Bills › 90th General Assembly
Abolishing county compensation boards
Sponsored by the House Local Government Committee
Topics:State governmentCities & counties
Same legislation: HF 2345
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 12, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 Instead of using a separate compensation board, county supervisors will now be responsible for setting the pay for certain elected county officers. These supervisors can increase salaries based on inflation, but they cannot give these raises unless they also provide annual cost-of-living raises to all county employees. Any salary changes made through a resolution will not take effect until the next time that specific office is up for election.1
Read the official explanation
This bill eliminates county compensation boards. The bill grants county boards of supervisors the responsibility of annually preparing and reviewing the compensation schedule for certain elected county officers. Under current law, a county compensation board annually prepares a recommended compensation schedule for certain elected county officers for a succeeding fiscal year subject to adoption by the county board of supervisors. The bill requires the county board of supervisors to prepare a compensation schedule for the elected county officers for the succeeding fiscal year with a salary increase not to exceed the consumer price index. The bill permits the county board of supervisors to increase elected county officer salaries by resolution and budgetary procedures, but the salary increase shall not go into effect until the next regular election for which the affected position was on the ballot. For purposes of determining salary increases, the bill requires the county board of supervisors to initially use the salary of a position as of the effective date of the bill. The bill prohibits the county board of supervisors from adopting a salary increase for the auditor, treasurer, recorder, county attorney, or supervisors unless the county board of supervisors provides county employees with an annual cost-of-living pay adjustment.
Why it matters. County boards of supervisors would take over the responsibility of preparing and reviewing annual salary schedules for certain elected county officers. These supervisors can increase salaries by resolution, but the change cannot take effect until the next regular election for that position. To increase the pay for the auditor, treasurer, recorder, county attorney, or supervisors, the board must also provide county employees with an annual cost-of-living pay adjustment.2
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§331.212§331.321§331.322§331.323§331.907
Repeals§331.905
Lobbying
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 125 Abolishing county compensation boards89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
- SF 77 Abolishing county compensation boards89th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · same titleCleared committee
- HF 279 Abolishing county compensation boards88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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- SF 2226 Relating to county compensation boards and salary increases for elected county officers90th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passageVery similar
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