Senate
Study
Bill
3023
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
JUDICIAL
BRANCH
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
salary
of
the
state
court
administrator.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
602.1502,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
The
supreme
court
shall
set
the
compensation
of
the
3
state
court
administrator.
The
state
court
administrator
shall
4
not
receive
any
other
remuneration
from
the
state
or
from
any
5
other
source
for
the
performance
of
that
person’s
duties
unless
6
the
additional
remuneration
is
first
approved
by
the
governor
7
or
authorized
by
law.
However,
this
provision
does
not
exclude
8
the
reimbursement
for
necessary
travel
and
expenses
incurred
in
9
the
performance
of
duties
or
fringe
benefits
normally
provided
10
to
employees
of
the
state.
11
b.
The
salaries
of
other
employees
of
the
judicial
branch
12
shall
be
set
pursuant
to
the
judicial
branch’s
pay
plan
13
established
under
section
602.1401
.
14
Sec.
2.
2008
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1191,
section
14,
subsection
15
7,
as
amended
by
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193,
section
26,
is
16
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
7.
The
following
are
range
7
positions:
administrator
18
of
the
public
broadcasting
division
of
the
department
of
19
education,
director
of
the
department
of
corrections,
director
20
of
the
department
of
education,
director
of
human
services,
21
director
of
the
department
of
economic
development,
executive
22
director
of
the
Iowa
telecommunications
and
technology
23
commission,
executive
director
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
24
director
of
transportation,
director
of
the
department
of
25
workforce
development,
director
of
revenue,
director
of
26
public
health,
state
court
administrator,
director
of
the
27
department
of
management,
chief
information
officer,
state
debt
28
coordinator,
and
director
of
the
department
of
administrative
29
services.
30
Sec.
3.
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193,
section
17,
subsection
31
1,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
32
1.
The
governor
shall
establish
a
salary
for
appointed
33
nonelected
persons
in
the
executive
branch
of
state
government
34
holding
a
position
enumerated
in
and
within
the
salary
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ranges
provided
in
2008
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1191,
section
14
,
1
by
considering,
among
other
items,
the
experience
of
the
2
individual
in
the
position,
changes
in
the
duties
of
the
3
position,
the
incumbent’s
performance
of
assigned
duties,
and
4
subordinates’
salaries.
However,
the
attorney
general
shall
5
establish
the
salary
for
the
consumer
advocate,
the
chief
6
justice
of
the
supreme
court
shall
establish
the
salary
for
the
7
state
court
administrator,
the
ethics
and
campaign
disclosure
8
board
shall
establish
the
salary
of
the
executive
director,
and
9
the
Iowa
public
broadcasting
board
shall
establish
the
salary
10
of
the
administrator
of
the
public
broadcasting
division
of
the
11
department
of
education,
each
within
the
salary
range
provided
12
in
2008
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1191,
section
14
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
Code
section
602.1502(1)
requires
the
supreme
court
to
set
17
the
compensation
of
the
state
court
administrator.
However,
18
the
general
assembly
periodically
establishes
salary
ranges
19
for
certain
appointed
state
officers
and
authorizes
a
person
20
(generally
the
governor)
to
establish
the
salaries
of
those
21
state
officers.
The
most
recent
salary
range
legislation
22
(2008
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1191)
designates
the
state
court
23
administrator
as
a
“range
7”
position
with
a
salary
range
of
24
$100,840
to
$154,300.
The
most
recent
legislation
governing
25
who
establishes
the
salary
for
appointed
state
officers
(2010
26
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193)
requires
the
chief
justice
of
the
27
supreme
court
to
establish
the
salary
of
the
state
court
28
administrator.
29
This
bill
strikes
the
state
court
administrator
from
the
30
list
of
“range
7”
positions,
thereby
allowing
the
supreme
31
court
to
set
the
compensation
of
the
state
court
administrator
32
without
a
salary
range
limitation,
pursuant
to
Code
section
33
602.1502(1).
34
The
bill
also
strikes
the
requirement
in
2010
Iowa
Acts,
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chapter
1193,
that
the
chief
justice
of
the
supreme
court
1
establish
the
salary
of
the
state
court
administrator,
2
thereby
eliminating
any
discrepancy
between
Code
section
3
602.1502(1)
and
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193.
By
operation
4
of
law,
striking
this
provision
also
removes
the
state
court
5
administrator
from
the
prohibition
in
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
6
1193,
section
17,
subsection
3,
against
receiving
any
other
7
remuneration
from
the
state
or
from
any
other
source
for
the
8
performance
of
the
state
court
administrator’s
duties
unless
9
approved
by
the
governor
or
authorized
by
law
(excluding
10
reimbursement
for
necessary
travel
and
expenses
incurred
in
the
11
performance
of
duties
or
fringe
benefits
normally
provided
to
12
employees
of
the
state).
Therefore,
the
bill
adds
an
identical
13
prohibition
to
Code
section
602.1502(1)
for
the
state
court
14
administrator
so
that
no
change
in
the
law
occurs.
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