HSB 713 (LSB 6223YC (2) 89)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BLOOMINGDALE)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the compensation of sanitary district board of trustees members.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 358.12, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The trustees elected as provided in section 358.9 constitute a board of trustees for the district by which they are elected. The board of trustees is the corporate authority of the sanitary district and shall manage and control the affairs and property of the district. A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The board of trustees shall elect a president, a clerk, and a treasurer from its membership and may employ employees as necessary, who shall hold their employment during the pleasure of the board. The board shall prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all employees of the sanitary district and the amount of bond to be filed by the treasurer of the district and by any employee for whom the board may require bond. The members of the board of trustees shall receive a per diem of one two hundred dollars for attendance at a meeting of the board or while otherwise engaged in official duties, but the total per diem for each member shall not exceed two thousand four thousand eight hundred dollars for a fiscal year. However, the board of trustees, by resolution, may establish for its members a lower rate of pay than is fixed by this section. The members of the board shall also be reimbursed for their travel and other necessary expenses incurred in performing their official duties. Travel expenses are reimbursable at the rate specified in section 70A.9.
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 compensation of sanitary district board of trustees members.
   The bill provides that a sanitary district board of trustees member shall receive per diem compensation in the amount of $200 for attendance at a board meeting or while otherwise engaged in official duties. The bill provides that a trustee shall not be compensated more than $4,800 for a fiscal year. Current law provides that a trustee shall be compensated $100 per diem for attendance at a board meeting or otherwise engaged in official duties and not more than $2,400 for a fiscal year.