H-8055

   Amend House File 2518 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 331.907, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  a.  If the board of supervisors adopts a compensation schedule that annually compensates a supervisor in an amount greater than the median annual household income for the county based on the most recently published United States census bureau median household income statistics, the adopted compensation schedule shall not take effect until all of the following occur:
   (1)  The board of supervisors directs the county commissioner of elections to submit to the registered voters of the county at the next general election the question of whether the adopted compensation schedule shall be approved.
   (2)  A majority of those voting approve the adopted compensation schedule.
   b.  The compensation of a supervisor shall be the same as provided in the most recently adopted compensation schedule that took effect until a new compensation schedule takes effect.>

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