SF 446 (LSB 1115SV (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 446

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 32)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to required considerations by a county compensation board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.907, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall be determined as provided in this section. The county compensation board annually shall review the compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal government, and shall consider the current economic health of the county, state, and country. In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the county compensation board shall set the sheriff’s salary so that it is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators and command officers of the state patrol, the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety, and city police chiefs employed by cities of similar population to the population of the county. The county compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule for the elective elected county officers for the succeeding fiscal year.  The county compensation board shall provide documentation to the board of supervisors that demonstrates how the county compensation board determined the recommended compensation schedule, including by providing the applicable compensation information for all the adjacent counties in this state and for counties in this state with a similar population. A recommended compensation schedule requires a majority vote of the membership of the county compensation board.
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 duties of a county compensation board when recommending a compensation schedule. Under current law, a county compensation board recommends a compensation schedule for elected county officers for the succeeding fiscal year and submits the recommended compensation schedule to the county board of supervisors for approval. When determining the recommended compensation schedule, current law requires the county compensation board to review the compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, other states, in private enterprise, in the federal government, and, in the case of the county sheriff’s salary, other law enforcement personnel. The bill requires the county compensation board to also consider the current economic health of the county, state, and country when recommending the compensation schedule. 
   The bill also requires the county compensation board to provide documentation to the board of supervisors that demonstrates how the county compensation board determined the recommended compensation schedule, including by providing the applicable compensation information for all the adjacent counties in this state and for counties in this state with a similar population.