House
File
492
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
492
BY
WOOD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
the
salaries
of
county
deputy
sheriffs,
1
assistant
county
attorneys,
and
other
county
deputy
2
officers.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.757,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
county
attorney
may
appoint,
with
the
approval
of
3
the
board,
an
assistant
county
attorney
to
serve
as
a
full-time
4
prosecutor.
A
full-time
prosecutor
shall
refrain
from
the
5
private
practice
of
law.
The
county
attorney
shall
determine
6
the
compensation
paid
to
a
full-time
prosecutor
within
the
7
budget
set
for
the
county
attorney’s
office
by
the
board.
8
Except
in
counties
having
a
population
of
more
than
two
hundred
9
thousand,
the
The
annual
salary
of
an
assistant
county
attorney
10
shall
not
exceed
eighty-five
percent
of
the
maximum
annual
11
salary
of
a
full-time
county
attorney.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
331.904,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
13
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
a.
The
annual
base
salary
of
the
first
and
second
deputy
15
officer
of
the
office
of
auditor,
treasurer,
and
recorder,
the
16
deputy
in
charge
of
elections
administration,
the
deputy
in
17
charge
of
the
motor
vehicle
registration
and
title
division,
18
and
the
deputy
in
charge
of
driver’s
license
issuance
shall
19
each
be
an
amount
not
to
exceed
eighty-five
percent
of
the
20
annual
salary
of
the
deputy’s
principal
officer
.
In
,
including
21
in
offices
where
for
which
more
than
two
deputies
are
required
,
22
the
annual
base
salary
of
each
additional
deputy
shall
be
an
23
amount
not
to
exceed
eighty
percent
of
the
principal
officer’s
24
salary
.
The
amount
of
the
annual
base
salary
of
each
deputy
25
shall
be
certified
by
the
principal
officer
to
the
board
26
and,
if
a
deputy’s
annual
base
salary
does
not
exceed
the
27
limitations
specified
in
this
subsection
,
the
board
shall
28
certify
the
annual
base
salary
to
the
auditor.
The
board
shall
29
not
certify
a
deputy’s
annual
base
salary
which
that
exceeds
30
the
limitations
of
this
subsection
.
31
Sec.
3.
Section
331.904,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
32
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
33
a.
The
annual
base
salary
of
a
first
or
second
deputy
34
sheriff
shall
not
exceed
eighty-five
percent
of
the
annual
base
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salary
of
the
sheriff.
1
Sec.
4.
Section
331.904,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
3.
The
annual
salary
of
each
assistant
county
attorney
4
shall
be
determined
by
the
county
attorney
within
the
budget
5
set
for
the
county
attorney’s
office
by
the
board.
The
salary
6
of
an
assistant
county
attorney
shall
not
exceed
eighty-five
7
percent
of
the
maximum
salary
of
a
full-time
county
attorney.
8
The
county
attorney
shall
inform
the
board
of
the
full-time
9
or
part-time
status
of
each
assistant
county
attorney.
In
10
the
case
of
a
part-time
assistant
county
attorney,
the
county
11
attorney
shall
inform
the
board
of
the
approximate
number
of
12
hours
per
week
the
assistant
county
attorney
shall
devote
to
13
official
duties.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
Currently,
the
annual
base
salary
of
a
county
deputy
18
sheriff,
an
assistant
county
attorney
except
in
a
county
19
having
a
population
of
more
than
200,000,
and
deputy
officers
20
of
certain
county
offices
shall
not
exceed
85
percent
of
the
21
annual
base
salary
of
the
county
sheriff,
the
county
attorney,
22
or
the
county
principal
officer,
respectively.
This
bill
23
provides
that
a
county
deputy
sheriff,
an
assistant
county
24
attorney
in
any
county,
or
a
county
deputy
officer’s
annual
25
base
salary
shall
be
an
amount
not
to
exceed
the
annual
base
26
salary
of
the
county
sheriff,
the
county
attorney,
or
the
27
county
principal
officer,
respectively.
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