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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 2A.1, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    2A.1  COMMISSION ESTABLISHED.
  1  4    A commission on compensation, expenses, and salaries for
  1  5 elected elective state officials is established and is
  1  6 referred to in this chapter as "the commission".  The
  1  7 commission is composed of fifteen members, five of whom shall
  1  8 be appointed by the governor, five of whom shall be appointed
  1  9 by the majority leader of the senate, and five of whom shall
  1 10 be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
  1 11 Members of the commission shall be appointed without regard to
  1 12 political affiliation and shall not be state officials or
  1 13 employees, employees of any state department, board,
  1 14 commission, or agency or of any political subdivision of the
  1 15 state.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 2A.4, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1 17 follows:
  1 18    2A.4  MEETINGS &endash; DUTIES.
  1 19    The commission shall elect its own chairperson from among
  1 20 its membership and shall meet on the call of the chairperson
  1 21 meet at least once every two years in order to fulfill the
  1 22 commission's requirement to review compensation and expenses
  1 23 received by members of the general assembly and salaries of
  1 24 the other elective state officials.  The commission shall
  1 25 elect its own chairperson and vice chairperson from among its
  1 26 membership who shall serve, so long as they remain members of
  1 27 the commission, until at least the first meeting of the
  1 28 commission following the meeting in which the commission makes
  1 29 its recommendations.  The commission shall meet upon the call
  1 30 of the chairperson, upon the call of the vice chairperson if
  1 31 the chairperson is no longer a member of the commission, or
  1 32 upon the call of a majority of the members of the commission.
  1 33 The commission shall review compensation and expenses paid to
  1 34 members of the general assembly and salaries paid to other
  1 35 elective state officials, and shall review compensation,
  2  1 expenses, and salaries paid for comparable positions in other
  2  2 states, the federal government, and private enterprise.  Based
  2  3 on such review and other factors deemed relevant, the
  2  4 commission shall make its determination as to compensation and
  2  5 expense levels for members of the general assembly and as to
  2  6 salary levels for other elective state officials to be
  2  7 recommended to the governor and the members of the general
  2  8 assembly.  No later than February 1, 1973, and each two years
  2  9 thereafter, the The commission shall report to the governor
  2 10 and to the general assembly its recommendations for
  2 11 compensation and expenses for members of the general assembly
  2 12 and for salaries for other elective state officials no later
  2 13 than April 10, 1995, and each two years thereafter.  However,
  2 14 the commission shall not make recommendations for compensation
  2 15 and expenses prior to the date all collective bargaining
  2 16 agreements between the state public employer and state
  2 17 employee organizations, as referred to in section 20.17,
  2 18 subsection 10, are completed either through agreement or
  2 19 arbitration, in the year in which recommendations are
  2 20 required.
  2 21    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 23                           EXPLANATION
  2 24    This bill provides that the compensation commission for
  2 25 members of the general assembly and other elective state
  2 26 officials meet at least once every two years in order to
  2 27 fulfill its requirement to make recommendations on
  2 28 compensation and expenses to the governor and the general
  2 29 assembly.  The bill provides for the election of a chairperson
  2 30 and vice chairperson who shall serve until the commission
  2 31 meets following the meeting in which recommendations are made.
  2 32 The bill provides that the commission can meet upon the call
  2 33 of the chairperson, the vice chairperson, if the chairperson
  2 34 is unable to call a meeting, or upon the agreement of a
  2 35 majority of the members of the commission.
  3  1    The bill also provides that the commission shall make its
  3  2 recommendations no later than April 10, 1995, and each two
  3  3 years thereafter, but that in no event shall the commission
  3  4 make recommendations prior to the date in that year that the
  3  5 collective bargaining agreements with state employees are
  3  6 completed.
  3  7    This bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  3  8 LSB 1355XS 76
  3  9 ec/cf/24
     
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