House Study Bill 232 


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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2      BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND
  1  3         RULES RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON QUIRK)
  1  4 A Resolution relating to an annual budget for the
  1  5    daily operations of the House of Representatives.
  1  6    WHEREAS, the legislative authority of this state is
  1  7 vested in the General Assembly consisting of the House
  1  8 of Representatives and the Senate; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives necessarily
  1 10 incurs substantial expenses for its daily operations;
  1 11 and
  1 12    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives is authorized
  1 13 to expend funds from the state treasury necessary to
  1 14 pay for its expenses and for expenses incurred jointly
  1 15 by the House of Representatives and the Senate; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable and proper for the
  1 17 House of Representatives to make expenditures in
  1 18 accordance with a budgetary plan; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 19    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
  1 20    Section 1.  Expenditures of the House of
  1 21 Representatives payable pursuant to Iowa Code sections
  1 22 2.10 through 2.14 for the regular legislative session
  1 23 and the interim period during the fiscal year
  1 24 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, are
  1 25 budgeted to be as follows:
  1 26    1.  Members' salary, per diem, and expenses,
  1 27 $5,901,500.
  1 28    2.  Staff compensation, $5,488,000.
  1 29    3.  Operations expenses, $540,500.
  1 30    Sec. 2.  The Chief Clerk of the House of
  2  1 Representatives shall immediately provide written
  2  2 notice to the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House
  2  3 of Representatives and to the Chair and Ranking Member
  2  4 of the House Committee on Appropriations if actual
  2  5 expenditures payable pursuant to Iowa Code sections
  2  6 2.10 through 2.14 exceed the maximum amount allocated
  2  7 for any category of the budget provided by section 1
  2  8 of this Resolution.  The written notice shall specify
  2  9 the amount of and reasons for any excess expenditure.
  2 10    Sec. 3.  Joint expenditures by the House of
  2 11 Representatives and the Senate or by the Legislative
  2 12 Council, special expenditures approved by the
  2 13 Committee on Administration and Rules, and special
  2 14 session expenses are not included in the budget set
  2 15 forth in this Resolution.
  2 16 LSB 2429HC 82
  2 17 rj:nh/cf/24