House File 2208 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2208 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2006) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the salary of county attorneys in certain 1 counties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5672HV (2) 90 lh/js

H.F. 2208 Section 1. Section 331.752, subsection 5, Code 2024, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. The resolution changing the status of a county attorney 3 shall state the initial annual salary to be paid to the county 4 attorney when the full-time or part-time status is effective. 5 The annual salary specified in the resolution shall remain 6 effective until changed as provided in section 331.907 . Except 7 in counties having a population of more than two hundred 8 thousand, the annual salary of a full-time county attorney 9 shall be an amount which is between forty-five percent and one 10 hundred percent of the annual salary received by a district 11 court judge. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill relates to the salary of county attorneys 16 in certain counties. Current law requires counties with 17 populations of 200,000 or less to pay county attorneys a salary 18 between 45 and 100 percent of a district court judge’s salary. 19 The bill strikes this requirement. 20 -1- LSB 5672HV (2) 90 lh/js 1/ 1