HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) A spokesman says Governor Dannel Malloy is rejecting a recommendation to raise the governor's pay by 10 percent, to $165,000 a year.

The Republican-American reports that an independent group, the Commission on the Compensation for Elected State Officers and General Assembly Members, is proposing raises of 10 percent.

The state Constitution prohibits increasing salaries of elected officials during their terms, which for Malloy ends in January 2019 and for legislators in 2017.

Devon Puglia, a spokesman for Malloy, said the governor's office will not propose legislation for a raise.

For legislators, the proposed 10 percent increase would raise their base salary from $28,000 to $30,800.

House Speaker Brendan Sharkey ruled out pay raises and a spokesman says Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney does not anticipate plans to increase pay.