House File 300
HOUSE FILE
BY JENKINS
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the compensation of members of the general
2 assembly during a regular legislative session and providing an
3 effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1861HH 80
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 2.10, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2003,
1 2 are amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. Every member of the general assembly except the
1 4 presiding officer of the senate, the speaker of the house, the
1 5 majority and minority floor leader of each house, and the
1 6 president pro tempore of the senate and speaker pro tempore of
1 7 the house, shall receive an annual a salary of twenty twenty=
1 8 five thousand one eight hundred twenty dollars for the year
1 9 1997 2005 and subsequent odd=numbered years, and a salary of
1 10 fourteen thousand dollars for the year 2006 and subsequent
1 11 even=numbered years, while serving as a member of the general
1 12 assembly. In addition, each such member shall receive the sum
1 13 of eighty=six one hundred one dollars per day for expenses of
1 14 office, except travel, for each day the general assembly is in
1 15 session commencing with the first day of a legislative session
1 16 and ending with the day of final adjournment of each
1 17 legislative session as indicated by the journals of the house
1 18 and senate, except that if the length of the first regular
1 19 session of the general assembly exceeds one hundred ten
1 20 calendar days and the second regular session exceeds one
1 21 hundred sixty calendar days, the payments shall be made only
1 22 for one hundred ten calendar days for the first session and
1 23 one hundred sixty calendar days for the second session.
1 24 Members from Polk county shall receive sixty=five seventy=six
1 25 dollars per day. Each member shall receive a two hundred
1 26 dollar per month allowance for legislative district
1 27 constituency postage, travel, telephone costs, and other
1 28 expenses. Travel expenses shall be paid at the rate
1 29 established by section 18.117 for actual travel in going to
1 30 and returning from the seat of government by the nearest
1 31 traveled route for not more than one time per week during a
1 32 legislative session.
1 33 2. The speaker of the house, presiding officer of the
1 34 senate, and the majority and minority floor leader of each
1 35 house shall each receive an annual a salary of thirty=one
2 1 thirty=nine thousand thirty one hundred dollars for the year
2 2 1997 2005 and subsequent odd=numbered years, and a salary of
2 3 twenty=six thousand eight hundred fifty dollars for the year
2 4 2006 and subsequent even=numbered years, while serving in that
2 5 capacity. The president pro tempore of the senate and the
2 6 speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive an annual a
2 7 salary of twenty=one twenty=six thousand two eight hundred
2 8 ninety fifty dollars for the year 1997 2005 and subsequent
2 9 odd=numbered years, and a salary of eighteen thousand four
2 10 hundred dollars for the year 2006 and subsequent even=numbered
2 11 years, while serving in that capacity. Expense and travel
2 12 allowances shall be the same for the speaker of the house and
2 13 the presiding officer of the senate, the president pro tempore
2 14 of the senate and the speaker pro tempore of the house, and
2 15 the majority and minority leader of each house as provided for
2 16 other members of the general assembly.
2 17 Sec. 2. Section 2.10, subsection 8, Code 2003, is amended
2 18 by striking the subsection.
2 19 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect upon the
2 20 convening of the Eighty=first General Assembly in January
2 21 2005.
2 22 EXPLANATION
2 23 This bill modifies the salary and per diem expenses paid to
2 24 members of the general assembly. The bill takes effect upon
2 25 the convening of the 81st General Assembly in January 2005.
2 26 The bill provides that members of the general assembly
2 27 receive $25,800 for the first year of a general assembly (odd=
2 28 numbered year) and $14,000 for the second year of a general
2 29 assembly (even=numbered year). Under current law, members of
2 30 the 80th General Assembly receive an annual salary of
2 31 $21,380.54. In addition, for the speaker of the house,
2 32 presiding officer of the senate, and the majority and minority
2 33 floor leader of each house, the bill provides that they shall
2 34 receive $39,100 for the first year of a general assembly and
2 35 $26,850 for the second year of a general assembly instead of
3 1 the current annual salary of $32,974.06. Similarly, the bill
3 2 provides that the president pro tempore of the senate and the
3 3 speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive $26,850 for the
3 4 first year of a general assembly and $18,400 for the second
3 5 year of a general assembly instead of the current annual
3 6 salary of $22,623.84.
3 7 The bill also raises the payment for the expenses of office
3 8 during a regular legislative session to $101 per day, from the
3 9 current $86 per day, for members not residing in Polk county,
3 10 $0 and $76 per day, from the current $65 per day, for members
3 11 residing in Polk county. However, the bill provides that
3 12 payment is limited to 60 calendar days, instead of the current
3 13 100 days, during the second regular session in even=numbered
3 14 years.
3 15 LSB 1861HH 80
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