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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 80.8, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 80.8PATROL MEMBERSPEACE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 1 4 SALARIES. 1 5 The commissioner of public safety, with the approval of the 1 6 governor, shall appoint such deputies, inspectors, officers, 1 7 clerical workers and other employees as may be required to 1 8 properly discharge the duties of this department. 1 9 The commissioner may delegate to themembers of the Iowa1 10state patrolpeace officers of the department such additional 1 11 duties in the enforcement of this chapter as the commissioner 1 12 may deem proper and incidental to the duties now imposed upon 1 13 them by law. 1 14 The salaries of all members and employees of the department 1 15 and the expenses of the department shall be provided for by 1 16 the legislative appropriation therefor. The compensation of 1 17the members of the Iowa state patrolpeace officers of the 1 18 department shall be fixed according to grades as to rank and 1 19 length of service by the commissioner with the approval of the 1 20 governor. Themembers of the Iowa state patrolpeace officers 1 21 shall be paid additional compensation in accordance with the 1 22 following formula: Whenmembers of the Iowa state patrol1 23 peace officers have served for a period of five years their 1 24 compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of 1 25 twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month 1 26 succeeding the foregoing described five-year period; when 1 27members thereofpeace officers have served for a period of ten 1 28 years their compensation then being paid shall be increased by 1 29 the sum of twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the 1 30 month succeeding the foregoing described ten-year period, such 1 31 sums being in addition to the increase provided herein to be 1 32 paid after five years of service; whenmembers thereofpeace 1 33 officers have served for a period of fifteen years their 1 34 compensation then being paid shall be increased by the sum of 1 35 twenty-five dollars per month beginning with the month 2 1 succeeding the foregoing described fifteen-year period, such 2 2 sums being in addition to the increases previously provided 2 3 for herein; whenmembers thereofpeace officers have served 2 4 for a period of twenty years their compensation then being 2 5 paid shall be increased by the sum of twenty-five dollars per 2 6 month beginning with the month succeeding the foregoing 2 7 described twenty-year period, such sums being in addition to 2 8 the increases previously provided for herein. While on active 2 9 duty eachmemberpeace officer shall also receive a flat daily 2 10 sum as fixed by the commissioner with the approval of the 2 11 governor for mealswhile away from the office to which the2 12member has been assigned and within the member's district. 2 13A collective bargaining agreement entered into between the2 14state and a state employee organization under chapter 20 made2 15final after July 1, 1977, shall not include any pay adjustment2 16to longevity pay authorized under this section.2 17 EXPLANATION 2 18 This bill relates to compensation of peace officers 2 19 employed by the department of public safety. 2 20 The bill provides that the compensation of each peace 2 21 officer shall be fixed according to grades as to rank and 2 22 length of service set by the commissioner with the approval of 2 23 the governor. The bill also provides that all peace officers 2 24 in the department of public safety shall receive longevity 2 25 pay, in addition to their regular compensation. Under Code 2 26 section 80.8, members of the Iowa state patrol receive 2 27 longevity pay which increases a member's compensation by $25 2 28 per month based upon years of service. 2 29 The bill also eliminates the prohibition on bargaining on 2 30 adjustments to longevity pay in collective bargaining. 2 31 The bill also provides that each peace officer shall 2 32 receive a flat daily sum for meals as fixed by the 2 33 commissioner and approved by the governor. Current law 2 34 provides that each member of the Iowa state patrol shall 2 35 receive a flat daily sum as fixed by the commissioner and 3 1 approved by the governor for meals while away from the office 3 2 to which the member has been assigned and within the member's 3 3 district. 3 4 LSB 2605SS 79 3 5 jm/gg/8
Text: SF00384 Text: SF00386 Text: SF00300 - SF00399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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