HF 528 (LSB 1843HV (3) 87)

HOUSE FILE 528

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 11)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the composition of county compensation boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.905, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2017, are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   1.  There is created in each county a county compensation board which shall be composed of five members who are residents of the county. The members of the county compensation board shall be selected as follows:
   a.  The board of township trustees of each township and the city council of each city located in a county shall by lot select one of the trustees or council members from the board or council, respectively, to serve as a delegate to a temporary compensation board appointing commission, created by resolution of the board of supervisors. The temporary compensation board appointing commission shall meet at a time and place specified in the resolution. 
   b.  The members of the temporary compensation board appointing commission shall appoint five of their number to serve on the county compensation board. 
   2.  The members of the county compensation board shall be appointed to four-year, staggered terms of office. The members of the county compensation board shall not be employees of the state or a political subdivision of the state. A term shall be effective on the first of July of the year of appointment and a vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code 2017, is amended by striking the paragraph.
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 composition of a county compensation board by requiring that members of the board be appointed by a temporary compensation board appointing commission (commission). Under the bill, each board of township trustees and each city council located in a county are required to appoint one of the members of their respective governing bodies to serve on the commission. Under the bill, the commission is required to appoint five members of the commission to serve on the county compensation board.