In a campaign ad released yesterday NDGOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum is promising to decline his salary if elected governor.
The thing is, that might not actually be legal, though nobody seems to know for sure.
As far as accepting the salary, it seems clear that Burgum would have to. It’s essentially a separation of powers issue. Salaries for the state’s various public offices, up to and including the governor, are set by the Legislature. Thus, the governor cannot change the salary – in Burgum’s case reducing it to zero – without the approval of the Legislature.
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