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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  Setting the compensation schedule of
  1  4 the elected county officers.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph n, Code
  1  6 1997, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  1  7    Sec. 3.  Section 331.322, subsection 6, Code 1997, is
  1  8 amended to read as follows:
  1  9    6.  Review Annually review and prepare the final
  1 10 compensation schedule of the county compensation board and
  1 11 determine the final compensation schedule in accordance with
  1 12 section 331.907.
  1 13    Sec. 4.  Section 331.322, subsection 7, Code 1997, is
  1 14 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 15    Sec. 5.  Section 331.323, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1 16 paragraph 5, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 17    When If the duties of an officer or employee are assigned
  1 18 to one or more elected officers, the board shall set the
  1 19 initial salary for each elected officer.  Thereafter, the
  1 20 salary shall be determined as provided in section 331.907.
  1 21    Sec. 6.  Section 331.907, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1 22 amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu
  1 23 thereof the following:
  1 24    1.  a.  The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer,
  1 25 recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall be
  1 26 determined as provided in this section.  The board of
  1 27 supervisors shall annually review compensation paid to
  1 28 comparable officers in other counties of this state, other
  1 29 states, private enterprise, and the federal government.
  1 30    b.  In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the board
  1 31 shall consider setting the sheriff's salary so that it is
  1 32 comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement
  1 33 administrators and command officers of the Iowa highway safety
  1 34 patrol, the division of criminal investigation of the
  1 35 department of public safety, and city police agencies in this
  2  1 state.
  2  2    c.  The board shall prepare a compensation schedule for the
  2  3 elective county officers for the succeeding fiscal year.  A
  2  4 majority vote of the membership of the board is required to
  2  5 approve the compensation schedule.
  2  6    Sec. 7.  Section 331.907, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  2  7 amended to read as follows:
  2  8    2.  At the public hearing held on the county budget as
  2  9 provided in section 331.434, the county compensation board
  2 10 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the
  2 11 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion in
  2 12 the county budget.  The board of supervisors shall review the
  2 13 recommended compensation schedule for the elected county
  2 14 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which
  2 15 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the
  2 16 county compensation board.  In determining the final compen-
  2 17 sation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to reduce
  2 18 the amount of the recommended compensation schedule, the
  2 19 amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county
  2 20 officer shall be reduced an equal percentage.  A copy of the
  2 21 final compensation schedule shall be filed with the county
  2 22 budget at the office of the director of the department of
  2 23 management.  The final compensation schedule takes effect on
  2 24 July 1 following its adoption by the board of supervisors.
  2 25    Sec. 8.  Chapter 2A, Code 1997, is repealed.
  2 26    Sec. 9.  Section 331.905, Code 1997, is repealed.  
  2 27                           EXPLANATION
  2 28    This bill abolishes the county compensation board and
  2 29 transfers to the county board of supervisors the duty of
  2 30 setting the compensation schedule for elective county
  2 31 officers.
  2 32    The bill abolishes the commission on compensation,
  2 33 expenses, and salaries for elected state officials.  The
  2 34 current Code establishes the 15-member commission, requires
  2 35 the commission to report biennially, sets forth provisions
  3  1 relating to the commission members' terms and the expenses of
  3  2 the commission, and requires the general assembly to consider
  3  3 the recommendations of the commission.  Action by the general
  3  4 assembly is required to change the salaries of the elected
  3  5 officials.
  3  6    The current provisions require the commission to review the
  3  7 compensation and expenses received by members of the general
  3  8 assembly and the salaries of the other elective state
  3  9 officials, and compare the compensation, expenses, and
  3 10 salaries to those of comparable positions in other states, the
  3 11 federal government, and private enterprise.  Under the current
  3 12 Code, the commission is required to make its determination as
  3 13 to compensation and expense levels for the members of the
  3 14 general assembly and for the other elective state officials
  3 15 and to submit a recommendation to the governor and the general
  3 16 assembly.  
  3 17 LSB 2711SV 77
  3 18 rn/jw/5
     
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