House File 2161 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2161 BY RIDING and HEARTSILL A BILL FOR An Act relating to the number of calendar days of per diem 1 payable to members of the general assembly while serving in 2 a regular session of a general assembly. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5751YH (3) 85 rj/sc
H.F. 2161 Section 1. Section 2.10, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 1. Every member of the general assembly except the presiding 3 officer of the senate, the speaker of the house, the majority 4 and minority floor leader of each house, and the president 5 pro tempore of the senate and speaker pro tempore of the 6 house shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five thousand 7 dollars for the year 2007 and subsequent years while serving 8 as a member of the general assembly. In addition, each such 9 member shall receive a per diem, as defined in subsection 10 5 , for expenses of office, except travel, for each day the 11 general assembly is in session commencing with the first day 12 of a legislative session and ending with the day of final 13 adjournment of each legislative session as indicated by the 14 journals of the house and senate, except that if the length 15 of the first regular session of the general assembly exceeds 16 one hundred ten calendar days and the second regular session 17 exceeds one hundred ninety calendar days, the payments 18 shall be made only for one hundred ten calendar days for 19 the first session and one hundred ninety calendar days for 20 the second session. Members from Polk county shall receive 21 an amount per day equal to three-fourths of the per diem 22 of the non-Polk county members. Each member shall receive 23 a three hundred dollar per month allowance for legislative 24 district constituency postage, travel, telephone costs, and 25 other expenses. Travel expenses shall be paid at the rate 26 established by section 8A.363 for actual travel in going to and 27 returning from the seat of government by the nearest traveled 28 route for not more than one time per week during a legislative 29 session unless the general assembly otherwise provides. 30 EXPLANATION 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 32 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 33 This bill reduces the number of calendar days of per diem 34 payable to members of the general assembly while serving in a 35 -1- LSB 5751YH (3) 85 rj/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2161 regular session of a general assembly. Per diem payments are 1 reduced from 110 to 100 calendar days during a first regular 2 session and from 100 to 90 calendar days during a second 3 regular session. 4 -2- LSB 5751YH (3) 85 rj/sc 2/ 2