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1 2 HOUSE FILE 2553
1 3
1 4 AN ACT
1 5 RELATING TO THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC
1 6 OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES, PROVIDING FOR RELATED
1 7 MATTERS, AND MAKING APPROPRIATIONS.
1 8
1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 10
1 11 Section 1. STATE COURTS – JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND
1 12 MAGISTRATES.
1 13 1. The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the
1 14 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, effective for the pay
1 15 period beginning June 26, 1998, and for subsequent fiscal
1 16 years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The
1 17 salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from funds
1 18 appropriated to the judicial department from the salary
1 19 adjustment fund or if the appropriation is not sufficient,
1 20 from the funds appropriated to the judicial department
1 21 pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
1 22 2. The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the
1 23 persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the
1 24 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, effective with the pay
1 25 period beginning June 26, 1998, and for subsequent pay
1 26 periods.
1 27 a. Chief justice of the supreme court:
1 28 ................................................... $ 110,700
1 29 b. Each justice of the supreme court:
1 30 ................................................... $ 106,700
1 31 c. Chief judge of the court of appeals:
1 32 ................................................... $ 106,600
1 33 d. Each associate judge of the court of appeals:
1 34 ................................................... $ 102,600
1 35 e. Each chief judge of a judicial district:
2 1 ................................................... $ 101,700
2 2 f. Each district judge except the chief judge of a
2 3 judicial district:
2 4 ................................................... $ 97,600
2 5 g. Each district associate judge:
2 6 ................................................... $ 85,000
2 7 h. Each judicial magistrate:
2 8 ................................................... $ 23,100
2 9 i. Each senior judge:
2 10 ................................................... $ 5,600
2 11 Sec. 2. SALARY RATE LIMITS. Persons receiving the salary
2 12 rates established under section 1 of this Act shall not
2 13 receive any additional salary adjustments provided by this
2 14 Act.
2 15 Sec. 3. APPOINTED STATE OFFICERS. The governor shall
2 16 establish a salary for appointed nonelected persons in the
2 17 executive branch of state government holding a position
2 18 enumerated in section 4 of this Act within the range provided,
2 19 by considering, among other items, the experience of the
2 20 individual in the position, changes in the duties of the
2 21 position, the incumbent's performance of assigned duties, and
2 22 subordinates' salaries. However, the attorney general shall
2 23 establish the salary for the consumer advocate, the chief
2 24 justice of the state supreme court shall establish the salary
2 25 for the state court administrator, the ethics and campaign
2 26 disclosure board shall establish the salary of the executive
2 27 director, and the state fair board shall establish the salary
2 28 of the secretary of the state fair board, each within the
2 29 salary range provided in section 4 of this Act.
2 30 The governor, in establishing salaries as provided in
2 31 section 4 of this Act, shall take into consideration other
2 32 employee benefits which may be provided for an individual
2 33 including, but not limited to, housing.
2 34 A person whose salary is established pursuant to section 4
2 35 of this Act and who is a full-time permanent employee of the
3 1 state shall not receive any other remuneration from the state
3 2 or from any other source for the performance of that person's
3 3 duties unless the additional remuneration is first approved by
3 4 the governor or authorized by law. However, this provision
3 5 does not exclude the reimbursement for necessary travel and
3 6 expenses incurred in the performance of duties or fringe
3 7 benefits normally provided to employees of the state.
3 8 Sec. 4. STATE OFFICERS – SALARY RATES AND RANGES. The
3 9 following annual salary ranges are effective for the positions
3 10 specified in this section for the fiscal year beginning July
3 11 1, 1998, and for subsequent fiscal years until otherwise
3 12 provided by the general assembly. The governor or other
3 13 person designated in section 3 of this Act shall determine the
3 14 salary to be paid to the person indicated at a rate within the
3 15 salary ranges indicated from funds appropriated by the general
3 16 assembly for that purpose.
3 17 1. The following are salary ranges 1 through 5 for the
3 18 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, effective with the pay
3 19 period beginning June 26, 1998:
3 20 SALARY RANGES Minimum Maximum
3 21 (1) Range 1 ........................... $ 8,500 $27,400
3 22 (2) Range 2 ........................... $31,300 $55,100
3 23 (3) Range 3 ........................... $42,800 $64,300
3 24 (4) Range 4 ........................... $51,600 $73,500
3 25 (5) Range 5 ........................... $60,600 $82,700
3 26 2. The following are range 1 positions: There are no
3 27 range 1 positions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998.
3 28 3. The following are range 2 positions: administrator of
3 29 the arts division of the department of cultural affairs,
3 30 administrators of the division of persons with disabilities,
3 31 the division on the status of women, the division on the
3 32 status of African-Americans, the division of deaf services,
3 33 and the division of Latino affairs of the department of human
3 34 rights, administrator of the division of professional
3 35 licensing and regulation of the department of commerce, and
4 1 executive director of the commission of veterans affairs.
4 2 4. The following are range 3 positions: administrator of
4 3 the division of emergency management of the department of
4 4 public defense, administrator of the division of criminal and
4 5 juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights,
4 6 administrator of the division of community action agencies of
4 7 the department of human rights, and chairperson and members of
4 8 the employment appeal board of the department of inspections
4 9 and appeals.
4 10 5. The following are range 4 positions: superintendent of
4 11 banking, superintendent of credit unions, drug abuse
4 12 prevention coordinator, administrator of the alcoholic
4 13 beverages division of the department of commerce, state public
4 14 defender, and chairperson, vice chairperson, and members of
4 15 the board of parole.
4 16 6. The following are range 5 positions: consumer
4 17 advocate, labor commissioner, industrial commissioner,
4 18 administrator of the historical division of the department of
4 19 cultural affairs, administrator of the public broadcasting
4 20 division of the department of education, and commandant of the
4 21 veterans home.
4 22 7. The following are salary ranges 6 through 9 for the
4 23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, effective with the pay
4 24 period beginning June 26, 1998:
4 25 SALARY RANGES Minimum Maximum
4 26 (1) Range 6 .......................... $46,800 $ 73,500
4 27 (2) Range 7 .......................... $64,100 $ 83,400
4 28 (3) Range 8 .......................... $68,700 $ 96,800
4 29 (4) Range 9 .......................... $76,700 $115,400
4 30 8. The following are range 6 positions: director of the
4 31 department of human rights, director of the Iowa state civil
4 32 rights commission, executive director of the college student
4 33 aid commission, director of the department for the blind, and
4 34 executive director of the ethics and campaign disclosure
4 35 board.
5 1 9. The following are range 7 positions: director of the
5 2 department of cultural affairs, director of the department of
5 3 elder affairs, director of the department of commerce,
5 4 director of the law enforcement academy, and director of the
5 5 department of inspections and appeals.
5 6 10. The following are range 8 positions: the admin-
5 7 istrator of the state racing and gaming commission of the
5 8 department of inspections and appeals, director of the
5 9 department of general services, director of the department of
5 10 personnel, director of public health, commissioner of public
5 11 safety, commissioner of insurance, executive director of the
5 12 Iowa finance authority, director of revenue and finance,
5 13 director of the department of natural resources, director of
5 14 the department of corrections, and chairperson of the
5 15 utilities board. The other members of the utilities board
5 16 shall receive an annual salary within a range of not less than
5 17 ninety percent but not more than ninety-five percent of the
5 18 annual salary of the chairperson of the utilities board.
5 19 11. The following are range 9 positions: director of the
5 20 department of education, director of human services, director
5 21 of the department of economic development, executive director
5 22 of the state board of regents, director of the state
5 23 department of transportation, director of the department of
5 24 workforce development, lottery commissioner, the state court
5 25 administrator, secretary of the state fair board, and the
5 26 director of the department of management.
5 27 Sec. 5. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.
5 28 1. The salary rates specified in this section are
5 29 effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, with the
5 30 pay period beginning June 26, 1998, and for subsequent fiscal
5 31 years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The
5 32 salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from funds
5 33 appropriated to the public employment relations board from the
5 34 salary adjustment fund, or if the appropriation is not
5 35 sufficient from funds appropriated to the public employment
6 1 relations board pursuant to any other Act of the general
6 2 assembly.
6 3 2. The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the
6 4 persons holding the positions indicated:
6 5 a. Chairperson of the public employment relations board:
6 6 .................................................. $ 64,800
6 7 b. Two members of the public employment relations board:
6 8 .................................................. $ 60,300
6 9 Sec. 6. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FUNDED – GENERAL
6 10 FUND. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
6 11 state to the salary adjustment fund for distribution by the
6 12 department of management to the various state departments,
6 13 boards, commissions, councils, and agencies, including the
6 14 state board of regents, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
6 15 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the amount of $44,100,000, or
6 16 so much thereof as may be necessary, to fully fund the
6 17 following annual pay adjustments, expense reimbursements, and
6 18 related benefits:
6 19 1. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
6 20 to chapter 20 for employees in the blue collar bargaining
6 21 unit.
6 22 2. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
6 23 to chapter 20 for employees in the public safety bargaining
6 24 unit.
6 25 3. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
6 26 to chapter 20 for employees in the security bargaining unit.
6 27 4. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
6 28 to chapter 20 for employees in the technical bargaining unit.
6 29 5. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
6 30 to chapter 20 for employees in the professional fiscal and
6 31 staff bargaining unit.
6 32 6. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
6 33 to chapter 20 for employees in the university of northern Iowa
6 34 faculty bargaining unit.
6 35 7. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
7 1 to chapter 20 for employees in the clerical bargaining unit.
7 2 8. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
7 3 to chapter 20 for employees in the professional social
7 4 services bargaining unit.
7 5 9. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant
7 6 to chapter 20 for employees in the community-based corrections
7 7 bargaining unit.
7 8 10. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
7 9 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the judicial branch of
7 10 government bargaining unit.
7 11 11. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
7 12 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the patient care
7 13 bargaining unit.
7 14 12. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
7 15 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the science bargaining
7 16 unit.
7 17 13. The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
7 18 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the state university
7 19 of Iowa graduate student bargaining unit.
7 20 14. The annual pay adjustments, related benefits, and
7 21 expense reimbursements referred to in sections 7 and 8 of this
7 22 Act for employees not covered by a collective bargaining
7 23 agreement.
7 24 Sec. 7. NONCONTRACT STATE EMPLOYEES – GENERAL.
7 25 1. a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, the
7 26 maximum salary levels of all pay plans provided for in section
7 27 19A.9, subsection 2, as they exist for the fiscal year ending
7 28 June 30, 1998, shall be increased by 3 percent for the pay
7 29 period beginning June 26, 1998.
7 30 b. In addition to the increases specified in this
7 31 subsection, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
7 32 employees may receive a step increase or the equivalent of a
7 33 step increase.
7 34 2. The pay plans for state employees who are exempt from
7 35 chapter 19A and who are included in the department of revenue
8 1 and finance's centralized payroll system shall be increased in
8 2 the same manner as provided in subsection 1.
8 3 3. This section does not apply to members of the general
8 4 assembly, board members, commission members, salaries of
8 5 persons set by the general assembly pursuant to this Act, or
8 6 set by the governor, employees designated under section 19A.3,
8 7 subsection 5, and employees covered by 581 IAC 4.5(17).
8 8 4. The pay plans for the bargaining eligible employees of
8 9 the state shall be increased in the same manner as provided in
8 10 subsection 1. As used in this section, "bargaining eligible
8 11 employee" means an employee who is eligible to organize under
8 12 chapter 20, but has not done so.
8 13 5. The policies for implementation of this section shall
8 14 be approved by the governor.
8 15 Sec. 8. STATE EMPLOYEES – STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. Funds
8 16 from the appropriation in section 6 of this Act shall be
8 17 allocated to the state board of regents for the purposes of
8 18 providing increases for state board of regents employees
8 19 covered by section 6 of this Act and for employees not covered
8 20 by a collective bargaining agreement as follows:
8 21 1. For regents merit system employees and merit
8 22 supervisory employees to fund for the fiscal year, increases
8 23 comparable to those provided for similar contract-covered
8 24 employees in this Act.
8 25 2. For faculty members and professional and scientific
8 26 employees to fund for the fiscal year, percentage increases
8 27 comparable to those provided for contract-covered employees in
8 28 section 6, subsection 6, of this Act.
8 29 Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS FROM ROAD FUNDS.
8 30 1. There is appropriated from the road use tax fund to the
8 31 salary adjustment fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
8 32 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so
8 33 much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purpose
8 34 designated:
8 35 To supplement other funds appropriated by the general
9 1 assembly:
9 2 ................................................... $ 697,759
9 3 2. There is appropriated from the primary road fund to the
9 4 salary adjustment fund, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
9 5 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the following amount, or so
9 6 much thereof as may be necessary, to be used for the purpose
9 7 designated:
9 8 To supplement other funds appropriated by the general
9 9 assembly:
9 10 ................................................... $ 3,877,937
9 11 3. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts
9 12 appropriated in subsections 1 and 2 shall be used to fund the
9 13 annual pay adjustments, expense reimbursements, and related
9 14 benefits for public employees as provided in this Act.
9 15 Sec. 10. SALARY ANNUALIZATION APPROPRIATION. There is
9 16 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
9 17 following state departments, state boards, state commissions,
9 18 and state agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
9 19 and ending June 30, 1999, the following amounts, or so much
9 20 thereof as is necessary, to be used for salary adjustments:
9 21 1. Auditor of state – general office
9 22 .................................................. $ 8,960
9 23 2. Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board
9 24 .................................................. $ 2,826
9 25 3. Department of commerce
9 26 a. Administration
9 27 .................................................. $ 24,106
9 28 b. Alcoholic beverages division
9 29 .................................................. $ 1,063
9 30 c. Banking division
9 31 .................................................. $ 12,290
9 32 d. Credit union division
9 33 .................................................. $ 3,728
9 34 e. Insurance division
9 35 .................................................. $ 4,956
10 1 f. Professional licensing division
10 2 .................................................. $ 1,606
10 3 g. Utilities division
10 4 .................................................. $ 60,118
10 5 4. Secretary of state
10 6 a. Administration and elections
10 7 .................................................. $ 2,554
10 8 b. Business services
10 9 .................................................. $ 1,045
10 10 5. State-federal relations – general office
10 11 .................................................. $ 1,802
10 12 6. Treasurer of state – general office
10 13 .................................................. $ 10,875
10 14 7. Department of agriculture and land stewardship
10 15 a. Regulatory division
10 16 .................................................. $ 868
10 17 b. Milk fund – regulatory
10 18 .................................................. $ 2,243
10 19 c. Soil conservation division
10 20 .................................................. $ 6,218
10 21 8. Department of natural resources
10 22 a. Administrative services
10 23 .................................................. $ 2,651
10 24 b. Parks and preserves
10 25 .................................................. $ 21,944
10 26 c. Forestry
10 27 .................................................. $ 14,349
10 28 d. Energy and geology
10 29 .................................................. $ 11,374
10 30 e. Environmental protection
10 31 .................................................. $ 12,547
10 32 9. Department for the blind
10 33 .................................................. $ 1,788
10 34 10. Department of elder affairs – state administration
10 35 .................................................. $ 3,380
11 1 11. Drug enforcement and abuse prevention coordinator
11 2 .................................................. $ 4,857
11 3 12. Department of public health – health protection
11 4 .................................................. $ 1,575
11 5 13. Department of human rights
11 6 a. Central administration
11 7 .................................................. $ 1,883
11 8 b. Latino affairs
11 9 .................................................. $ 3,533
11 10 c. Status of African-Americans
11 11 .................................................. $ 4,832
11 12 14. Department of veteran affairs – Iowa veterans home
11 13 .................................................. $ 34,223
11 14 15. Department of human services
11 15 a. Eldora training school
11 16 .................................................. $ 7,192
11 17 b. Cherokee mental health institute
11 18 .................................................. $ 31,946
11 19 c. Clarinda mental health institute
11 20 .................................................. $ 56,691
11 21 d. Mount Pleasant mental health institute
11 22 .................................................. $ 7,244
11 23 e. Woodward state-hospital school
11 24 .................................................. $ 120,721
11 25 f. General administration
11 26 .................................................. $ 6,307
11 27 16. Department of justice – consumer advocate
11 28 .................................................. $ 13,442
11 29 17. Department of corrections
11 30 a. Iowa state penitentiary – Fort Madison
11 31 .................................................. $ 52,347
11 32 b. Medical and classification center – Oakdale
11 33 .................................................. $ 33,837
11 34 c. Correctional release center – Newton
11 35 .................................................. $ 113,030
12 1 d. Mount Pleasant correctional facility
12 2 .................................................. $ 104,556
12 3 e. Fort Dodge correctional facility
12 4 .................................................. $ 388,808
12 5 f. Central office
12 6 .................................................. $ 63,491
12 7 g. Community-based corrections – district IV
12 8 .................................................. $ 32,481
12 9 h. Community-based corrections – district V
12 10 .................................................. $ 32,560
12 11 i. Community-based corrections – district VII
12 12 .................................................. $ 21,293
12 13 18. Department of inspections and appeals – public
12 14 defender
12 15 .................................................. $ 7,777
12 16 19. Iowa law enforcement academy – operations
12 17 .................................................. $ 8,056
12 18 20. State board of parole
12 19 .................................................. $ 7,471
12 20 21. Department of public safety
12 21 a. Division of criminal investigation
12 22 .................................................. $ 15,535
12 23 b. Narcotics enforcement
12 24 .................................................. $ 4,020
12 25 c. Fire marshal
12 26 .................................................. $ 1,963
12 27 d. Medical examiner
12 28 .................................................. $ 2,333
12 29 22. Department of economic development
12 30 a. General administration
12 31 .................................................. $ 2,843
12 32 b. Business development operations
12 33 .................................................. $ 2,617
12 34 c. Small business program
12 35 .................................................. $ 1,630
13 1 d. Procurement office
13 2 .................................................. $ 2,157
13 3 e. Strategic investment fund
13 4 .................................................. $ 3,261
13 5 f. Mainstreet/rural mainstreet
13 6 .................................................. $ 2,210
13 7 g. Community development program
13 8 .................................................. $ 2,123
13 9 h. Community development block grant
13 10 .................................................. $ 3,982
13 11 i. International trade
13 12 .................................................. $ 12,034
13 13 j. Tourism operations
13 14 .................................................. $ 1,820
13 15 Sec. 11. SPECIAL FUNDS – AUTHORIZATION. To departmental
13 16 revolving, trust, or special funds, except for the primary
13 17 road fund or the road use tax fund, for which the general
13 18 assembly has established an operating budget, a supplemental
13 19 expenditure authorization is provided, unless otherwise
13 20 provided, in an amount necessary to fund salary adjustments as
13 21 otherwise provided in this Act.
13 22 Sec. 12. GENERAL FUND SALARY MONEYS. Funds appropriated
13 23 from the general fund of the state in this Act relate only to
13 24 salaries supported from general fund appropriations of the
13 25 state except for employees of the state board of regents. The
13 26 funds appropriated from the general fund of the state for
13 27 employees of the state board of regents shall exclude general
13 28 university indirect costs and general university federal
13 29 funds.
13 30 Sec. 13. FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED. All federal grants
13 31 to and the federal receipts of the agencies affected by this
13 32 Act which are received and may be expended for purposes of
13 33 this Act are appropriated for those purposes and as set forth
13 34 in the federal grants or receipts.
13 35 Sec. 14. USE OF SURPLUS HEALTH INSURANCE FUNDS. The
14 1 executive council shall transfer an amount, as determined by
14 2 the department of management, from the health insurance
14 3 surplus account to the health insurance premium operating
14 4 account for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, to reduce
14 5 insurance premiums. Any amount remaining in the health
14 6 insurance premium operating account at the end of the fiscal
14 7 year beginning July 1, 1998, shall be transferred to the
14 8 health insurance surplus account.
14 9 Sec. 15. STATE TROOPER MEAL ALLOWANCE. The sworn peace
14 10 officers in the department of public safety who are not
14 11 covered by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated
14 12 pursuant to chapter 20, excluding capitol police supervisors,
14 13 shall receive the same per diem meal allowance as the sworn
14 14 peace officers in the department of public safety who are
14 15 covered by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated
14 16 pursuant to chapter 20.
14 17 The department of management shall estimate the cost of
14 18 providing per diem meal allowances as provided in this section
14 19 and shall allocate the funding for the allowance from the
14 20 salary adjustment fund.
14 21 Sec. 16. SALARY MODEL ADMINISTRATOR/COORDINATOR. Of the
14 22 funds appropriated by section 6 of this Act, $57,784 for the
14 23 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, is allocated to the
14 24 department of management for salary and support of the salary
14 25 model administrator/coordinator who shall work in conjunction
14 26 with the legislative fiscal bureau to maintain the state's
14 27 salary model used for analyzing, comparing, and projecting
14 28 state employee salary and benefit information, including
14 29 information relating to employees of the state board of
14 30 regents. The information shall be used in collective
14 31 bargaining processes under chapter 20 and in calculating the
14 32 funding needs contained within the annual salary adjustment
14 33 legislation. A state employee organization as defined in
14 34 section 20.3, subsection 4, may request information produced
14 35 by the model, but the information provided shall not contain
15 1 information attributable to individual employees.
15 2
15 3
15 4
15 5 RON J. CORBETT
15 6 Speaker of the House
15 7
15 8
15 9
15 10 MARY E. KRAMER
15 11 President of the Senate
15 12
15 13 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
15 14 is known as House File 2553, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
15 15
15 16
15 17
15 18 ELIZABETH ISAACSON
15 19 Chief Clerk of the House
15 20 Approved , 1998
15 21
15 22
15 23
15 24 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
15 25 Governor
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