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331.907 Compensation schedule---preparation and adoption.

1. The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall be determined as provided in this section. The county compenation board annually shall review the compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal government. In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the county compensation board shall consider setting the sheriff's salary so that it is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators and command officers of the Iowa highway safety patrol, the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety, and city police agencies in this state. The county compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule for the elective county officers for the succeeding fiscal year. A recommended compensation schedule requires a majority vote of the membership of the county compensation board.

2. At the public hearing held on the county budget as provided in section 331.434, the county compensation board shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion in the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review the recommended compensation schedule for the elected county officers and determine the final compensation schedule which shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the county compensation board. In determining the final compenation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule, the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county officer shall be reduced an equal percentage. A copy of the final compensation schedule shall be filed with the county budget at the office of the director of the department of management. The final compensation schedule takes effect on July 1 following its adoption by the board of supervisors.

3. The elected county officers are also entitled to receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of official duties of their respective offices.

4. In counties having two courthouses, a principal elected county officer and the principal officer's first deputy or assistant may agree in writing to a division of their annual salaries. The division shall not allow for payment to the elected officer and the first deputy or assistant which is greater than the sum of the two salaries otherwise authorized by law. Upon certification to the board by the elected officer involved, the board shall certify to the auditor the annual salaries certified by the elected officer.

Section History: Early form

1--;3. [C51, § 169, 211, 213, 2536; R60, § 380, 381, 422, 424, 4145; C73, § 3775, 3784, 3788, 3789, 3792, 3793, 3798; C97, § 297, 308, 479, 490, 495, 509; S13, § 297; SS15, § 308, 479, 490, 490-a, 495, 510-a, -c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5220, 5222, 5224, 5226, 5228, 5230; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 340.1, 340.3, 340.5, 340.7, 340.9, 340.11; C66, 71, 73, 75, § 340.1, 340.3, 340.7, 340.9; C77, 79, 81, § 340.1, 340.7, 340.9, 340A.6; S81, § 331.907(1--;3); 81 Acts, ch 117, § 906] ~I4. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 340.12; S81, § 331.907(4); 81 Acts, ch 117, § 906]

Section History: Recent form

83 Acts, ch 123, § 154, 209; 83 Acts, ch 186, § 10100, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1095, § 1; 87 Acts, ch 227, §29

Internal References

Referred to in § 28E.30, 331.215, 331.322, 331.323, 331.752


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