House File 573 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COWNIE
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act authorizing the county board of supervisors to decrease
2 compensation paid to supervisors.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 331.435, Code 2009, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 331.435 BUDGET AMENDMENT.
1 4 1. a. The board may amend the adopted county budget,
1 5 subject to sections 331.423 through 331.426 and other
1 6 applicable state law, to permit increases in any class of
1 7 proposed expenditures contained in the budget summary
1 8 published under section 331.434, subsection 3, or to permit a
1 9 decrease in compensation paid to supervisors pursuant to
1 10 subsection 2.
1 11 b. The board shall prepare and adopt a budget amendment in
1 12 the same manner as the original budget, as provided in section
1 13 331.434, and the amendment is subject to protest as provided
1 14 in section 331.436, except that the director of the department
1 15 of management may by rule provide that amendments of certain
1 16 types or up to certain amounts may be made without public
1 17 hearing and without being subject to protest. A county budget
1 18 for the ensuing fiscal year shall be amended by May 31 to
1 19 allow time for a protest hearing to be held and a decision
1 20 rendered before June 30. An amendment of a budget after May
1 21 31 which is properly appealed but without adequate time for
1 22 hearing and decision before June 30 is void.
1 23 2. Notwithstanding the public hearing and protest
1 24 requirements under subsection 1, paragraph "b", and the notice
1 25 and hearing requirements of section 331.434, subsection 6, the
1 26 board may, by resolution, amend the adopted county budget to
1 27 decrease the compensation paid to supervisors during the
1 28 current fiscal year. The amount of the decrease in
1 29 compensation may be appropriated for use in any class of
1 30 proposed expenditures contained in the budget summary
1 31 published under section 331.434, subsection 3, or any other
1 32 purpose authorized by statute.
1 33 Sec. 2. Section 331.907, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
1 34 amended to read as follows:
1 35 2. At the public hearing held on the county budget as
2 1 provided in section 331.434, the county compensation board
2 2 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the
2 3 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion in
2 4 the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review the
2 5 recommended compensation schedule for the elected county
2 6 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which
2 7 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the
2 8 county compensation board. In determining the final
2 9 compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to
2 10 reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule,
2 11 the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county
2 12 officer, except as provided in subsection 2A, shall be reduced
2 13 an equal percentage. A copy of the final compensation
2 14 schedule shall be filed with the county budget at the office
2 15 of the director of the department of management. The final
2 16 compensation schedule takes effect on July 1 following its
2 17 adoption by the board of supervisors.
2 18 Sec. 3. Section 331.907, Code 2009, is amended by adding
2 19 the following new subsection:
2 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. The board of supervisors may adopt a
2 21 decrease in compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of
2 22 the county compensation board's recommended compensation
2 23 schedule or other approved changes in compensation paid to
2 24 other elected county officers. A decrease in compensation
2 25 paid to supervisors shall be adopted by the board of
2 26 supervisors no less than thirty days before the county budget
2 27 is certified under section 24.17.
2 28 EXPLANATION
2 29 This bill authorizes a county board of supervisors to
2 30 decrease the compensation paid to county supervisors during
2 31 the fiscal year by resolution of the board. The bill provides
2 32 that certain requirements for notice and protest of budget
2 33 amendments shall not apply to such a decrease in supervisors'
2 34 salaries. The bill provides that the amount of the decrease
2 35 in compensation may be appropriated by the board for use in
3 1 any class of proposed expenditures contained in the budget
3 2 summary or any other purpose authorized by statute.
3 3 The bill also allows a board of supervisors to adopt a
3 4 decrease in compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of
3 5 the county compensation board's recommended compensation
3 6 schedule or other approved changes in compensation paid to
3 7 other elected county officers. The bill provides that such a
3 8 decrease in compensation paid to supervisors shall be adopted
3 9 no less than 30 days before the county budget is certified.
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