Senate File 462 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY McKINLEY Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 4 jp/rj/5 PAG LIN 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