HF 678 (LSB 2857YH (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 678

BY  FISHER

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning county budgets including employee contracts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 331.434, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The budget shall show the amount required for each class of proposed expenditures, including moneys dedicated to county employee contracts negotiated under chapter 20, a comparison of the amounts proposed to be expended with the amounts expended for like purposes for the two preceding years, the revenues from sources other than property taxation, and the amount to be raised by property taxation, in the detail and form prescribed by the director of the department of management. For each county that has established an urban renewal area, the budget shall include estimated and actual tax increment financing revenues and all estimated and actual expenditures of the revenues, proceeds from debt, and all estimated and actual expenditures of the debt proceeds. 
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.434, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  A county shall only authorize raises for county employees subject to contracts negotiated under chapter 20 when such raises are accounted for in the certified budget. Authorized raises shall not take effect until on or after the first day of the fiscal year for which the budget is certified.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires a county to include moneys dedicated to county employee contracts negotiated under Code chapter 20 in its proposed expenditures for the annual budget. The bill specifies that a county shall only authorize raises for county employees subject to contracts negotiated under Code chapter 20 when such raises are accounted for in the certified budget. Authorized raises shall not take effect until on or after the first day of the fiscal year for which the budget is certified.