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 PAG LIN 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