House File 491 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 217)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to compensation paid to county supervisors.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1833HV 83
  4 md/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 331.907, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  At the public hearing held on the county budget as
  1  4 provided in section 331.434, the county compensation board
  1  5 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the
  1  6 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion in
  1  7 the county budget.  The board of supervisors shall review the
  1  8 recommended compensation schedule for the elected county
  1  9 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which
  1 10 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the
  1 11 county compensation board.  In determining the final
  1 12 compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to
  1 13 reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule,
  1 14 the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county
  1 15 officer, except as provided in subsection 2A, shall be reduced
  1 16 an equal percentage.  A copy of the final compensation
  1 17 schedule shall be filed with the county budget at the office
  1 18 of the director of the department of management.  The final
  1 19 compensation schedule takes effect on July 1 following its
  1 20 adoption by the board of supervisors.
  1 21    Sec. 2.  Section 331.907, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1 22 the following new subsection:
  1 23    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  The board of supervisors may adopt a
  1 24 decrease in compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of
  1 25 the county compensation board's recommended compensation
  1 26 schedule or other approved changes in compensation paid to
  1 27 other elected county officers.  A decrease in compensation
  1 28 paid to supervisors shall be adopted by the board of
  1 29 supervisors no less than thirty days before the county budget
  1 30 is certified under section 24.17.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill allows a board of supervisors to adopt a decrease
  1 33 in compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of the county
  1 34 compensation board's recommended compensation schedule or
  1 35 other approved changes in compensation paid to other elected
  2  1 county officers.  The bill provides that such a decrease in
  2  2 compensation paid to supervisors shall be adopted no less than
  2  3 30 days before the county budget is certified.
  2  4 LSB 1833HV 83
  2  5 md/nh/14