House File 528 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 528 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 11) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the composition of county compensation 1 boards. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1843HV (3) 87 aw/sc/rj
H.F. 528 Section 1. Section 331.905, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017, 1 are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu 2 thereof the following: 3 1. There is created in each county a county compensation 4 board which shall be composed of five members who are residents 5 of the county. The members of the county compensation board 6 shall be selected as follows: 7 a. The board of township trustees of each township and the 8 city council of each city located in a county shall by lot 9 select one of the trustees or council members from the board or 10 council, respectively, to serve as a delegate to a temporary 11 compensation board appointing commission, created by resolution 12 of the board of supervisors. The temporary compensation board 13 appointing commission shall meet at a time and place specified 14 in the resolution. 15 b. The members of the temporary compensation board 16 appointing commission shall appoint five of their number to 17 serve on the county compensation board. 18 2. The members of the county compensation board shall be 19 appointed to four-year, staggered terms of office. The members 20 of the county compensation board shall not be employees of the 21 state or a political subdivision of the state. A term shall be 22 effective on the first of July of the year of appointment and 23 a vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same 24 manner as the original appointment. 25 Sec. 2. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code 26 2017, is amended by striking the paragraph. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill relates to the composition of a county 31 compensation board by requiring that members of the board 32 be appointed by a temporary compensation board appointing 33 commission (commission). Under the bill, each board of 34 township trustees and each city council located in a county 35 -1- LSB 1843HV (3) 87 aw/sc/rj 1/ 2
H.F. 528 are required to appoint one of the members of their respective 1 governing bodies to serve on the commission. Under the bill, 2 the commission is required to appoint five members of the 3 commission to serve on the county compensation board. 4 -2- LSB 1843HV (3) 87 aw/sc/rj 2/ 2