House Journal: Page 275: Monday, February 8, 1999

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 1  representative may employ a secretary who in the
 2  judgment of the senator or representative employing
 3  such person, possesses the necessary skills to perform
 4  the duties such senator or representative shall
 5  designate, under the administrative direction, as
 6  appropriate, of the secretary of the senate or the
 7  chief clerk of the house.
 8     Each standing committee chairperson, ethics
 9  committee chairperson, and each appropriations
10  subcommittee chairperson shall designate a secretary
11  who is competent to perform the following duties:
12  prepare committee minutes, committee reports, type
13  committee correspondence, maintain committee records,
14  and otherwise assist the committee.  Such duties shall
15  be performed in accordance with standards which shall
16  be provided by the secretary of the senate and chief
17  clerk of the house.  In making the designation,
18  chairpersons shall consider persons for possible
19  designation as the secretary to the committee in the
20  following order:
21     First:  The secretary to the chairperson.
22     Second:  The secretary to the committee's vice-
23  chairperson.
24     Third:  The secretary to any other member of the
25  committee.
26     Fourth:  The secretary to any other member in the
27  same house as the committee.
28     Be It Further Resolved, That a Legal Counsel II
29  shall be a person who has graduated from an accredited
30  school of law and is admitted to practice in Iowa as
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 1  an Attorney and Counselor at Law and possesses either
 2  a Masters of Law degree or has at least two years of
 3  legal experience after admission to practice.
 4     A Legal Counsel I shall be a person who has
 5  graduated from an accredited school of law and is
 6  admitted to practice in Iowa as an Attorney and
 7  Counselor at Law.
 8     Be It Further Resolved, That employees of the
 9  general assembly may be eligible for either:
10     a)  increases in salary grade or step based on
11  evaluation of their job performance and
12  recommendations of their administrative officers,
13  subject to approval of the senate committee on rules
14  and administration or the house committee on
15  administration and rules, as appropriate, provided,
16  however, that for promotions between classes with a
17  three or more pay grade difference, the employee shall

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