House
Study
Bill
551
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
VONDRAN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
salaries
of
peace
officers
of
the
department
1
of
public
safety.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
80.6,
subsection
3,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
salaries
of
peace
officers
and
employees
of
the
3
department
and
the
expenses
of
the
department
shall
be
provided
4
for
by
a
legislative
appropriation.
The
compensation
of
peace
5
officers
of
the
department
shall
be
fixed
according
to
grades
6
as
to
rank
and
length
of
service
by
the
commissioner
with
the
7
approval
of
the
department
of
administrative
services,
unless
8
covered
by
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
that
provides
9
otherwise.
Annual
base
salaries
for
peace
officers
shall
be
10
as
follows:
11
(1)
The
annual
base
salary
for
each
peace
officer
in
the
12
grade
of
sergeant
shall
be
fifteen
percent
greater
than
the
13
salary
of
a
senior
trooper.
14
(2)
The
annual
salary
for
each
peace
officer
in
the
grade
15
of
lieutenant
shall
be
ten
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
16
sergeant.
17
(3)
The
annual
base
salary
of
each
peace
officer
in
the
18
grade
of
captain
or
special
agent
in
charge
shall
be
ten
19
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
lieutenant.
20
(4)
The
annual
base
salary
of
a
major
or
assistant
director
21
shall
be
ten
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
captain
or
22
special
agent
in
charge.
23
(5)
The
annual
base
salary
of
colonel
or
director
shall
be
24
fifteen
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
major
or
assistant
25
director.
26
(6)
Sworn
supervisors
of
the
department
shall
receive
27
the
same
wage,
step,
and
merit
increases
that
are
negotiated
28
under
chapter
20
between
the
state
and
the
state
police
29
officers
council
labor
union
for
peace
officers
subject
to
the
30
requirements
of
this
section.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
relates
to
salaries
of
peace
officers
of
the
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department
of
public
safety.
1
The
bill
provides
that
annual
base
salaries
for
peace
2
officers
are
as
follows:
for
a
peace
officer
in
the
grade
3
of
sergeant,
15
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
a
senior
4
trooper;
for
a
peace
officer
in
the
grade
of
lieutenant,
10
5
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
sergeant;
for
a
peace
6
officer
in
the
grade
of
captain
or
special
agent
in
charge,
7
10
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
lieutenant;
for
a
major
8
or
assistant
director,
10
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
9
captain
or
special
agent
in
charge;
for
a
colonel
or
director,
10
15
percent
greater
than
the
salary
of
major
or
assistant
11
director;
and
sworn
supervisors
of
the
department
shall
receive
12
the
same
wage,
step,
and
merit
increases
that
are
negotiated
13
under
Code
chapter
20
between
the
state
and
the
state
police
14
officers
council
labor
union.
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