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House Study Bill 126

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.905, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1  3 thereof the following:
  1  4    1.  A county compensation board is created in each county
  1  5 which shall be composed of five members who are electors of
  1  6 the county.  The members of the county compensation board
  1  7 shall be selected as follows:
  1  8    a.  Two members shall be selected by the board of
  1  9 supervisors.  One member shall be a member of the board of
  1 10 supervisors and one member shall an elector of the county
  1 11 representing the general public.
  1 12    b.  Two members shall be selected jointly by the following
  1 13 county officers:  the county auditor, the county attorney, the
  1 14 county recorder, the county treasurer, and the county sheriff.
  1 15 One member shall be an elective county officer listed in this
  1 16 paragraph and one member shall be an elector of the county
  1 17 selected by the elective county officers listed in this
  1 18 paragraph to represent the general public.
  1 19    c.  One member shall be an elector of the county selected
  1 20 by the two members of the county compensation board who are
  1 21 chosen to represent the general public under paragraphs "a"
  1 22 and "b".
  1 23    Sec. 2.  Section 331.905, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1 24 amended to read as follows:
  1 25    2.  The members of the county compensation board shall be
  1 26 appointed to four-year, staggered terms of office.  The Except
  1 27 for the member of the board of supervisors and the other
  1 28 elective county officer, the members of the county
  1 29 compensation board shall not be officers or employees of the
  1 30 state or a political subdivision of the state.  A term shall
  1 31 be effective on the first of July of the year of appointment
  1 32 and a vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the
  1 33 same manner as the original appointment.  The terms of office
  1 34 of the initial members of the county compensation board shall
  1 35 be determined by lot.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  TRANSITION.  The terms of office of the members of
  2  2 the county compensation board who are serving unexpired terms
  2  3 immediately before the effective date of this Act shall expire
  2  4 on the effective date of this Act, and their successors shall
  2  5 be appointed as provided in sections 1 and 2 of this Act.  
  2  6                           EXPLANATION
  2  7    This bill provides for a five-member county compensation
  2  8 board.  Two members shall be appointed by the board of
  2  9 supervisors, one from its own membership and one elector of
  2 10 the county appointed by the board of supervisors to represent
  2 11 the general public.  Two members shall be appointed by the
  2 12 other elective county officers, one from among those elective
  2 13 county officers and one elector of the county to represent the
  2 14 general public.  The fifth member shall be selected by the two
  2 15 representatives of the general public who are selected by the
  2 16 board of supervisors and the other elective county officers.
  2 17 The members who are representatives of the general public
  2 18 shall not be officers or employees of the state or a political
  2 19 subdivision of the state.  
  2 20 LSB 2064HC 77
  2 21 tj/jw/5
     

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