Senate File 462 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McKINLEY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act restricting certain expenditures by the general assembly.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2585SS 83
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  1  1    Section 1.  CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURES RESTRICTED ==
  1  2 FY 2009=2010.  Notwithstanding contrary provisions of sections
  1  3 2.10 and 2.12 and any other provision of law, for the fiscal
  1  4 year beginning July 1, 2009, the salary, per diem, and travel
  1  5 expense rates payable to members and staff of the general
  1  6 assembly, the total amount expended by each political caucus
  1  7 and staff unit relating to out=of=state travel by members and
  1  8 staff of the general assembly, and the total amount expended
  1  9 by the general assembly for dues to associations and other
  1 10 organizations, shall not exceed such rates paid and the total
  1 11 amounts expended for such purposes for the preceding fiscal
  1 12 year.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill restricts certain expenditures by the general
  1 15 assembly for FY 2009=2010 by making inapplicable contrary
  1 16 provisions in Code section 2.10, relating to salaries and
  1 17 expenses of members of the general assembly, and Code section
  1 18 2.12, relating to expenses of the general assembly and
  1 19 budgets, and any other law.
  1 20    The restriction provides that for the designated fiscal
  1 21 year, the salary, per diem, and travel expense rates payable
  1 22 to members and staff of the general assembly, the total amount
  1 23 expended by each political caucus and staff unit relating to
  1 24 out=of=state travel by members and staff of the general
  1 25 assembly, and the total amount expended by the general
  1 26 assembly for dues to associations and other organizations
  1 27 cannot exceed the rates paid and total amounts expended for
  1 28 such purposes in the preceding fiscal year.
  1 29 LSB 2585SS 83
  1 30 jp/rj/5