Amendment H-8085 to HF 2518
Relating to the annual compensation of county supervisors
Never voted onStrike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed March 5, 2020 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and removes the requirement for voters to approve supervisor pay increases. Instead, it requires the board of supervisors to hold a public hearing before voting on a new pay schedule and allows them to decrease supervisor pay.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 22 and inserting: “Amend House File 2518 as follows:
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- Section 331.907, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2020, are amended to read as follows:
- The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, and county attorney , and supervisors shall be determined as provided in this section . The county compensation board annually shall review the compensation paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal government. In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the county compensation board shall consider setting the sheriff’s salary so that it is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators and command officers of the state patrol, the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety, and city police agencies in this state. The county compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule for the specified elective county officers for the succeeding fiscal year. A recommended compensation schedule requires a majority vote of the membership of the county compensation board.
- The board of supervisors shall determine the compensation paid to supervisors. The board of supervisors shall consider current market factors when determining the compensation paid to supervisors. The board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing regarding a proposed compensation schedule for supervisors before the board of supervisors may vote to approve the proposed compensation schedule. The board of supervisors may adopt a decrease in compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of the county compensation board’s recommended compensation schedule or other approved changes in compensation paid to other elected county officers. A decrease -1- H8055.3548 (1) 88 js/ns 1/ 2 in compensation paid to supervisors shall be adopted by the board of supervisors no less than thirty days before the county budget is certified under section 24.17 .””