HF 492 (LSB 2253YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 492

BY  WOOD

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the salaries of county deputy sheriffs, assistant county attorneys, and other county deputy officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.757, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The county attorney may appoint, with the approval of the board, an assistant county attorney to serve as a full-time prosecutor. A full-time prosecutor shall refrain from the private practice of law. The county attorney shall determine the compensation paid to a full-time prosecutor within the budget set for the county attorney’s office by the board. Except in counties having a population of more than two hundred thousand, the The annual salary of an assistant county attorney shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the maximum annual salary of a full-time county attorney.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.904, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The annual base salary of the first and second deputy officer of the office of auditor, treasurer, and recorder, the deputy in charge of elections administration, the deputy in charge of the motor vehicle registration and title division, and the deputy in charge of driver’s license issuance shall each be an amount not to exceed eighty-five percent of the annual salary of the deputy’s principal officer. In, including in offices where for which more than two deputies are required, the annual base salary of each additional deputy shall be an amount not to exceed eighty percent of the principal officer’s salary. The amount of the annual base salary of each deputy shall be certified by the principal officer to the board and, if a deputy’s annual base salary does not exceed the limitations specified in this subsection, the board shall certify the annual base salary to the auditor. The board shall not certify a deputy’s annual base salary which that exceeds the limitations of this subsection.
    Sec. 3.  Section 331.904, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The annual base salary of a first or second deputy sheriff shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the annual base salary of the sheriff.
    Sec. 4.  Section 331.904, subsection 3, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  The annual salary of each assistant county attorney shall be determined by the county attorney within the budget set for the county attorney’s office by the board. The salary of an assistant county attorney shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the maximum salary of a full-time county attorney. The county attorney shall inform the board of the full-time or part-time status of each assistant county attorney. In the case of a part-time assistant county attorney, the county attorney shall inform the board of the approximate number of hours per week the assistant county attorney shall devote to official duties.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Currently, the annual base salary of a county deputy sheriff, an assistant county attorney except in a county having a population of more than 200,000, and deputy officers of certain county offices shall not exceed 85 percent of the annual base salary of the county sheriff, the county attorney, or the county principal officer, respectively. This bill provides that a county deputy sheriff, an assistant county attorney in any county, or a county deputy officer’s annual base salary shall be an amount not to exceed the annual base salary of the county sheriff, the county attorney, or the county principal officer, respectively.