HOUSE FILE 2117

BY  BALTIMORE

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the definition of wages for purposes of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 97B.1A, subsection 26, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (c)  For an elected official, other than a member of the general assembly, the total compensation received by the elected official, whether paid in the form of per diem or annual salary, exclusive of expense, per diem, and travel allowances.
    Sec. 2.  Section 97B.1A, subsection 26, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d), Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (d)  For a member of the general assembly, the total compensation received by a member of the general assembly, whether paid in the form of per diem or annual salary, exclusive of expense
 
expenses, per diem, and travel allowances paid to a member of the general assembly except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph division. Wages includes per diem payments paid to members of the general assembly during interim periods between sessions of the general assembly. Wages also includes daily allowances to members of the general assembly for nontravel expenses of office during a session of the general assembly, but does not include the portion of the daily allowance which exceeds the maximum established by law for members from Polk county.
    Sec. 3.  Section 97B.1A, subsection 26, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), subparagraph divisions (h) and (i), Code Supplement 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (h)  Reimbursements of employee business expenses except for those expenses included as wages for a member of the general assembly.
   (i)  Payments for allowances except for those allowances included as wages for a member of the general assembly.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends Code section 97B.1A(26), concerning the definition of wages for purposes of the Iowa public employees’ retirement system (IPERS) for elected officials and members of the general assembly. The bill provides that per diem payments to elected officials and members of the general assembly and daily allowance paid to members of the general assembly are not considered wages for purposes of IPERS.