SF 2389 (LSB 6569SV (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 2389

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2209)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the payment of per diem to members of the general assembly.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 2.10, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every member of the general assembly except the presiding officer of the senate, the speaker of the house, the majority and minority floor leader of each house, and the president pro tempore of the senate and speaker pro tempore of the house shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five thousand dollars for the year 2007 and subsequent years while serving as a member of the general assembly. In addition, each such member shall receive a per diem, as defined in subsection 5, for expenses of office, except travel, for each day the general assembly is in session commencing with the first day of a legislative session and ending with the day of final adjournment of each legislative session as indicated by the journals of the house and senate, except that if the length of the first regular session of the general assembly exceeds one hundred ten fifty-five calendar days and the second regular session exceeds one hundred fifty calendar days, the payments shall be made only for one hundred ten fifty-five calendar days for the first session and one hundred fifty calendar days for the second session. Members from Polk county shall receive an amount per day equal to three-fourths of the per diem of the non-Polk county members. Each member shall receive a three hundred dollar per month allowance for legislative district constituency postage, travel, telephone costs, and other expenses. Travel expenses shall be paid at the rate established by section 8A.363 for actual travel in going to and returning from the seat of government by the nearest traveled route for not more than one time per week during a legislative session unless the general assembly otherwise provides.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill changes the length of time during which members of the general assembly receive a per diem payment from the first 110 calendar days of the first regular session and the first 100 calendar days of the second regular session to the first 55 calendar days of the first regular session and the first 50 calendar days of the second regular session.