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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 1999, 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 m, Code 1 6 1999, is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 7 Sec. 3. Section 331.322, subsection 6, Code 1999, is 1 8 amended to read as follows: 1 9 6.ReviewAnnually review and prepare thefinal1 10 compensation scheduleof the county compensation board and1 11determine the final compensation schedulein accordance with 1 12 section 331.907. 1 13 Sec. 4. Section 331.322, subsection 7, Code 1999, is 1 14 amended by striking the subsection. 1 15 Sec. 5. Section 331.323, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 16 paragraph 5, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 17WhenIf 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, the1 20salary shall be determinedas provided in section 331.907. 1 21 Sec. 6. Section 331.907, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1999, 1 22 are amended to read as follows: 1 23 1. The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, 1 24 recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall be 1 25 determined as provided in this section. Thecounty1 26compensationboard of supervisors annually shall review the 1 27 compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of 1 28 this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal 1 29 government. In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the 1 30county compensationboard shall consider setting the sheriff's 1 31 salary so that it is comparable to salaries paid to 1 32 professional law enforcement administrators and command 1 33 officers of the Iowa state patrol, the division of criminal 1 34 investigation of the department of public safety, and city 1 35 police agencies in this state. Thecounty compensationboard 2 1 shall prepare a compensation schedule for the elective county 2 2 officers for the succeeding fiscal year. A recommended 2 3 compensation schedule requires a majority vote of the 2 4 membership of thecounty compensationboard. 2 5 2. At the public hearing held on the county budget as 2 6 provided in section 331.434, thecounty compensationboard 2 7 shall submit itsrecommendedcompensation schedule for the 2 8 next fiscal yearto the board of supervisorsfor inclusion in 2 9 the county budget.The board of supervisors shall review the2 10recommended compensation schedule for the elected county2 11officers and determine the final compensation schedule which2 12shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the2 13county compensation board. In determining the final2 14compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to2 15reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule,2 16the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county2 17officer shall be reduced an equal percentage.A copy of the 2 18finalcompensation schedule shall be filed with the county 2 19 budget at the office of the director of the department of 2 20 management. Thefinalcompensation schedule takes effect on 2 21 July 1 following its adoption by the board of supervisors. 2 22 Sec. 7. Section 331.905, Code 1999, is repealed. 2 23 EXPLANATION 2 24 This bill provides for the abolition of county compensation 2 25 boards and transfers to the board of supervisors the duty of 2 26 setting the compensation schedule for elective county 2 27 officers. 2 28 LSB 2259HH 78 2 29 tj/jw/5
Text: HF00316 Text: HF00318 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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