithuania; 3) bonuses for the qualification rank.
  10. Data on the remuneration of state politicians, judges and state officials shall be public. These data shall be furnished in compliance with the procedure laid down by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Right to Obtain Information from State and Municipal Institutions and Establishments. Article
  11. Basic Salaries of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials
  12. Basic salaries of state politicians, judges and state officials shall be calculated by applying the base amount of a basic salary (hereinafter referred to as “the base amount”) which, on the recommendation of the Government, after having evaluated the proposals of the organisations representing state politicians, judges and state officials, an average annual inflation of the last year (calculating a national consumer price index) and an influence of other factors which have an impact on the amount and change of average earnings in the public sector, shall be approved by the Seimas prior to the end of the spring session of the Seimas. A new base amount, which is being approved, may not be less than the present base amount.
  13. The basic salary shall be calculated by multiplying the appropriate basic salary coefficient, set in the Annex to this Law, by the base amount. The basic salary shall be rounded off in compliance with the general rules for rounding off numbers in such a way that the last digit is 0 or
  15. The remuneration which municipal councillors have not received in the principal place of employment for the time spent at sittings of the council, committees, commissions, college, as well as for the time spent when performing the duties of municipal councillor shall be paid on the basis established by the Law on Local Self-government. Article
  16. Bonus for the length of service to the State of Lithuania
  17. A bonus shall be paid to state politicians, judges and state officials for the length of service to the State of Lithuania starting from 11 March 1990, when holding the office specified in paragraphs 1-4 and subparagraphs 1-4 of paragraph 5 of Article 4 of the Law on Civil Service (with the exception of municipal councillors who have not been mayors and deputy mayors). The length of service shall also include the periods of time referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 42 of the above-mentioned Law.
  18. The procedure for calculating the length of service shall be established by the Government.
  19. The bonus for the length of service shall be 3 percent of the basic salary of a state politician, judge or state official for every three years of service for the State of Lithuania; however, the amount of the bonus must not exceed 30 percent of the basic salary. Article 5

(1). Bonus for the Qualification Rank Bonuses for the qualification rank shall be calculated for prosecutors from their basic salary: 1) for a junior justice adviser – in the amount of 10 per cent; 2) for a justice adviser – in the amount of 15 per cent; 3) for a senior justice adviser – in the amount of 20 per cent; 4) for a chief justice adviser – in the amount of 25 per cent; 5) for a state justice adviser – in the amount of 30 per cent; 6) for a chief state justice adviser – in the amount of 40 per cent. Article
  1. Single Additional Pay
  2. A single additional pay shall be paid at the end of the year to state officials for overtime work, work on rest days and holidays; the amount of a single additional pay must not exceed the amount of a basic salary. It shall be paid without exceeding the funds appropriated for the remuneration of state officials in accordance with the procedure laid down by legal acts. In the event of insufficiency of funds, also, if the length of service of a state official at an institution is less than a year, the amount of an additional pay shall be recalculated in proportion to the funds appropriated for the remuneration and the length of service that year.
  3. The conditions of and procedure for setting the amount of and paying an additional pay referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be concretized, taking into consideration the provisions of this Article, in the institutions’ legal acts (statutes, regulations) regulating the work of state officials. Article
  4. Procedure for Implementing the Law
  5. (Invalid from 19 February 2003)
  6. The amount of remuneration of the Speaker of the Seimas, officials of the Seimas and Members of the Seimas and the conditions of its payment shall start to be applied from the day of the first sitting of the next newly-elected Seimas, and for municipal mayors and deputy mayors – from 1 January
  8. State politicians, judges and state officials: *1) whose average remuneration, calculated in the manner prescribed by the Government from the basic salary of the last three months and from the bonuses and additional pays of the last twelve months (hereinafter referred to as “the former remuneration”),exceeds the remuneration fixed by this Law, upon the entry into force of this Law, shall be paid the remuneration received theretofore, which shall not be increased in the year
  9. During the transition period (from 1 January 2001 to 1 July 2003) the remuneration that was due prior to 1 January 2001 shall be reduced by calculating each month the remuneration due according to the following formula (until it evens with the remuneration set in this Law): A = C – [(C–B) x M]. Where: A – the remuneration due during the transition period; C – the former remuneration; B – the remuneration of a state politician, judge or state official, fixed by this Law; M – the coefficient of recalculation of the remuneration, which consistently reduces the former remuneration. The following coefficients of the transition period shall be set: Year 2001 2002 2003 Half-year I II I II I M 0 0,4 0,6 0,8 0,9 2) whose former remuneration is lower than the remuneration set by this Law, a new amount of the remuneration shall be achieved gradually during the transition period by calculating each month the remuneration due to a state politician, judge or state official according to the formula: A=[ (B–C) x D] +C. Where: A – the remuneration due during the transition period; B – the remuneration fixed by this Law; C – the former remuneration; D – the coefficient of recalculation of the remuneration, which gradually increases the former remuneration. The following coefficients of the transition period shall be set: Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 D 0 0,1 0,3 0,5 0,7 0,9 *
  10. During the transition period the remuneration for persons elected or appointed to the position of state politician, with the exception of mayor and deputy mayor, judge and state official shall be set and calculated according to the provisions of this Article and the specified formulas in which C means the amount of the remuneration of a newly elected or appointed state politician, judge or state official, calculated in accordance with the conditions of payment for work which were effective prior to the entry into force of this Law. When founding a new institution or establishment, the founder must, in the founding documents or the regulations of an institution or establishment which is being founded, indicate which conditions of payment for work, effective for similar institutions or establishments prior to the entry into force of this Law, are applied during the transition period. *
  11. After the transition period, state politicians, judges and state officials must be paid the remuneration set by this Law. *
  12. When calculating the remuneration of state politicians, judges and state officials during the transition period, the amount of the basic salary coefficient base fixed in subparagraph 1 of paragraph 5 of Article 69 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Civil Service shall apply.
  13. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of this Article on the basis of which the remuneration of officials in the prosecutor’s office was reduced according to the said subparagraph shall not apply to such officials from 1 July 2002 and the reduction of the remuneration shall be terminated.
  14. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of Article 7 of this Law shall not apply from 1 January 2003 to the Auditor General of the Republic of Lithuania and his/her deputies. *Note.
  15. To recognize that subparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials (wordings of 29 August 2000, 17 October 2000, 27 March 2001), paragraph 5 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials (wordings of 29 August 2000 and 27 March 2001), and the provision of paragraph 6 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials, which establishes the transition period, as well as Chapter II “The Basic Salary of Judges” of this Law contradict Article 5, Article 109, paragraph 1 of Article 114 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the principle of the rule of law embedded in the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania to the extent that they establish the reduction of the remuneration of the judges whose remuneration is higher than the remuneration set by this Law.
  16. To recognize that paragraph 4 of Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials contradicts Article 5, Article 109, paragraph 4 of Article 114 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the principle of the rule of law embedded in the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania to the extent that the said paragraph establishes that during the transition period the remuneration for persons appointed to the position of judge shall be fixed and calculated according to the provisions and formulas of Article 7 of this Law which establish the reduction of the remuneration of judges. Article
  17. Repealed on 17 October 2000 Article
  18. Proposals to the Government The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall, within two months from the publication of this Law in the official gazette Valstybės žinios, prepare and submit to the Seimas drafts of laws amending the laws related to this Law. I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC VALDAS ADAMKUS Annex to Republic of Lithuania Law No VIII-1904 of 29 August 2000 I. BASIC SALARY OF STATE POLITICIANS (In base amounts) No Title of position Basic Salary Coefficient
  19. Speaker of the Seimas 17
  20. Officials of the Seimas: 2.
  21. First Deputy Speaker 14 2.
  22. Deputy Speakers, Leader of the Opposition of the Seimas 13 2.
  23. Chairpersons of the Committees 12,2 2.
  24. Deputy Chairpersons of the Committees 10,8 2.
  25. Chairpersons of the Subcommittees, Chairpersons of the Standing Commissions 10,5 2.
  26. Deputy Chairpersons of the Standing Commissions 9,8 2.
  27. Heads of the parliamentary groups when a parliamentary group comprises: Elders Deputy Elders 2.7.
  28. from 7 to 10 members 10,2 9,8 2.7.
  29. from 11 to 20 members 10,5 10,1 2.7.
  30. from 21 to 30 members 11,1 10,4 2.7.
  31. from 31 to 40 members 11,9 11 2.7.
  32. more than 40 members 12,5 11,6
  33. Members of the Seimas 9,5
  34. The Government: 4.
  35. Prime Minister 17 4.
  36. Ministers 14
  37. Municipal mayors and deputy mayors The municipal territory with more than 100 000 residents up to 100 000 residents 5.
  38. mayors 12,2 10,5 5.
  39. deputy mayors 10,5 8,8 *II. BASIC SALARY OF JUDGES (In base amounts) Basic Salary Coefficient No Name of establishment Chairperson or a judge deputising for Chairperson (in the absence of staff deputy Chairperson) Deputy Chairperson Chairperson of the division Judge
  40. Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania 17 – – 15,5
  41. Supreme Court of Lithuania 17 – 15,5 14,5
  42. Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania 16 14.5 – 13.75
  43. Court of Appeals of Lithuania 15 – 13,5 13
  44. Regional courts 12 – 11 10,5
  45. Regional administrative courts 11 – – 10,5
  46. Local courts: 7.
  47. in which 15 and more judges work 10 9,5 – 8,5 7.
  48. in which 14 and less judges work 9,5 9 – 8,5 *Note.
  49. To recognize that subparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials (wordings of 29 August 2000, 17 October 2000, 27 March 2001), paragraph 5 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials (wordings of 29 August 2000 and 27 March 2001), and the provision of paragraph 6 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Remuneration of State Politicians, Judges and State Officials, which establishes the transition period, as well as Chapter II “The Basic Salary of Judges” of this Law contradict Article 5, Article 109, paragraph 1 of Article 114 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and the principle of the rule of law embedded in the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania to the extent that they establish the reduction of the remuneration of the judges whose remuneration is higher than the remuneration set by this Law. III. BASIC SALARY OF PROSECUTORS (In base amounts) No Title of position Basic Salary Coefficient
  50. Office of the Prosecutor General 1.
  51. Prosecutor General 16,7 1.
  52. Deputy Prosecutor General 15,2 1.
  53. Chief prosecutor of the department 14,7 1.
  54. Chief prosecutor of the division 14,5 1.
  55. Deputy chief prosecutor of the department 14,3 1.
  56. Deputy chief prosecutor of the division 14,1 1.
  57. prosecutor of the OCCI Department 13,8 1.
  58. prosecutor of the department 13,1 1.
  59. prosecutor of the division 13,0 1.
  60. prosecutor 12,9
  61. Regional prosecutor’s office 2.
  62. Chief prosecutor 11,8 2.
  63. Deputy chief prosecutor 10,8 2.
  64. Chief prosecutor of the division 10,4 2.
  65. Deputy chief prosecutor of the division 10,1 2.
  66. OCCI prosecutor 10,0 2.
  67. prosecutor 9,5
  68. District prosecutor’s offices of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda 3.
  69. Chief prosecutor 9,8 3.
  70. Deputy chief prosecutor 9,3 3.
  71. Chief prosecutor of the division 8,5 3.
  72. Deputy chief prosecutor of the division 8,4 3.
  73. prosecutor 8,3
  74. District prosecutor’s offices of Šiauliai and Panevėžys 4.
  75. Chief prosecutor 9,7 4.
  76. Deputy chief prosecutor 9,2 4.
  77. Chief prosecutor of the division 8,5 4.
  78. Deputy chief prosecutor of the division 8,4 4.
  79. prosecutor 8,3
  80. District prosecutor’s offices of other regions (towns) 5.
  81. Chief prosecutor 9,3 5.
  82. Deputy chief prosecutor 8,8 5.
  83. prosecutor 8,0 Note. OCCI – Organised Crimes and Corruption Investigation. IV. BASIC SALARY OF STATE OFFICIALS (In base amounts) No Title of position Basic Salary Coefficient
  84. State Control: 1.
  85. Auditor General 15,5 1.
  86. Deputy Auditors General 13,8
  87. Seimas Ombudsmen: 2.
  88. Head of the Office 13 2.
  89. Seimas Ombudsmen 12
  90. Director of the National Courts Administration 12
  91. Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson 13
  92. Children’s Rights Ombudsman 13
  93. Inspector of Journalist Ethics 12
  94. Officials of the establishments appointed by the Seimas, the Speaker of the Seimas, the President of the Republic or the Prime Minister – the Competition Council, the State Prices and Energy Control Commission, the State Gaming Control Commission, the Securities Commission, the Central Electoral Committee and the Chief Official Ethics Commission: 7.
  95. Chairpersons 12 7.
  96. Deputy Chairpersons 11 7.
  97. members 9,5
  98. Officials of the state (standing) commissions and councils appointed under special laws by the Seimas, the President of the Republic, others: 8.
  99. chairpersons 9 8.
  100. deputy chairpersons 7,3 8.
  101. members 7
  102. Other officials of institutions and establishments, appointed by the Seimas or President of the Republic: 9.
  103. heads 8 9.
  104. officials 7
  105. Officials of the Commission on Tax Disputes under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Chief Administrative Disputes Commission: 10.
  106. Chairperson 12 10.
  107. members 9,5
  108. Officials of the Insurance Supervisory Commission of the Republic of Lithuania: 11.
  109. Chairperson 12 11.
  110. Deputy Chairpersons 11 11.
  111. members 9,5
  112. Director General of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania 12 Note. The amount of the basic salary of the members of the commissions and councils the meetings of which are held periodically shall be calculated in proportion to the time worked.

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