Senate File 197
SENATE FILE
BY SIEVERS, TINSMAN, HOUSER,
SCHUERER, BEHN, JOHNSON,
REHBERG, ZIEMAN, VEENSTRA,
McKINLEY, WIECK, MILLER,
and DRAKE
(COMPANION TO HF 166 BY
JACOBS)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act abolishing county compensation boards.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. Setting the compensation schedule of
1 4 the elected county officers.
1 5 Sec. 2. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code
1 6 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
1 7 Sec. 3. Section 331.322, subsection 6, Code 2003, is
1 8 amended to read as follows:
1 9 6. Review Annually review and prepare the final
1 10 compensation schedule of the county compensation board and
1 11 determine the final compensation schedule in accordance with
1 12 section 331.907.
1 13 Sec. 4. Section 331.322, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
1 14 amended by striking the subsection.
1 15 Sec. 5. Section 331.323, subsection 1, unnumbered
1 16 paragraph 5, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 17 When If the duties of an officer or employee are assigned
1 18 to one or more elected officers, the board shall set the
1 19 initial salary for each elected officer. Thereafter, the
1 20 salary shall be determined as provided in section 331.907.
1 21 Sec. 6. Section 331.907, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2003,
1 22 are amended to read as follows:
1 23 1. The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer,
1 24 recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall be
1 25 determined as provided in this section. The county
1 26 compensation board of supervisors annually shall review the
1 27 compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of
1 28 this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal
1 29 government. In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the
1 30 county compensation board shall consider setting the sheriff's
1 31 salary so that it is comparable to salaries paid to
1 32 professional law enforcement administrators and command
1 33 officers of the Iowa state patrol, the division of criminal
1 34 investigation of the department of public safety, and city
1 35 police agencies in this state. The county compensation board
2 1 shall prepare a compensation schedule for the elective county
2 2 officers for the succeeding fiscal year. A recommended
2 3 compensation schedule requires a majority vote of the
2 4 membership of the county compensation board.
2 5 2. At the public hearing held on the county budget as
2 6 provided in section 331.434, the county compensation board
2 7 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the
2 8 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion in
2 9 the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review the
2 10 recommended compensation schedule for the elected county
2 11 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which
2 12 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the
2 13 county compensation board. In determining the final
2 14 compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to
2 15 reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule,
2 16 the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county
2 17 officer shall be reduced an equal percentage. A copy of the
2 18 final compensation schedule shall be filed with the county
2 19 budget at the office of the director of the department of
2 20 management. The final compensation schedule takes effect on
2 21 July 1 following its adoption by the board of supervisors.
2 22 Sec. 7. Section 331.905, Code 2003, is repealed.
2 23 EXPLANATION
2 24 This bill abolishes the county compensation board and
2 25 transfers to the board of supervisors the duty of setting the
2 26 compensation schedule for elective county officers.
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