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Relating to the salary of the state court administrator
Sponsored by the Senate Judiciary Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 26, 2022
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 23, 202297–0
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa Supreme Court would gain the power to decide the state court administrator's salary without being limited by a specific pay range. This change removes conflicting rules about who sets the administrator's pay and ensures the position follows the same rules as other state employees regarding extra income.1
Read the official explanation
1502(1) requires the supreme court to set the compensation of the state court administrator. However, the general assembly periodically establishes salary ranges for certain appointed state officers and authorizes a person (generally the governor) to establish the salaries of those state officers. The most recent salary range legislation (2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191) designates the state court administrator as a “range 7” position with a salary range of $100,840 to $154,300. The most recent legislation governing who establishes the salary for appointed state officers (2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1193) requires the chief justice of the supreme court to establish the salary of the state court administrator. 1502(1).1502(1) and 2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1193. By operation of law, striking this provision also removes the state court administrator from the prohibition in 2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1193, section 17, subsection 3, against receiving any other remuneration from the state or from any other source for the performance of the state court administrator’s duties unless approved by the governor or authorized by law (excluding reimbursement for necessary travel and expenses incurred in the performance of duties or fringe benefits normally provided to employees of the state).1502(1) for the state court administrator so that no change in the law occurs.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022 (as SSB 3023). On January 20, 2022 it recommended passage.
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