Iowa HSB 11: A bill for an act abolishing county compensation boards. (See HF 528.)

Bill Text

House
Study
Bill
11
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
_____

BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON

LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY

CHAIRPERSON
HIGHFILL)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
abolishing
county
compensation
boards.
1

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.212,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
1

amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2

NEW
PARAGRAPH

.
i.
Setting
the
compensation
schedule
of
the
3

elected
county
officers.
4

Sec.
2.
Section
331.321,
subsection
1,
paragraph
l,
Code
5

2017,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
6

Sec.
3.
Section
331.322,
subsection
6,
Code
2017,
is
amended
7

to
read
as
follows:
8

6.
Review

Annually
prepare
and
review
the
final
9

compensation
schedule
of
the
county
compensation
board
and
10

determine
the
final
compensation
schedule

in
accordance
with
11

section
331.907
.
12

Sec.
4.
Section
331.322,
subsection
7,
Code
2017,
is
amended
13

by
striking
the
subsection.
14

Sec.
5.
Section
331.323,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
15

2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
16

e.
When

If
the
duties
of
an
officer
or
employee
are
assigned
17

to
one
or
more
elected
officers,
the
board
shall
set
the

an
18

initial
salary
for
each
elected
officer
.
Thereafter,
the

19

salary
and,
thereafter,
shall
be
determined
determine
the
20

salary

as
provided
in
section
331.907
.
21

Sec.
6.
Section
331.907,
subsections
1,
2,
3,
and
4,
Code
22

2017,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23

1.
The
annual
compensation
of
the
auditor,
treasurer,
24

recorder,
sheriff,
county
attorney,
and
supervisors
shall
25

be
determined
as
provided
in
this
section
.
The
county

26

compensation
board
annually
shall
review
the
compensation
27

paid
to
comparable
officers
in
other
counties
of
this
state,
28

other
states,
private
enterprise,
and
the
federal
government.
29

In
setting
the
salary
of
the
county
sheriff,
the
county

30

compensation
board
shall
consider
setting
the
sheriff’s
salary
31

so
that
it
is
comparable
to
salaries
paid
to
professional
32

law
enforcement
administrators
and
command
officers
of
the
33

state
patrol,
the
division
of
criminal
investigation
of
the
34

department
of
public
safety,
and
city
police
agencies
in
35

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this
state.
The
county
compensation
board
shall
prepare
a
1

compensation
schedule
for
the
elective
county
officers
for
the
2

succeeding
fiscal
year.
A
recommended
compensation
schedule

3

requires
a
majority
vote
of
the
membership
of
the
county
4

compensation
board.

5

2.
At
the
public
hearing
held
on
the
county
budget
as
6

provided
in
section
331.434
,
the
county
compensation

board
7

shall
submit
its
recommended
compensation
schedule
for
the
8

next
fiscal
year
to
the
board
of
supervisors

for
inclusion
9

in
the
county
budget.
The
board
of
supervisors
shall
review
10

the
recommended
compensation
schedule
for
the
elected
county

11

officers
and
determine
the
final
compensation
schedule
which
12

shall
not
exceed
the
compensation
schedule
recommended
by
13

the
county
compensation
board.
In
determining
the
final

14

compensation
schedule
if
the
board
of
supervisors
wishes
to
15

reduce
the
amount
of
the
recommended
compensation
schedule,
16

the
amount
of
salary
increase
proposed
for
each
elected
17

county
officer,
except
as
provided
in

subsection
3
,
shall
be
18

reduced
an
equal
percentage.

A
copy
of
the
final
compensation
19

schedule
shall
be
filed
with
the
county
budget
at
the
office
20

of
the
director
of
the
department
of
management.
The
final

21

compensation
schedule
takes
effect
on
July
1
following
its
22

adoption
by
the
board
of
supervisors

.
23

3.
The
board
of
supervisors
may
adopt
a
decrease
in
24

compensation
paid
to
supervisors
irrespective
of
the
county
25

compensation
board’s
recommended
compensation
schedule
or
other
26

approved
changes
in
compensation
paid
to
other
elected
county
27

officers.
A
decrease
in
compensation
paid
to
supervisors
shall
28

be
adopted
by
the
board
of
supervisors
no
less
than
thirty
days
29

before
the
county
budget
is
certified
under
section
24.17
.
30

4.
The
elected
county
officers
are
also
entitled
to
receive
31

their
actual
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
in
performance
32

of
official
duties
of
their
respective
offices.
The
board
of

33

supervisors

may
authorize
the
reimbursement
of
expenses
related
34

to
an
educational
course,
seminar,
or
school
which
is
attended
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by
a
county
officer
after
the
county
officer
is
elected,
but
1

prior
to
the
county
officer
taking
office.
2

Sec.
7.
REPEAL.
Section
331.905,
Code
2017,
is
repealed.
3

EXPLANATION
4

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6

This
bill
provides
for
the
abolition
of
county
compensation
7

boards
and
transfers
to
the
board
of
supervisors
the
duty
of
8

setting
the
compensation