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House Amendment 1888

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  1  1    Amend House File 746 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  STATE COURTS – JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND
  1  5 MAGISTRATES.
  1  6    1.  The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are
  1  7 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, effective
  1  8 for the pay period beginning June 22, 2001, and for
  1  9 subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by
  1 10 the general assembly.  The salaries provided for in
  1 11 this section shall be paid from funds appropriated to
  1 12 the judicial branch from the salary adjustment fund or
  1 13 if the appropriation is not sufficient, from the funds
  1 14 appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to any
  1 15 Act of the general assembly.
  1 16    2.  The following annual salary rates shall be paid
  1 17 to the persons holding the judicial positions
  1 18 indicated during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  1 19 2001, effective with the pay period beginning June 22,
  1 20 2001, and for subsequent pay periods.
  1 21    a.  Chief justice of the supreme court:  
  1 22 .................................................. $    120,920
  1 23    b.  Each justice of the supreme court:  
  1 24 .................................................. $    116,600
  1 25    c.  Chief judge of the court of appeals:  
  1 26 .................................................. $    116,490
  1 27    d.  Each associate judge of the court of appeals:  
  1 28 .................................................. $    112,170
  1 29    e.  Each chief judge of a judicial district:  
  1 30 .................................................. $    111,140
  1 31    f.  Each district judge except the chief judge of a
  1 32 judicial district:  
  1 33 .................................................. $    106,610
  1 34    g.  Each district associate judge:  
  1 35 .................................................. $     92,910
  1 36    h.  Each associate juvenile judge:  
  1 37 .................................................. $     92,910
  1 38    i.  Each associate probate judge:  
  1 39 .................................................. $     92,910
  1 40    j.  Each judicial magistrate:  
  1 41 .................................................. $     26,990
  1 42    k.  Each senior judge:  
  1 43 .................................................. $      6,180
  1 44    Sec. 2.  SALARY RATE LIMITS.  Persons receiving the
  1 45 salary rates established under section 1 of this Act
  1 46 shall not receive any additional salary adjustments
  1 47 provided by this Act.
  1 48    Sec. 3.  APPOINTED STATE OFFICERS.  The governor
  1 49 shall establish a salary for appointed nonelected
  1 50 persons in the executive branch of state government
  2  1 holding a position enumerated in section 4 of this Act
  2  2 within the range provided, by considering, among other
  2  3 items, the experience of the individual in the
  2  4 position, changes in the duties of the position, the
  2  5 incumbent's performance of assigned duties, and
  2  6 subordinates' salaries.  However, the attorney general
  2  7 shall establish the salary for the consumer advocate,
  2  8 the chief justice of the supreme court shall establish
  2  9 the salary for the state court administrator, the
  2 10 ethics and campaign disclosure board shall establish
  2 11 the salary of the executive director, and the state
  2 12 fair board shall establish the salary of the secretary
  2 13 of the state fair board, each within the salary range
  2 14 provided in section 4 of this Act.
  2 15    The governor, in establishing salaries as provided
  2 16 in section 4 of this Act, shall take into
  2 17 consideration other employee benefits which may be
  2 18 provided for an individual including, but not limited
  2 19 to, housing.
  2 20    A person whose salary is established pursuant to
  2 21 section 4 of this Act and who is a full-time, year-
  2 22 round employee of the state shall not receive any
  2 23 other remuneration from the state or from any other
  2 24 source for the performance of that person's duties
  2 25 unless the additional remuneration is first approved
  2 26 by the governor or authorized by law.  However, this
  2 27 provision does not exclude the reimbursement for
  2 28 necessary travel and expenses incurred in the
  2 29 performance of duties or fringe benefits normally
  2 30 provided to employees of the state.
  2 31    Sec. 4.  STATE OFFICERS – SALARY RATES AND RANGES.
  2 32 The following annual salary ranges are effective for
  2 33 the positions specified in this section for the fiscal
  2 34 year beginning July 1, 2001, and for subsequent fiscal
  2 35 years until otherwise provided by the general
  2 36 assembly.  The governor or other person designated in
  2 37 section 3 of this Act shall determine the salary to be
  2 38 paid to the person indicated at a rate within the
  2 39 salary ranges indicated from funds appropriated by the
  2 40 general assembly for that purpose.
  2 41    1.  The following are salary ranges 1 through 5 for
  2 42 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, effective with
  2 43 the pay period beginning June 22, 2001:  
  2 44 SALARY RANGES                              Minimum    Maximum
  2 45    a.  Range 1 ........................... $ 8,800    $29,870
  2 46    b.  Range 2 ........................... $32,200    $60,255
  2 47    c.  Range 3 ........................... $44,100    $70,246
  2 48    d.  Range 4 ........................... $53,100    $80,340
  2 49    e.  Range 5 ........................... $62,400    $90,434
  2 50    2.  The following are range 1 positions:  There are
  3  1 no range 1 positions for the fiscal year beginning
  3  2 July 1, 2001.
  3  3    3.  The following are range 2 positions:
  3  4 administrator of the arts division of the department
  3  5 of cultural affairs, administrators of the division of
  3  6 persons with disabilities, the division on the status
  3  7 of women, the division on the status of African-
  3  8 Americans, the division of deaf services, and the
  3  9 division of Latino affairs of the department of human
  3 10 rights, and administrator of the division of
  3 11 professional licensing and regulation of the
  3 12 department of commerce.
  3 13    4.  The following are range 3 positions:
  3 14 administrator of the division of emergency management
  3 15 of the department of public defense, administrator of
  3 16 the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning
  3 17 of the department of human rights, administrator of
  3 18 the division of community action agencies of the
  3 19 department of human rights, executive director of the
  3 20 commission of veterans affairs, and chairperson and
  3 21 members of the employment appeal board of the
  3 22 department of inspections and appeals.
  3 23    5.  The following are range 4 positions:
  3 24 superintendent of banking, superintendent of credit
  3 25 unions, and chairperson, vice chairperson, and members
  3 26 of the board of parole.
  3 27    6.  The following are range 5 positions:  consumer
  3 28 advocate, state public defender, drug policy
  3 29 coordinator, labor commissioner, workers' compensation
  3 30 commissioner, administrator of the alcohol beverages
  3 31 division of the department of commerce, and
  3 32 administrator of the historical division of the
  3 33 department of cultural affairs.
  3 34    7.  The following are salary ranges 6 through 9 for
  3 35 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, effective with
  3 36 the pay period beginning June 22, 2001:  
  3 37 SALARY RANGES                             Minimum     Maximum
  3 38    a.  Range 6 .......................... $ 48,200    $ 80,340
  3 39    b.  Range 7 .......................... $ 66,000    $ 91,155
  3 40    c.  Range 8 .......................... $ 70,800    $105,781
  3 41    d.  Range 9 .......................... $ 79,000    $126,175
  3 42    8.  The following are range 6 positions:  director
  3 43 of the department of human rights, director of the
  3 44 Iowa state civil rights commission, executive director
  3 45 of the college student aid commission, director of the
  3 46 department for the blind, and executive director of
  3 47 the ethics and campaign disclosure board.
  3 48    9.  The following are range 7 positions:  director
  3 49 of the department of cultural affairs, director of the
  3 50 department of elder affairs, and director of the law
  4  1 enforcement academy.
  4  2    10.  The following are range 8 positions:  the
  4  3 administrator of the state racing and gaming
  4  4 commission of the department of inspections and
  4  5 appeals, director of the department of inspections and
  4  6 appeals, commandant of the veterans home, director of
  4  7 the department of general services, director of the
  4  8 department of personnel, administrator of the public
  4  9 broadcasting division of the department of education,
  4 10 commissioner of public safety, commissioner of
  4 11 insurance, executive director of the Iowa finance
  4 12 authority, director of the department of natural
  4 13 resources, director of the department of corrections,
  4 14 and chairperson of the utilities board.  The other
  4 15 members of the utilities board shall receive an annual
  4 16 salary within a range of not less than 90 percent but
  4 17 not more than 95 percent of the annual salary of the
  4 18 chairperson of the utilities board.
  4 19    11.  The following are range 9 positions:  director
  4 20 of the department of education, director of human
  4 21 services, director of the department of economic
  4 22 development, director of the information technology
  4 23 department, executive director of the Iowa
  4 24 communications and technology commission, executive
  4 25 director of the state board of regents, director of
  4 26 the state department of transportation, director of
  4 27 the department of workforce development, director of
  4 28 revenue and finance, lottery commissioner, director of
  4 29 public health, the state court administrator,
  4 30 secretary of the state fair board, and the director of
  4 31 the department of management.
  4 32    Sec. 5.  PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD.
  4 33    1.  The salary rates specified in this section are
  4 34 effective for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  4 35 with the pay period beginning June 22, 2001, and for
  4 36 subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by
  4 37 the general assembly.  The salaries provided for in
  4 38 this section shall be paid from funds appropriated to
  4 39 the public employment relations board from the salary
  4 40 adjustment fund, or if the appropriation is not
  4 41 sufficient from funds appropriated to the public
  4 42 employment relations board pursuant to any other Act
  4 43 of the general assembly.
  4 44    2.  The following annual salary rates shall be paid
  4 45 to the persons holding the positions indicated:
  4 46    a.  Chairperson of the public employment relations
  4 47 board:  
  4 48 .................................................. $     70,761
  4 49    b.  Two members of the public employment relations
  4 50 board:  
  5  1 .................................................. $     65,920
  5  2    Sec. 6.  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FUNDED –
  5  3 GENERAL FUND.  There is appropriated from the general
  5  4 fund of the state to the salary adjustment fund for
  5  5 distribution by the department of management to the
  5  6 various state departments, boards, commissions,
  5  7 councils, and agencies, including the state board of
  5  8 regents, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  5  9 and ending June 30, 2002, the amount of $91,000,000,
  5 10 or so much thereof as may be necessary, to fully fund
  5 11 the following annual pay adjustments, expense
  5 12 reimbursements, and related benefits:
  5 13    1.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 14 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the blue
  5 15 collar bargaining unit.
  5 16    2.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 17 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the public
  5 18 safety bargaining unit.
  5 19    3.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 20 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the security
  5 21 bargaining unit.
  5 22    4.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 23 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the technical
  5 24 bargaining unit.
  5 25    5.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 26 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the
  5 27 professional fiscal and staff bargaining unit.
  5 28    6.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 29 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the university
  5 30 of northern Iowa faculty bargaining unit.
  5 31    7.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 32 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the clerical
  5 33 bargaining unit.
  5 34    8.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 35 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the
  5 36 professional social services bargaining unit.
  5 37    9.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 38 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the community-
  5 39 based corrections bargaining unit.
  5 40    10.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 41 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the judicial
  5 42 branch of government bargaining unit.
  5 43    11.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 44 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the patient
  5 45 care bargaining unit.
  5 46    12.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 47 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the science
  5 48 bargaining unit.
  5 49    13.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  5 50 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the state
  6  1 university of Iowa graduate student bargaining unit.
  6  2    14.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated
  6  3 pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the state
  6  4 university of Iowa hospital and clinics tertiary
  6  5 health care bargaining unit.
  6  6    15.  The annual pay adjustments, related benefits,
  6  7 and expense reimbursements referred to in sections 7
  6  8 and 8 of this Act for employees not covered by a
  6  9 collective bargaining agreement.
  6 10    Sec. 7.  NONCONTRACT STATE EMPLOYEES – GENERAL.
  6 11    1.  a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  6 12 the maximum salary levels of all pay plans provided
  6 13 for in section 19A.9, subsection 2, as they exist for
  6 14 the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, shall be
  6 15 increased by 3 percent for the pay period beginning
  6 16 June 22, 2001, and any additional changes in the pay
  6 17 plans shall be approved by the governor.
  6 18    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
  6 19 employees may receive a step increase or the
  6 20 equivalent of a step increase.
  6 21    2.  The pay plans for state employees who are
  6 22 exempt from chapter 19A and who are included in the
  6 23 department of revenue and finance's centralized
  6 24 payroll system shall be increased in the same manner
  6 25 as provided in subsection 1, and any additional
  6 26 changes in any executive branch pay plans shall be
  6 27 approved by the governor.
  6 28    3.  This section does not apply to members of the
  6 29 general assembly, board members, commission members,
  6 30 salaries of persons set by the general assembly
  6 31 pursuant to this Act, or set by the governor, other
  6 32 persons designated in section 3 of this Act, employees
  6 33 designated under section 19A.3, subsection 5, and
  6 34 employees covered by 581 IAC 4.6(3).
  6 35    4.  The pay plans for the bargaining eligible
  6 36 employees of the state shall be increased in the same
  6 37 manner as provided in subsection 1, and any additional
  6 38 changes in such executive branch pay plans shall be
  6 39 approved by the governor.  As used in this section,
  6 40 "bargaining eligible employee" means an employee who
  6 41 is eligible to organize under chapter 20, but has not
  6 42 done so.
  6 43    5.  The policies for implementation of this section
  6 44 shall be approved by the governor.
  6 45    Sec. 8.  STATE EMPLOYEES – STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.
  6 46 Funds from the appropriation in section 6 of this Act
  6 47 shall be allocated to the state board of regents for
  6 48 the purposes of providing increases for state board of
  6 49 regents employees covered by section 6 of this Act and
  6 50 for employees not covered by a collective bargaining
  7  1 agreement as follows:
  7  2    1.  For regents merit system employees and merit
  7  3 supervisory employees to fund for the fiscal year,
  7  4 increases comparable to those provided for similar
  7  5 contract-covered employees in this Act.
  7  6    2.  For faculty members and professional and
  7  7 scientific employees to fund for the fiscal year,
  7  8 percentage increases comparable to those provided for
  7  9 contract-covered employees in section 6, subsection 6,
  7 10 of this Act.
  7 11    Sec. 9.  APPROPRIATIONS FROM ROAD FUNDS.
  7 12    1.  There is appropriated from the road use tax
  7 13 fund to the salary adjustment fund for the fiscal year
  7 14 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  7 15 following amount, or so much thereof as may be
  7 16 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  7 17    To supplement other funds appropriated by the
  7 18 general assembly:  
  7 19 .................................................. $  3,500,000
  7 20    2.  There is appropriated from the primary road
  7 21 fund to the salary adjustment fund, for the fiscal
  7 22 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
  7 23 the following amount, or so much thereof as may be
  7 24 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  7 25    To supplement other funds appropriated by the
  7 26 general assembly:  
  7 27 .................................................. $ 13,000,000
  7 28    3.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the
  7 29 amounts appropriated in subsections 1 and 2 shall be
  7 30 used to fund the annual pay adjustments, expense
  7 31 reimbursements, and related benefits for public
  7 32 employees as provided in this Act.
  7 33    Sec. 10.  SPECIAL FUNDS – AUTHORIZATION.  To
  7 34 departmental revolving, trust, or special funds,
  7 35 except for the primary road fund or the road use tax
  7 36 fund, for which the general assembly has established
  7 37 an operating budget, a supplemental expenditure
  7 38 authorization is provided, unless otherwise provided,
  7 39 in an amount necessary to fund salary adjustments as
  7 40 otherwise provided in this Act.
  7 41    Sec. 11.  GENERAL FUND SALARY MONEYS.  Funds
  7 42 appropriated from the general fund of the state in
  7 43 this Act relate only to salaries supported from
  7 44 general fund appropriations of the state except for
  7 45 employees of the state board of regents.  The funds
  7 46 appropriated from the general fund of the state for
  7 47 employees of the state board of regents shall exclude
  7 48 general university indirect costs and general
  7 49 university federal funds.
  7 50    Sec. 12.  FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED.  All federal
  8  1 grants to and the federal receipts of the agencies
  8  2 affected by this Act which are received and may be
  8  3 expended for purposes of this Act are appropriated for
  8  4 those purposes and as set forth in the federal grants
  8  5 or receipts.
  8  6    Sec. 13.  STATE TROOPER MEAL ALLOWANCE.  The sworn
  8  7 peace officers in the department of public safety who
  8  8 are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement
  8  9 negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 shall receive the
  8 10 same per diem meal allowance as the sworn peace
  8 11 officers in the department of public safety who are
  8 12 covered by a collective bargaining agreement
  8 13 negotiated pursuant to chapter 20.
  8 14    Sec. 14.  SALARY MODEL COORDINATOR.  Of the funds
  8 15 appropriated by section 6 of this Act, $133,800 for
  8 16 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, is allocated
  8 17 to the department of management for salary and support
  8 18 of the salary model coordinator who shall work in
  8 19 conjunction with the legislative fiscal bureau to
  8 20 maintain the state's salary model used for analyzing,
  8 21 comparing, and projecting state employee salary and
  8 22 benefit information, including information relating to
  8 23 employees of the state board of regents.  The
  8 24 department of revenue and finance, the department of
  8 25 personnel, the five institutions under the
  8 26 jurisdiction of the state board of regents, the eight
  8 27 judicial district departments of correctional
  8 28 services, and the state department of transportation
  8 29 shall provide salary data to the department of
  8 30 management and the legislative fiscal bureau to
  8 31 operate the state's salary model.  The format and
  8 32 frequency of provision of the salary data shall be
  8 33 determined by the department of management and the
  8 34 legislative fiscal bureau.  The information shall be
  8 35 used in collective bargaining processes under chapter
  8 36 20 and in calculating the funding needs contained
  8 37 within the annual salary adjustment legislation.  A
  8 38 state employee organization as defined in section
  8 39 20.3, subsection 4, may request information produced
  8 40 by the model, but the information provided shall not
  8 41 contain information attributable to individual
  8 42 employees.
  8 43    Sec. 15.  STATE HEALTH INSURANCE SURCHARGE –
  8 44 TERMINAL LIABILITY AND ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
  8 45    1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
  8 46 ending June 30, 2002, the executive council shall
  8 47 cause the department of personnel to include in the
  8 48 rates for Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield Program 3
  8 49 Plus, Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield Program 3 plus
  8 50 with a comprehensive major medical overlay, and Iowa
  9  1 Select Preferred Provider Organization health
  9  2 insurance plans a surcharge, as determined by the
  9  3 department of management, on only the employer's share
  9  4 of the health insurance premium cost to fund the
  9  5 state's share of the terminal liability of the
  9  6 existing Wellmark health insurance contract.  The
  9  7 department of revenue and finance shall collect the
  9  8 surcharge from state agencies, the state fair board,
  9  9 board of regents, and the eight judicial district
  9 10 departments of correctional services.  The health
  9 11 insurance plans provided to state employees covered by
  9 12 the state police officers council collective
  9 13 bargaining agreement are exempt from the surcharge
  9 14 provided for in this section.
  9 15    2.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
  9 16 ending June 30, 2002, the department of personnel
  9 17 shall also include in the premium rates for all health
  9 18 insurance plans administered by the department an
  9 19 administration fee of $2.28 per contract which shall
  9 20 be assessed only to the employer's share of the
  9 21 insurance premium.  The department of revenue and
  9 22 finance shall remit the proceeds of the administration
  9 23 fee monthly to the department of personnel to pay the
  9 24 administrative costs of state employee benefit
  9 25 programs.
  9 26    Sec. 16.  PATIENT CARE BARGAINING UNIT – OVERTIME.
  9 27    1.  Of the funds appropriated in section 6 of this
  9 28 Act, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
  9 29 necessary, shall be allocated to the department of
  9 30 revenue and finance for the fiscal year beginning July
  9 31 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, to be used for the
  9 32 purpose designated:
  9 33    To reimburse state agencies for expenditures
  9 34 related to the payment of overtime to state employees
  9 35 covered under the patient care bargaining unit:  
  9 36 .................................................. $    768,000
  9 37    2.  The department of revenue and finance shall
  9 38 provide guidelines and forms for documentation that a
  9 39 state agency shall submit for the overtime
  9 40 reimbursement provided for in subsection 1.  The
  9 41 reimbursement shall be restricted to the amount of
  9 42 moneys appropriated from the general fund of the state
  9 43 that is used to pay overtime of state employees
  9 44 covered under the patient care bargaining unit for the
  9 45 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June
  9 46 30, 2002.
  9 47    Sec. 17.  HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.  For
  9 48 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
  9 49 June 30, 2002, the department of revenue and finance
  9 50 shall administer the health insurance incentive
 10  1 programs as contained in the collective bargaining
 10  2 agreements.  The incentive payment shall be
 10  3 distributed in the paycheck of an eligible state
 10  4 employee if the employee is employed by a central
 10  5 state agency.  The department of revenue and finance
 10  6 shall provide monthly each judicial district
 10  7 department of correctional services and the state
 10  8 board of regents a list of their employee counts by
 10  9 benefit plan that qualify for the incentive and the
 10 10 amount of the incentive due.  The judicial district
 10 11 department of correctional services and the state
 10 12 board of regents shall include the amount of the
 10 13 incentive payment to their eligible employees'
 10 14 paychecks as soon as the payment is administratively
 10 15 practical.
 10 16    Sec. 18.  REGIONAL LIBRARIES.  Of the funds
 10 17 appropriated in section 6 of this Act, the following
 10 18 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be
 10 19 allocated to the department of management for the
 10 20 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June
 10 21 30, 2002, to be used as follows:
 10 22    To supplement other funds for salary adjustments
 10 23 for employees of regional libraries:  
 10 24 .................................................. $     29,000
 10 25    Sec. 19.  Section 19A.32, Code 2001, is amended to
 10 26 read as follows:
 10 27    19A.32  WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS.
 10 28    The director shall employ appropriate staff to
 10 29 handle and adjust claims of state employees for
 10 30 workers' compensation benefits pursuant to chapters
 10 31 85, 85A, 85B, and 86, or with the approval of the
 10 32 executive council contract for the services or
 10 33 purchase workers' compensation insurance coverage for
 10 34 state employees or selected groups of state employees.
 10 35 A state employee workers' compensation fund is
 10 36 established to pay state employee workers'
 10 37 compensation claims and administrative costs.  The
 10 38 department shall establish a rating formula and assess
 10 39 premiums to all agencies, departments, and divisions
 10 40 of the state including those which have not received
 10 41 an appropriation for the payment of workers'
 10 42 compensation insurance and which operate from moneys
 10 43 other than from the general fund of the state.  The
 10 44 department shall collect the premiums and deposit them
 10 45 into the state employee workers' compensation fund.
 10 46 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys deposited in the
 10 47 state employee workers' compensation fund shall not
 10 48 revert to the general fund of the state at the end of
 10 49 any fiscal year, but shall remain in the state
 10 50 employee workers' compensation fund and be
 11  1 continuously available to pay state employee workers'
 11  2 compensation claims.  The director of revenue and
 11  3 finance is authorized and directed to draw warrants on
 11  4 this fund for the payment of state employee workers'
 11  5 compensation claims may, to the extent possible,
 11  6 contract with a private organization to process and
 11  7 pay claims for services rendered under provisions of
 11  8 this section.
 11  9    Sec. 20.  Section 80.8, unnumbered paragraphs 1
 11 10 through 3, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
 11 11    The commissioner of public safety, with the
 11 12 approval of the governor, shall appoint such deputies,
 11 13 inspectors, officers, clerical workers and other
 11 14 employees as may be required to properly discharge the
 11 15 duties of this department.
 11 16    The commissioner may delegate to the members of the
 11 17 Iowa state patrol peace officers of the department
 11 18 such additional duties in the enforcement of this
 11 19 chapter as the commissioner may deem proper and
 11 20 incidental to the duties now imposed upon them by law.
 11 21    The salaries of all members and employees of the
 11 22 department and the expenses of the department shall be
 11 23 provided for by the legislative appropriation
 11 24 therefor.  The compensation of the members of the Iowa
 11 25 state patrol peace officers of the department shall be
 11 26 fixed according to grades as to rank and length of
 11 27 service by the commissioner with the approval of the
 11 28 governor.  The members of the Iowa state patrol peace
 11 29 officers shall be paid additional compensation in
 11 30 accordance with the following formula:  When members
 11 31 of the Iowa state patrol peace officers have served
 11 32 for a period of five years their compensation then
 11 33 being paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-
 11 34 five dollars per month beginning with the month
 11 35 succeeding the foregoing described five-year period;
 11 36 when members thereof peace officers have served for a
 11 37 period of ten years their compensation then being paid
 11 38 shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars
 11 39 per month beginning with the month succeeding the
 11 40 foregoing described ten-year period, such sums being
 11 41 in addition to the increase provided herein to be paid
 11 42 after five years of service; when members thereof
 11 43 peace officers have served for a period of fifteen
 11 44 years their compensation then being paid shall be
 11 45 increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per month
 11 46 beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing
 11 47 described fifteen-year period, such sums being in
 11 48 addition to the increases previously provided for
 11 49 herein; when members thereof peace officers have
 11 50 served for a period of twenty years their compensation
 12  1 then being paid shall be increased by the sum of
 12  2 twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month
 12  3 succeeding the foregoing described twenty-year period,
 12  4 such sums being in addition to the increases
 12  5 previously provided for herein.  While on active duty
 12  6 each member peace officer shall also receive a flat
 12  7 daily sum as fixed by the commissioner with the
 12  8 approval of the governor for meals while away from the
 12  9 office to which the member has been assigned and
 12 10 within the member's district." 
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 12 14 MURPHY of Dubuque
 12 15 HF 746.304 79
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