Bill Text: IA SF28 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act abolishing county compensation boards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Subcommittee reassigned: Segebart, Greene, and Hogg. S.J. 135. [SF28 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF28-Introduced.html

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Senate File 28 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZAUN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act abolishing county compensation boards.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  Setting the compensation schedule of the
  1  4 elected county officers.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code
  1  6 2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  1  7    Sec. 3.  Section 331.322, subsection 6, Code 2017, is amended
  1  8 to read as follows:
  1  9    6.  Review Annually prepare and review the final
  1 10  compensation schedule of the county compensation board and
  1 11 determine the final compensation schedule in accordance with
  1 12 section 331.907.
  1 13    Sec. 4.  Section 331.322, subsection 7, Code 2017, is amended
  1 14 by striking the subsection.
  1 15    Sec. 5.  Section 331.323, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
  1 16 2017, is amended to read as follows:
  1 17    e.  When If the duties of an officer or employee are assigned
  1 18 to one or more elected officers, the board shall set the an
  1 19  initial salary for each elected officer. Thereafter, the
  1 20 salary and, thereafter, shall be determined determine the
  1 21 salary as provided in section 331.907.
  1 22    Sec. 6.  Section 331.907, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Code
  1 23 2017, are amended to read as follows:
  1 24    1.  The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer,
  1 25 recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall
  1 26 be determined as provided in this section. The county
  1 27 compensation board annually shall review the compensation
  1 28 paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state,
  1 29 other states, private enterprise, and the federal government.
  1 30 In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the county
  1 31 compensation board shall consider setting the sheriff's salary
  1 32 so that it is comparable to salaries paid to professional
  1 33 law enforcement administrators and command officers of the
  1 34 state patrol, the division of criminal investigation of the
  1 35 department of public safety, and city police agencies in
  2  1 this state. The county compensation board shall prepare a
  2  2 compensation schedule for the elective county officers for the
  2  3 succeeding fiscal year. A recommended compensation schedule
  2  4 requires a majority vote of the membership of the county
  2  5 compensation board.
  2  6    2.  At the public hearing held on the county budget as
  2  7 provided in section 331.434, the county compensation board
  2  8 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the
  2  9 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion
  2 10 in the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review
  2 11 the recommended compensation schedule for the elected county
  2 12 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which
  2 13 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by
  2 14 the county compensation board. In determining the final
  2 15 compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to
  2 16 reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule,
  2 17 the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected
  2 18 county officer, except as provided in subsection 3, shall be
  2 19 reduced an equal percentage. A copy of the final compensation
  2 20 schedule shall be filed with the county budget at the office
  2 21 of the director of the department of management. The final
  2 22  compensation schedule takes effect on July 1 following its
  2 23 adoption by the board of supervisors.
  2 24    3.  The board of supervisors may adopt a decrease in
  2 25 compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of the county
  2 26 compensation board's recommended compensation schedule or other
  2 27 approved changes in compensation paid to other elected county
  2 28 officers. A decrease in compensation paid to supervisors shall
  2 29 be adopted by the board of supervisors no less than thirty days
  2 30 before the county budget is certified under section 24.17.
  2 31    4.  The elected county officers are also entitled to receive
  2 32 their actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance
  2 33 of official duties of their respective offices. The board of
  2 34 supervisors may authorize the reimbursement of expenses related
  2 35 to an educational course, seminar, or school which is attended
  3  1 by a county officer after the county officer is elected, but
  3  2 prior to the county officer taking office.
  3  3    Sec. 7.  REPEAL.  Section 331.905, Code 2017, is repealed.
  3  4                           EXPLANATION
  3  5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3  6 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3  7    This bill provides for the abolition of county compensation
  3  8 boards and transfers to the board of supervisors the duty of
  3  9 setting the compensation schedule for elective county officers.
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