Senate Study Bill 1126 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH)



    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 1650SC 82
  5 eg/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.904, subsection 1, Code 2007, 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, the
  1  5 deputy in charge of the motor vehicle registration and title
  1  6 division, and the deputy in charge of driver's license
  1  7 issuance shall each be an amount not to exceed eighty
  1  8 eighty=five percent of the annual salary of the deputy's
  1  9 principal officer.  In offices where more than two deputies
  1 10 are required, the annual base salary of each additional deputy
  1 11 shall be paid an amount not to exceed seventy=five eighty
  1 12 percent of the principal officer's salary.  The amount of the
  1 13 annual base salary of each deputy shall be certified by the
  1 14 principal officer to the board and, if a deputy's annual base
  1 15 salary does not exceed the limitations specified in this
  1 16 subsection, the board shall certify the annual base salary to
  1 17 the auditor.  The board shall not certify a deputy's annual
  1 18 base salary which exceeds the limitations of this subsection.
  1 19    As used in this subsection, "base salary" means the basic
  1 20 compensation excluding overtime pay, longevity pay, shift
  1 21 differential pay, or other supplement pay and fringe benefits.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to county
  1 23 budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and all
  1 24 subsequent fiscal years.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides that the annual base salary of first and
  1 27 second deputies in the offices of county auditor, treasurer,
  1 28 and recorder, the deputy in charge of the motor vehicle
  1 29 registration and title division, and the deputy in charge of
  1 30 driver's license issuance shall not exceed 85 percent of the
  1 31 applicable principal officer's salary.  The bill also provides
  1 32 that if any of these county offices has more than two
  1 33 deputies, the annual base salary of each additional deputy
  1 34 shall not exceed 80 percent of the principal officer's salary.
  1 35 The bill defines "base salary" to mean the same as defined for
  2  1 deputy sheriffs in the office of county sheriff.
  2  2    The bill applies to county budgets for the fiscal year
  2  3 beginning July 1, 2008, and all subsequent fiscal years.
  2  4 LSB 1650SC 82
  2  5 eg:sc/je/5