SSB 1290 (LSB 1035XG (12) 86)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BUDGET BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the compensation and benefits for public officials and employees and providing appropriation authorizations and for related matters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  APPOINTED STATE OFFICERS.
   1.  The governor shall establish a salary for appointed nonelected persons in the executive branch of state government who hold a position enumerated in the section of this Act that addresses the salary ranges of state officers, within the range provided, by considering, among other items, the experience of the individual in the position, changes in the duties of the position, the incumbent’s performance of assigned duties, and subordinates’ salaries. However, the attorney general shall establish the salary for the consumer advocate, the chief justice of the supreme court shall establish the salary for the state court administrator, the Iowa public information board shall establish the salary of the executive director, the ethics and campaign disclosure board shall establish the salary of the executive director, and the Iowa public broadcasting board shall establish the salary of the administrator of the public broadcasting division of the department of education, each within the salary range provided in the section of this Act that addresses salary ranges of state officers.
   2.  The governor, in establishing salaries as provided in this section, shall take into consideration other employee benefits which may be provided for an individual including but not limited to housing.
   3.  A person whose salary is established pursuant to this section and who is a full-time, year-round employee of the state shall not receive any other remuneration from the state or from any other source for the performance of that person’s duties unless the additional remuneration is first approved by the governor or authorized by law. However, this provision does not exclude the reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses incurred in the performance of duties or fringe benefits normally provided to employees of the state.
    Sec. 2.  STATE OFFICERS —— SALARY RANGE.  The following annual salary ranges are effective for the positions specified in this section for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and for subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The governor or other person designated in the section of this Act relating to appointed state officers shall determine the salary to be paid to the person indicated at a rate within this salary range from funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose.
   1.  The following are salary ranges for appointed state officers for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, effective with the pay period beginning June 19, 2015:

   SALARY RANGE                    Minimum                              Maximum

   a.  Range 2$ 48,160                            $ 78,122
   b.  Range 3$ 55,380                            $ 89,835
   c.  Range 4$ 63,690                            $103,308
   d.  Range 5$ 73,250                            $118,794
   e.  Range 6$ 84,240                            $136,623
   f.  Range 7$100,840                            $163,558
   2.  The following is a range 2 position: administrator of the arts division of the department of cultural affairs.
   3.  The following are range 3 positions: administrator of the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights, administrator of the division of community action agencies of the department of human rights, executive director of the department of veterans affairs, and chairperson and members of the employment appeal board of the department of inspections and appeals.
   4.  The following are range 4 positions: director of the department of human rights, director of the Iowa state civil rights commission, executive director of the college student aid commission, director of the department for the blind, executive director of the ethics and campaign disclosure board, executive director of the Iowa public information board, members of the public employment relations board, and chairperson, vice chairperson, and members of the board of parole.
   5.  The following are range 5 positions: director of the department of homeland security and emergency management, state public defender, drug policy coordinator, labor commissioner, workers’ compensation commissioner, director of the department of cultural affairs, director of the department of elder affairs, director of the law enforcement academy, members of the property assessment appeal board, and administrator of the historical division of the department of cultural affairs.
   6.  The following are range 6 positions: superintendent of banking, superintendent of credit unions, administrator of the alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce, director of the department of inspections and appeals, commandant of the Iowa veterans home, commissioner of public safety, commissioner of insurance, executive director of the Iowa finance authority, director of the department of natural resources, consumer advocate, and chairperson of the utilities board. The other members of the utilities board shall receive an annual salary within a range of not less than 90 percent but not more than 95 percent of the annual salary of the chairperson of the utilities board.
   7.  The following are range 7 positions: administrator of the public broadcasting division of the department of education, director of the department of corrections, director of the department of education, director of human services, director of the economic development authority, executive director of the Iowa telecommunications and technology commission, executive director of the state board of regents, director of transportation, director of the department of workforce development, director of revenue, director of public health, state court administrator, director of the department of management, chief information officer, and director of the department of administrative services.
    Sec. 3.  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS FUNDED.  The various state departments, boards, commissions, councils, and agencies, including the state board of regents and the judicial branch, for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, shall provide from available sources pay adjustments, expense reimbursements, and related benefits to fully fund the following:
   1.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the blue collar bargaining unit.
   2.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the public safety bargaining unit.
   3.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the security bargaining unit.
   4.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the technical bargaining unit.
   5.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the professional fiscal and staff bargaining unit.
   6.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the clerical bargaining unit.
   7.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the professional social services bargaining unit.
   8.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the community-based corrections bargaining unit.
   9.  The collective bargaining agreements negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the judicial branch of government bargaining units.
   10.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the patient care bargaining unit.
   11.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the science bargaining unit.
   12.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the university of northern Iowa faculty bargaining unit.
   13.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the state university of Iowa graduate student bargaining unit.
   14.  The collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 for employees in the state university of Iowa hospital and clinics tertiary health care bargaining unit.
   15.  The annual pay adjustments, related benefits, and expense reimbursements referred to in the sections of this Act addressing noncontract state and state board of regents employees who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
    Sec. 4.  NONCONTRACT STATE EMPLOYEES —— GENERAL.
   1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015:
   a.  The maximum and minimum salary levels of all pay plans provided for in section 8A.413, subsection 3, as they exist for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, shall be increased by 2.5 percent for the pay period beginning June 19, 2015.
   b.  Employees may receive a step increase or the equivalent of a step increase.
   c.  Notwithstanding the increase in paragraph “a”, the pay plan for noncontract judicial branch employees shall be increased by 2.5 percent for the pay period beginning June 19, 2015.
   d.  The pay plans for state employees who are exempt from chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and who are included in the department of administrative services’ centralized payroll system shall be increased by 2.5 percent for the pay period beginning June 19, 2015, and any additional changes in any executive branch pay plans shall be approved by the governor.
   2.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016:
   a.  The maximum and minimum salary levels of all pay plans provided for in section 8A.413, subsection 3, as they exist for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, shall be increased by 2.25 percent for the pay period beginning July 1, 2016.
   b.  The maximum and minimum salary levels of all pay plans provided for in section 8A.413, subsection 3, as they exist for the pay period ending December 29, 2016, shall be increased by 1.25 percent for the pay period beginning December 30, 2016.
   c.  Employees may receive a step increase or the equivalent of a step increase.
   d.  Notwithstanding the increase in paragraph “a”, the pay plan for noncontract judicial branch employees shall be increased by 2.25 percent for the pay period beginning July 1, 2016, and by 1.25 percent for the pay period beginning December 30, 2016.
   e.  The pay plans for state employees who are exempt from chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and who are included in the department of administrative services’ centralized payroll system shall be increased by 2.25 percent for the pay period beginning July 1, 2016, and by 1.25 percent for the pay period beginning December 30, 2016, and any additional changes in any executive branch pay plans shall be approved by the governor.
   3.  This section does not apply to members of the general assembly, board members, commission members, persons whose salaries are set by the general assembly pursuant to this Act or are set by the governor, or other persons designated in the section of this Act addressing appointed state officers, employees designated under section 8A.412, subsection 5, and employees covered by 11 IAC 53.6(3).
   4.  a.  The pay plans for the bargaining eligible employees of the state shall be increased by 2.5 percent for the pay period beginning June 19, 2015, and any additional changes in such executive branch pay plans shall be approved by the governor.
   b.  The pay plans for the bargaining eligible employees of the state shall be increased by 2.25 percent for the pay period beginning July 1, 2016, and by 1.25 percent for the period beginning December 30, 2016, and any additional changes in such executive branch pay plans shall be approved by the governor.
   c.  As used in this subsection, “bargaining eligible employee” means an employee who is eligible to organize under chapter 20, but has not done so.
   5.  The policies for implementation of this section shall be approved by the governor.
    Sec. 5.  STATE EMPLOYEES —— STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.  For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, funds shall be provided from available sources of the state board of regents for funding of collective bargaining agreements for state board of regents employees covered by such agreements and for the following state board of regents employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement:
   1.  Regents merit system employees and merit supervisory employees.
   2.  Faculty members and professional and scientific employees.
    Sec. 6.  STATE COURT —— JUSTICES, JUDGES, AND MAGISTRATES.
   1.  The salary rates specified in subsection 2 are for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, effective for the pay period beginning June 19, 2015, and for subsequent fiscal years until otherwise provided by the general assembly. The salaries provided for in this section shall be paid from funds allocated to the judicial branch from the salary adjustment fund, or if the allocation is not sufficient, from funds appropriated to the judicial branch pursuant to this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
   2.  The following annual salary rates shall be paid to the persons holding the judicial positions indicated during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, effective with the pay period beginning June 19, 2015, and for subsequent pay periods.
   a.  Chief justice of the supreme court:

   ...................................................................... $    187,465

   b.  Each justice of the supreme court:

   ...................................................................... $    179,071

   c.  Chief judge of the court of appeals:

   ...................................................................... $    167,879

   d.  Each associate judge of the court of appeals:

   ...................................................................... $    162,284

   e.  Each chief judge of a judicial district:

   ...................................................................... $    156,687

   f.  Each district judge except the chief judge of a judicial district:

   ...................................................................... $    151,092

   g.  Each district associate judge:

   ...................................................................... $    134,303

   h.  Each associate juvenile judge:

   ...................................................................... $    134,303

   i.  Each associate probate judge:

   ...................................................................... $    134,303

   j.  Each judicial magistrate:

   ...................................................................... $     41,410

   k.  Each senior judge:

   ...................................................................... $      8,953

   3.  Persons receiving the salary rates established under this section shall not receive any additional salary adjustments provided by this Act or any other Act of the general assembly.
    Sec. 7.  SPECIAL FUNDS.
   1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, salary adjustments otherwise provided for in this Act may be funded as determined by the department of management using unappropriated funds remaining in the department of commerce revolving fund, the gaming enforcement revolving fund, the gaming regulatory revolving fund, the primary road fund, the road use tax fund, the fish and game protection fund, and the Iowa public employees’ retirement fund and in other departmental revolving, trust, or special funds for which the general assembly has not made an operating budget appropriation.
   2.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017, salary adjustments otherwise provided for in this Act may be funded as determined by the department of management using unappropriated funds remaining in the department of commerce revolving fund, the gaming enforcement revolving fund, the gaming regulatory revolving fund, the primary road fund, the road use tax fund, the fish and game protection fund, and the Iowa public employees’ retirement fund and in other departmental revolving, trust, or special funds for which the general assembly has not made an operating budget appropriation.
    Sec. 8.  FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED.  For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, all federal grants to and the federal receipts of the agencies affected by this Act which are received and may be expended for purposes of this Act are appropriated for those purposes and as set forth in the federal grants or receipts.
    Sec. 9.  STATE TROOPER MEAL ALLOWANCE.  For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, the sworn peace officers in the department of public safety who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20 shall receive the same per diem meal allowance as the sworn peace officers in the department of public safety who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to chapter 20.
    Sec. 10.  SALARY MODEL ADMINISTRATOR.  The salary model administrator shall work in conjunction with the legislative services agency to maintain the state’s salary model used for analyzing, comparing, and projecting state employee salary and benefit information, including information relating to employees of the state board of regents. The department of revenue, the department of administrative services, the five institutions under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents, the judicial district departments of correctional services, and the state department of transportation shall provide salary data to the department of management and the legislative services agency to operate the state’s salary model. The format and frequency of provision of the salary data shall be determined by the department of management and the legislative services agency. The information shall be used in collective bargaining processes under chapter 20 and in calculating the funding needs for salary adjustment purposes. A state employee organization as defined in section 20.3, subsection 4, may request information produced by the model, but the information provided shall not contain information attributable to individual employees.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the funding for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016, of salary increases for appointed nonelected officers, employees subject to collective bargaining agreements, certain noncontract employees, board of regents employees, and justices, judges, and magistrates.
   The salary ranges for appointed state officers are increased.
   The maximum and minimum salary levels of all pay plans of noncontract state employees are increased and a step increase or the equivalent of a step increase is authorized.
   The annual salary rates for justices, judges, and magistrates are increased.
   The new salary ranges, levels, and rates first become effective in June 2015. Some additional salary levels are increased effective in July and December of 2016.
   The bill allows salary adjustments otherwise provided for in the bill to be funded as determined by the department of management using unappropriated funds remaining in the department of commerce revolving fund, the gaming enforcement revolving fund, the gaming regulatory revolving fund, the primary road fund, the road use tax fund, the fish and game protection fund, and the Iowa public employees’ retirement fund and in other departmental revolving, trust, or special funds for which the general assembly has not made an operating budget appropriation.
   State trooper meal allowances are set for certain peace officers not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
   The salary model administrator is required to work in conjunction with the department of management and the legislative services agency to analyze, compare, and project state salary and benefit information.