S-3114

   Amend House File 314, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 8.6, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  17.  County information.  To annually compile the information submitted to the department of management by county boards of supervisors pursuant to section 331.303, subsection 10A. The director shall make the compiled information available to county compensation boards for review as described in section 331.907.
   Sec. 2.  Section 331.303, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  Annually submit to the department of management for compilation by the department pursuant to section 8.6, subsection 17, all of the following information:
   a.  The population of the county according to the most recent federal decennial census.
   b.  The annual salary of each elective county office for the two years prior to submission.
   c.  The taxable value of property in the county.
   d.  The levy rate for each levy imposed by the county.
   Sec. 3.  Section 331.907, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall be determined as provided in this section.
   b.  Prior to the first meeting of the county compensation board for each budget cycle, the members of the county compensation board must become familiar with the requirements of this section and other relevant provisions of law relating to the responsibilities of a county compensation board. The members of the county compensation board may use resources provided by the Iowa state association of counties to satisfy this paragraph. 
   c.  (1)  The county compensation 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 compensation board shall conduct its review as follows: 
   (a)  The county compensation board shall review the information compiled by the department of management pursuant to section 8.6, subsection 17.
   (b)  The county compensation board shall review United States department of labor salary statistics for comparable positions in the federal government and the private sector.
   (c)  The county compensation board may review other factors for comparison, including data from county associations, nonprofit organizations, private sector sources, government data, and inflation and cost of living indices.
   (2)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), in setting the salary for the county sheriff, the county compensation board shall set the sheriff’s salary so that it is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators and command officers of the state patrol, and the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety, and to city police chiefs employed by cities of similar population to the population of the county.
   d.  The county compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule for the elective elected county officers for the succeeding fiscal year.  The county compensation board shall provide written documentation to the board of supervisors that demonstrates how the county compensation board determined the recommended compensation schedule, including by providing the applicable compensation information for comparable officers in other counties of this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal government. Such documentation shall be made available to the public. 
   e.  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 compensation 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, except as provided in subsection 3, shall be reduced an equal percentage.  The board of supervisors shall not set the compensation for any elected county officer at an amount lower than the compensation of the person holding the office in the year immediately preceding the most recent election for the office. However, the compensation for an elected county officer may be set at less than the compensation of the person holding the office in the year immediately preceding the most recent election for the office if the position is reduced to part-time under the recommended compensation schedule. 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.>

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MIKE KLIMESH