Bill Text: IA SSB1155 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the composition of county compensation boards.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SSB1155 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1155-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1155
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
EDLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
composition
of
county
compensation
1
boards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.321,
subsection
1,
paragraph
l,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
331.905,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2019,
3
are
amended
by
striking
the
subsections
and
inserting
in
lieu
4
thereof
the
following:
5
1.
There
is
created
in
each
county
a
county
compensation
6
board
that
shall
be
composed
of
five
members
who
are
residents
7
of
the
county.
The
members
of
the
county
compensation
board
8
shall
be
selected
as
follows:
9
a.
The
board
of
township
trustees
of
each
township
and
the
10
city
council
of
each
city
located
in
a
county
shall
by
lot
11
select
one
of
the
trustees
or
council
members
from
the
board
or
12
council,
respectively,
to
serve
as
a
delegate
to
a
temporary
13
compensation
board
appointing
commission,
created
by
resolution
14
of
the
board
of
supervisors.
The
temporary
compensation
board
15
appointing
commission
shall
meet
at
a
time
and
place
specified
16
in
the
resolution.
17
b.
The
members
of
the
temporary
compensation
board
18
appointing
commission
shall
appoint
one
of
their
number
to
19
serve
on
the
county
compensation
board
for
each
vacancy
on
the
20
county
compensation
board.
21
2.
The
members
of
the
county
compensation
board
shall
be
22
appointed
to
four-year,
staggered
terms
of
office.
The
members
23
of
the
county
compensation
board
shall
not
be
employees
of
the
24
state
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state.
A
term
shall
be
25
effective
on
the
first
of
July
of
the
year
of
appointment
and
26
a
vacancy
shall
be
filled
for
the
unexpired
term
in
the
same
27
manner
as
the
original
appointment.
28
Sec.
3.
TRANSITION
PROVISIONS.
A
member
serving
on
a
29
county
compensation
board
on
June
30,
2019,
shall
continue
30
serving
until
the
expiration
of
that
member’s
term.
A
member
31
whose
term
expires
on
July
1,
2019,
shall
no
longer
serve
on
32
the
county
compensation
board
unless
reappointed
pursuant
to
33
section
331.905.
No
person
shall
be
appointed
if
the
county
34
compensation
board
currently
has
five
or
more
members.
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county
compensation
board
may
continue
performing
its
duties
1
with
six
members
through
June
30,
2020,
unless
the
membership
2
of
the
county
compensation
board
is
staggered
so
that
its
3
membership
reduces
to
five
members
on
July
1,
2019,
in
which
4
case
the
county
compensation
board
shall
continue
performing
5
its
duties
with
five
members.
No
county
compensation
board
6
shall
have
more
than
five
members
on
and
after
July
1,
2020.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
relates
to
the
composition
of
a
county
11
compensation
board
by
requiring
that
members
of
the
board
12
be
appointed
by
a
temporary
compensation
board
appointing
13
commission.
Under
the
bill,
each
board
of
township
trustees
14
and
each
city
council
located
in
a
county
are
required
to
15
appoint
one
of
the
members
of
their
respective
governing
bodies
16
to
serve
on
the
commission.
The
commission
is
required
to
17
appoint
one
member
of
the
commission
to
serve
on
the
county
18
compensation
board
for
each
vacancy
on
the
county
compensation
19
board.
20
Current
law
also
prohibits
an
officer
or
employee
of
the
21
state
or
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state
from
serving
on
a
22
county
compensation
board.
The
bill
removes
the
prohibition
23
on
officers.
24
The
bill
allows
a
member
serving
on
a
county
compensation
25
board
on
June
30,
2019,
to
continue
serving
until
the
26
expiration
of
that
member’s
term.
The
bill
allows
a
county
27
compensation
board
to
continue
performing
its
duties
with
six
28
members
through
June
30,
2020,
unless
the
membership
of
the
29
county
compensation
board
is
staggered
so
that
its
membership
30
reduces
to
five
members
on
July
1,
2019.
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