Senate Study Bill 1011
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE
GOVERNMENT BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON ZIEMAN)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for the term of office of the chief executive
2 officer of the Iowa public employees' retirement system and
3 providing an effective and retroactive applicability date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 97B.3, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The administrator of the division is the chief
1 4 executive officer. The chief executive officer shall be
1 5 appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the
1 6 senate and shall serve a four=year term of office beginning
1 7 and ending as provided in section 69.19. A vacancy shall be
1 8 filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same
1 9 manner as a full=term appointment is made. The governor may
1 10 remove the chief executive officer for malfeasance in office,
1 11 or for any cause that renders the chief executive officer
1 12 ineligible, incapable, or unfit to discharge the duties of the
1 13 office.
1 14 Sec. 2. IPERS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER == TERM OF OFFICE.
1 15 Notwithstanding any provision of section 97B.3 to the
1 16 contrary, the term of office for the chief executive officer
1 17 of the Iowa public employees' retirement system appointed
1 18 prior to the effective date of this Act shall end April 30,
1 19 2007.
1 20 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This
1 21 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
1 22 enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 1, 2002, and
1 23 is applicable on and after that date.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 This bill provides that the term of office for the chief
1 26 executive officer of IPERS is four years. Pursuant to Code
1 27 section 69.19, the term of office begins on May 1 of the year
1 28 of appointment and ends on April 30 of the year of expiration.
1 29 The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
1 30 applicable to July 1, 2002, when the chief executive officer
1 31 position was created.
1 32 The bill further provides that the term of office for the
1 33 IPERS chief executive officer appointed prior to the effective
1 34 date of the bill shall end April 30, 2007.
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