HSB 750 (LSB 6397YC (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON MOHR)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to salaries of state elected officials, and including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

DIVISION I
LEGISLATIVE SALARIES

    Section 1.  Section 2.10, subsections 1, 2, and 8, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 8, every member of the general assembly except the presiding officer of the senate, the speaker of the house, the majority and minority floor leader of each house, and the president pro tempore of the senate and speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five thirty-five thousand dollars for the year 2007 2025 and subsequent years while serving as a member of the general assembly. In addition, each such member shall receive a per diem, as defined in subsection 5, for expenses of office, except travel, for each day the general assembly is in session commencing with the first day of a legislative session and ending with the day of final adjournment of each legislative session as indicated by the journals of the house and senate, except that if the length of the first regular session of the general assembly exceeds one hundred ten calendar days and the second regular session exceeds one hundred calendar days, the payments shall be made only for one hundred ten calendar days for the first session and one hundred calendar days for the second session. Members from Polk county shall receive an amount per day equal to three-fourths of the per diem of the non-Polk county members. Each member shall receive a three hundred dollar per month allowance for legislative district constituency postage, travel, telephone costs, and other expenses. Travel expenses shall be paid at the rate established by section 8A.363 for actual travel in going to and returning from the seat of government by the nearest traveled route for not more than one time per week during a legislative session unless the general assembly otherwise provides.
   2.  The Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 8, the speaker of the house, presiding officer of the senate, and the majority and minority floor leader of each house shall each receive an annual salary of thirty-seven forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars for the year 2007 2025 and subsequent years while serving in that capacity. The Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 8, the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive an annual salary of twenty-seven thirty-seven thousand dollars for the year 2007 2025 and subsequent years while serving in that capacity. Expense and travel allowances shall be the same for the speaker of the house and the presiding officer of the senate, the president pro tempore of the senate and the speaker pro tempore of the house, and the majority and minority leader of each house as provided for other members of the general assembly.
   8.  Commencing upon the convening of the Seventy-eighth Ninety-first General Assembly in January 1999 2026, and for each calendar year thereafter, the annual salaries of members and officers of the general assembly, as the annual salaries existed during the preceding calendar year, shall be adjusted by an amount equal to the average of the annual cost-of-living pay adjustments negotiated for the members of the collective bargaining units represented by the state police officers council labor union, the American federation of state, county, and municipal employees, and the Iowa united professionals for the preceding fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997. For the calendar year 2000, during the month of January, the annual salaries of members and officers of the general assembly shall be adjusted by an amount equal to the average of the annual cost-of-living pay adjustments received by the members of those collective bargaining units for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998. The annual salaries determined for the members and officers as provided in this section for the calendar year 2000 shall remain in effect for subsequent calendar years until otherwise provided by the general assembly.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  The following apply upon the convening of the Ninety-first General Assembly in January 2025:
   The portion of the section of this division of this Act amending section 2.10, subsections 1 and 2.
DIVISION II
SALARIES OF STATEWIDE ELECTED EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS

    Sec. 3.  Section 7.8, Code 2024, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   7.8  Salary —— governor and lieutenant governor.
   1.  Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 3, the governor shall receive an annual salary of one hundred forty thousand dollars, and the lieutenant governor shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred twelve dollars. Payment of expenses and any per diem of the lieutenant governor shall be as fixed by the general assembly.
   2.  The salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the office of the governor and lieutenant governor pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
   3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the annual salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor, as the annual salaries existed during the preceding fiscal year, shall be adjusted by an amount equal to the average of the annual cost-of-living pay adjustments negotiated for the members of the collective bargaining units represented by the state police officers council labor union, the American federation of state, county, and municipal employees, and the Iowa united professionals for the preceding fiscal year.
    Sec. 4.  Section 9.5, Code 2024, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   9.5  Salary.
   1.  Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 3, the secretary of state shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred twelve dollars.
   2.  The salary of the secretary of state shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the office of the secretary of state pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
   3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the annual adjusted salary of the secretary of state shall be adjusted as described in section 7.8, subsection 3.
    Sec. 5.  Section 11.30, Code 2024, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   11.30  Salary.
   1.  Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 3, the auditor of state shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred twelve dollars.
   2.  The salary of the auditor of state shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the office of the auditor of state pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
   3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the annual adjusted salary of the auditor of state shall be adjusted as described in section 7.8, subsection 3.
    Sec. 6.  Section 12.18, Code 2024, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   12.18  Salary.
   1.  Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 3, the treasurer of state shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred twelve dollars.
   2.  The salary of the treasurer of state shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the office of the treasurer of state pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
   3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the annual adjusted salary of the treasurer of state shall be adjusted as described in section 7.8, subsection 3.
    Sec. 7.  Section 13.9, Code 2024, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   13.9  Salary.
   1.  Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 3, the attorney general shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirty-three thousand six hundred sixty-nine dollars.
   2.  The salary of the attorney general shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the department of justice pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
   3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the annual adjusted salary of the attorney general shall be adjusted as described in section 7.8, subsection 3.
   4.  The salaries of the chief deputy attorney general and other deputy and assistant attorneys general shall be such as may be fixed by law.
    Sec. 8.  Section 159.19, Code 2024, is amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   159.19  Salary.
   1.  Subject to the annual adjustments provided in subsection 3, the secretary of agriculture shall receive an annual salary of one hundred thirteen thousand two hundred twelve dollars.
   2.  The salary of the secretary of agriculture shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the department pursuant to any Act of the general assembly.
   3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the annual adjusted salary for the secretary of agriculture shall be adjusted as described in section 7.8, subsection 3.
    Sec. 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act takes effect June 21, 2024.
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 salaries of state elected officials.
   DIVISION I —— LEGISLATIVE SALARIES. The bill increases the salaries for members of the general assembly, including specified officers, by $10,000 per year. The bill also applies a cost-of-living adjustment equal to the average of the annual cost-of-living pay adjustments negotiated for the members of the collective bargaining units represented by the state police officers council labor union, the American federation of state, county, and municipal employees, and the Iowa united professionals to salaries for members and officers of the general assembly each year beginning in 2026. Pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Iowa, the provisions increasing the base salaries for members of the general assembly apply upon the convening of the 91st General Assembly in January 2025.
   DIVISION II —— SALARIES OF STATEWIDE ELECTED EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS. The bill codifies and increases the salaries of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of agriculture, and attorney general by $10,000 per year. Beginning July 1, 2025, the bill also applies a cost-of-living adjustment equal to the legislative cost-of-living adjustment to salaries for the statewide elected executive officials. This division takes effect June 21, 2024.