House Amendment 8464


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2412 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Section 1.  Section 8F.3, subsection 1, Code
     1  5 Supplement 2007, is amended by adding the following
     1  6 new paragraph:
     1  7    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Information that the recipient
     1  8 entity's policies prohibit the use of any of the
     1  9 moneys received pursuant to a service contract to
     1 10 provide bonuses to officers or employees of the
     1 11 recipient entity.>
     1 12 #2.  Page 2, by inserting after line 8 the
     1 13 following:
     1 14    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  68B.24A  BONUSES ==
     1 15 BANNED.
     1 16    Unless otherwise authorized by law or required
     1 17 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, an
     1 18 appointed state officer or a state employee shall not
     1 19 receive, in addition to a salary, any remuneration in
     1 20 the form of a bonus, including but not limited to a
     1 21 retention bonus, recruitment bonus, exceptional job
     1 22 performance pay, extraordinary duty pay, or
     1 23 extraordinary or special duty pay, for or during the
     1 24 time period beginning on or after the effective date
     1 25 of this Act.
     1 26    Sec.    .  Section 68B.25, Code 2007, is amended to
     1 27 read as follows:
     1 28    68B.25  ADDITIONAL PENALTY.
     1 29    In addition to any penalty contained in any other
     1 30 provision of law, a person who knowingly and
     1 31 intentionally violates a provision of sections 68B.2A
     1 32 through 68B.7, sections 68B.22 through 68B.24 68B.24A,
     1 33 or sections 68B.35 through 68B.38 is guilty of a
     1 34 serious misdemeanor and may be reprimanded, suspended,
     1 35 or dismissed from the person's position or otherwise
     1 36 sanctioned.
     1 37    Sec.    .  Section 70A.1, subsection 1, Code 2007,
     1 38 is amended to read as follows:
     1 39    1.  Salaries specifically provided for in an
     1 40 appropriation Act of the general assembly shall be in
     1 41 lieu of existing statutory salaries, for the positions
     1 42 provided for in the Act, and all salaries, including
     1 43 longevity where applicable by express provision in the
     1 44 Code, shall be paid according to the provisions of
     1 45 chapter 91A and shall be in full compensation of all
     1 46 services, including any service on committees, boards,
     1 47 commissions or similar duty for Iowa government,
     1 48 except for members of the general assembly.  A state
     1 49 employee on an annual salary shall not be paid for a
     1 50 pay period an amount which exceeds the employee's
     2  1 annual salary transposed into a rate applicable to the
     2  2 pay period by dividing the annual salary by the number
     2  3 of pay periods in the fiscal year.  Salaries for state
     2  4 employees covered by the overtime payment provisions
     2  5 of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act shall be
     2  6 established on an hourly basis.  In addition, unless
     2  7 otherwise authorized by law or required pursuant to a
     2  8 collective bargaining agreement, a state employee
     2  9 shall not, in addition to a salary, receive any
     2 10 remuneration in the form of a bonus, including but not
     2 11 limited to a retention bonus, recruitment bonus,
     2 12 exceptional job performance pay, extraordinary duty
     2 13 pay, or extraordinary or special duty pay, for or
     2 14 during the time period beginning on or after the
     2 15 effective date of this Act.
     2 16    Sec.    .  APPOINTED STATE OFFICERS.  The governor
     2 17 shall establish a salary for appointed nonelected
     2 18 persons in the executive branch of state government
     2 19 holding a position authorized by a law that addresses
     2 20 the salary ranges of state officers within the range
     2 21 provided, by considering, among other items, the
     2 22 experience of the individual in the position, changes
     2 23 in the duties of the position, the incumbent's
     2 24 performance of assigned duties, and subordinates'
     2 25 salaries.  However, the attorney general shall
     2 26 establish the salary for the consumer advocate, the
     2 27 chief justice of the supreme court shall establish the
     2 28 salary for the state court administrator, the ethics
     2 29 and campaign disclosure board shall establish the
     2 30 salary of the executive director, the Iowa public
     2 31 broadcasting board shall establish the salary of the
     2 32 administrator of the public broadcasting division of
     2 33 the department of education, and the state fair board
     2 34 shall establish the salary of the secretary of the
     2 35 state fair board, each within the salary range
     2 36 authorized by a law that addresses the salary ranges
     2 37 of state officers.
     2 38    The governor, in establishing salaries as
     2 39 authorized by a law that addresses the salary ranges
     2 40 of state officers, shall take into consideration other
     2 41 employee benefits which may be provided for an
     2 42 individual including but not limited to housing.
     2 43    A person whose salary is established pursuant to a
     2 44 law that addresses the salary ranges of state officers
     2 45 and who is a full=time, year=round employee of the
     2 46 state shall not receive any other remuneration from
     2 47 the state or from any other source for the performance
     2 48 of that person's duties.  However, this provision does
     2 49 not exclude the reimbursement for necessary travel and
     2 50 expenses incurred in the performance of duties or
     3  1 fringe benefits normally provided to employees of the
     3  2 state.>
     3  3 #3.  Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
     3  4 word <gifts> the following:  <and bonuses>.
     3  5 #4.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
     3  6 word <employees> the following:  <and bonuses awarded
     3  7 to employees of entities receiving government funds
     3  8 pursuant to a service contract with the state>.
     3  9 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     3 13 BAUDLER of Adair
     3 14 HF 2412.302 82
     3 15 av/rj/11477

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