Senate File 2238 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

                                           (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3147)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the salary of deputy officers in certain
  2    county offices and providing an applicability date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5866SV 81
  5 sc/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.904, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The annual base salary of the first and second deputy
  1  4 officer of the office of auditor, treasurer, and recorder, and
  1  5 the deputy in charge of the motor vehicle registration and
  1  6 title division shall each be an amount not to exceed eighty
  1  7 eighty=five percent of the annual salary of the deputy's
  1  8 principal officer.  In offices where more than two deputies
  1  9 are required, the annual base salary of each additional deputy
  1 10 shall be paid an amount not to exceed seventy=five eighty
  1 11 percent of the principal officer's salary.  The amount of the
  1 12 annual base salary of each deputy shall be certified by the
  1 13 principal officer to the board and, if a deputy's annual base
  1 14 salary does not exceed the limitations specified in this
  1 15 subsection, the board shall certify the annual base salary to
  1 16 the auditor.  The board shall not certify a deputy's annual
  1 17 base salary which exceeds the limitations of this subsection.
  1 18    As used in this subsection, "base salary" means the basic
  1 19 compensation excluding overtime pay, longevity pay, shift
  1 20 differential pay, or other supplement pay and fringe benefits.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to county
  1 22 budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and all
  1 23 subsequent fiscal years.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill provides that the annual base salary of first and
  1 26 second deputies in the offices of county auditor, treasurer,
  1 27 and recorder and the deputy in charge of the motor vehicle
  1 28 registration and title division shall not exceed 85 percent of
  1 29 the applicable principal officer's salary.  The bill also
  1 30 provides that if any of these county offices has more than two
  1 31 deputies, the annual base salary of each additional deputy
  1 32 shall not exceed 80 percent of the principal officer's salary.
  1 33 The bill defines "base salary" to mean the same as defined for
  1 34 deputy sheriffs in the office of county sheriff.
  1 35    The bill applies to county budgets for the fiscal year
  2  1 beginning July 1, 2007, and all subsequent fiscal years.
  2  2 LSB 5866SV 81
  2  3 sc:nh/je/5