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Amendments › HF 2514

Amendment H-8141 to HF 2514

Abolishing county compensation boards

Never voted onStrike everything: replaces the whole bill

Filed March 5, 2024 in the House by

What it changes

AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes how elected county officers' pay is determined. It keeps the county compensation board in place to review and recommend salaries, but gives the board of supervisors the final authority to set the compensation schedule. It also adds a rule that the board cannot increase the pay for certain elected officers unless they also provide an annual cost-of-living adjustment to all county employees.1

Read the amendment’s wording
  1. Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 5 and inserting: “
  2. By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
  3. Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . i. Setting the compensation schedule of elected county officers. Sec.
  4. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph. Sec.
  5. Section 331.322, subsection 6, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
  6. Review Annually prepare and review the final compensation schedule of the county compensation board and determine the final compensation schedule in accordance with section 331.907 . Sec.
  7. Section 331.322, subsection 7, Code 2024, is amended by striking the subsection. Sec.
  8. Section 331.323, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: e. When If the duties of an officer or employee are assigned to one or more elected officers, the board shall set the an initial salary for each elected officer . Thereafter, the salary and, thereafter, shall be determined determine the salary as provided in section 331.907 . Sec.
  9. Section 331.907, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 4, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
  10. The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, 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 set the sheriff’s salary so that it -1- H 8064.3431 (2) 90 lh/js 1/ 3 is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators and command officers of the state patrol , and the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety, and to city police chiefs employed by cities of similar population to the population of the county. The county compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule for the elective elected county officers for the succeeding fiscal year with an annual salary increase not to exceed the consumer price index . A recommended compensation schedule requires a majority vote of the membership of the county compensation board. The board shall apply the same percentage of annual salary adjustments to the auditor, treasurer, recorder, county attorney, and supervisor positions. The board may increase the annual salary of an elected county officer by resolution and budgetary procedures set forth in section 331.434, but a salary increased by resolution shall only take effect at the beginning of the first fiscal year following the next regular election for which the affected position was on the ballot or upon adoption in order to fill a vacancy. For purposes of determining a salary increase under this subsection, the board shall initially use the salary of a position as of the effective date of this Act.
  11. At the public hearing held on the county budget as provided in section 331.434 , the county compensation board shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion in the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review the recommended compensation schedule for the elected county officers and determine the final compensation schedule which shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by the county compensation board. In determining the final compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule, the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county officer, except as provided in subsection 3 , shall be -2- H 8064.3431 (2) 90 lh/js 2/ 3 reduced an equal percentage. A copy of the final compensation schedule shall be filed with the county budget at the office of the director of the department of management. The final compensation schedule takes effect on July 1 following its adoption by the board of supervisors .
  12. 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 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 .
  13. The elected county officers are also entitled to receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of official duties of their respective offices. The board of supervisors may authorize the reimbursement of expenses related to an educational course, seminar, or school which that is attended by a county officer after the county officer is elected, but prior to the county officer taking office. Sec.
  14. Section 331.907, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
  15. The board shall not adopt a salary increase for the auditor, treasurer, recorder, county attorney, or supervisors unless the board provides county employees with an annual cost-of-living pay adjustment. Sec.
  16. REPEAL. Section 331.905, Code 2024, is repealed.””

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book