House File 2430 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 2430 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 666) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 10, 2022 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to methods of determining compensation for 1 elected county officers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 2430 (3) 89 js/ns/md

H.F. 2430 Section 1. Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 2022, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraphs: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . i. Setting the compensation schedule of 3 elected county officers, if the board has not established or 4 has dissolved a county compensation board pursuant to section 5 331.905. 6 NEW PARAGRAPH . j. Dissolving a county compensation board. 7 Sec. 2. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code 8 2022, is amended to read as follows: 9 l. Two members of the county compensation board in 10 accordance with section 331.905 , if the board of supervisors 11 has established a county compensation board . 12 Sec. 3. Section 331.322, subsections 6 and 7, Code 2022, are 13 amended to read as follows: 14 6. Review Annually prepare and review the compensation 15 schedule, or review the final compensation schedule of the 16 county compensation board if the board of supervisors has 17 established a county compensation board, and determine the 18 final compensation schedule in accordance with section 331.907 . 19 7. Provide necessary office facilities and the technical 20 and clerical assistance requested by the county compensation 21 board to accomplish the purposes of sections 331.905 and 22 331.907 , if the board of supervisors has established a 23 countycompensation board . 24 Sec. 4. Section 331.905, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 25 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 26 There is created in each county A board of supervisors may 27 vote to establish a county compensation board which subject to 28 the provisions of this section. The county compensation board 29 shall be composed of seven members who are residents of the 30 county. The members of the county compensation board shall be 31 selected as follows: 32 Sec. 5. Section 331.905, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 33 following new subsection: 34 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. A board of supervisors may dissolve a 35 -1- HF 2430 (3) 89 js/ns/md 1/ 3

H.F. 2430 county compensation board upon a majority vote of the members 1 of the board of supervisors. If the board of supervisors has 2 not established or has dissolved the county compensation board, 3 the board of supervisors shall carry out the duties as the 4 county compensation board, including as provided in section 5 331.907. 6 Sec. 6. Section 331.907, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2022, 7 are amended to read as follows: 8 1. The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, 9 recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall 10 be determined as provided in this section . The county 11 compensation board annually shall review the compensation 12 paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, 13 other states, private enterprise, and the federal government. 14 In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the county 15 compensation board shall set the sheriff’s salary so that it 16 is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement 17 administrators and command officers of the state patrol, 18 the division of criminal investigation of the department of 19 public safety, and city police chiefs employed by cities of 20 similar population to the population of the county. The county 21 compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule 22 for the elective elected county officers for the succeeding 23 fiscal year. The county compensation board shall provide 24 documentation to the board of supervisors that demonstrates 25 how the county compensation board determined the recommended 26 compensation schedule, including by providing the applicable 27 compensation information for comparable officers in other 28 counties of this state, other states, private enterprise, and 29 the federal government. A recommended compensation schedule 30 requires a majority vote of the membership of the county 31 compensation board. 32 2. At the public hearing held on the county budget as 33 provided in section 331.434 , the county compensation board 34 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the 35 -2- HF 2430 (3) 89 js/ns/md 2/ 3

H.F. 2430 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion 1 in the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review 2 the recommended compensation schedule for the elected county 3 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which 4 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by 5 the county compensation board. In determining the final 6 compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to 7 reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule, 8 the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected 9 county officer, except as provided in subsection 3 , shall 10 be reduced an equal percentage . In determining the final 11 compensation schedule for the elected county officers, 12 the board of supervisors shall set compensation at no less 13 than the compensation provided in the current compensation 14 schedule. However, the compensation for a position may be 15 set at less than the compensation provided in the current 16 compensation schedule if the position is reduced to part-time 17 under the recommended compensation schedule. A copy of the 18 final compensation schedule shall be filed with the county 19 budget at the office of the director of the department of 20 management. The final compensation schedule takes effect on 21 July 1 following its adoption by the board of supervisors. For 22 purposes of this subsection, “current compensation schedule” 23 means the compensation schedule in effect when the board of 24 supervisors considers the recommended compensation schedule. 25 3. The board of supervisors may adopt a decrease in 26 compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of the county 27 compensation board’s recommended compensation schedule or other 28 approved changes in compensation paid to other elected county 29 officers. A decrease in compensation paid to supervisors shall 30 be adopted by the board of supervisors no less than thirty days 31 before the county budget is certified under section 24.17 . 32 -3- HF 2430 (3) 89 js/ns/md 3/ 3