House
File
2313
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2313
BY
JACOBSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
duration
of
sessions
of
the
general
1
assembly.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
6100YH
(2)
89
ss/rn
H.F.
2313
Section
1.
Section
2.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
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
calendar
days,
the
payments
shall
be
made
18
only
for
one
hundred
ten
calendar
days
for
the
first
session
19
and
one
hundred
calendar
days
for
the
second
session
.
Members
20
from
Polk
county
shall
receive
an
amount
per
day
equal
to
21
three-fourths
of
the
per
diem
of
the
non-Polk
county
members.
22
Each
member
shall
receive
a
three
hundred
dollar
per
month
23
allowance
for
legislative
district
constituency
postage,
24
travel,
telephone
costs,
and
other
expenses.
Travel
expenses
25
shall
be
paid
at
the
rate
established
by
section
8A.363
for
26
actual
travel
in
going
to
and
returning
from
the
seat
of
27
government
by
the
nearest
traveled
route
for
not
more
than
one
28
time
per
week
during
a
legislative
session
unless
the
general
29
assembly
otherwise
provides.
30
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
2.34
Sessions
——
duration.
31
1.
Each
numbered
general
assembly
as
designated
in
section
32
2.2
shall
not
convene
for
more
than
one
hundred
days
total
33
during
the
two
regular
sessions
held
by
that
general
assembly.
34
2.
Subsection
1
does
not
apply
to
a
special
session
convened
35
-1-
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6100YH
(2)
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1/
2
H.F.
2313
in
response
to
an
emergency,
including
a
disaster
emergency
1
proclaimed
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
29C.6.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
the
duration
of
sessions
of
the
general
6
assembly.
The
bill
limits
the
days
that
a
general
assembly
may
7
meet
during
the
two
regular
sessions
convened
by
that
general
8
assembly
to
100
days
total.
The
bill
does
not
apply
to
special
9
sessions
convened
in
response
to
an
emergency.
10
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