House File 314 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 314 BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 75) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 22, 2023 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to methods of determining compensation for 1 elected county officers. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 314 (2) 90 js/ns/md
H.F. 314 Section 1. Section 331.212, subsection 2, Code 2023, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraphs: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . i. Setting the compensation schedule of 3 elected county officers, if the board has not established or 4 has dissolved a county compensation board pursuant to section 5 331.905. 6 NEW PARAGRAPH . j. Dissolving a county compensation board. 7 Sec. 2. Section 331.321, subsection 1, paragraph l, Code 8 2023, is amended to read as follows: 9 l. Two members of the county compensation board in 10 accordance with section 331.905 , if the board of supervisors 11 has established a county compensation board . 12 Sec. 3. Section 331.322, subsections 6 and 7, Code 2023, are 13 amended to read as follows: 14 6. Review Annually prepare and review the compensation 15 schedule, or review the final compensation schedule of the 16 county compensation board if the board of supervisors has 17 established a county compensation board, and determine the 18 final compensation schedule in accordance with section 331.907 . 19 7. Provide necessary office facilities and the technical 20 and clerical assistance requested by the county compensation 21 board to accomplish the purposes of sections 331.905 and 22 331.907 , if the board of supervisors has established a county 23 compensation board . 24 Sec. 4. Section 331.905, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 25 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows: 26 There is created in each county A board of supervisors may 27 vote to establish a county compensation board which subject to 28 the provisions of this section. The county compensation board 29 shall be composed of seven members who are residents of the 30 county. The members of the county compensation board shall be 31 selected as follows: 32 Sec. 5. Section 331.905, Code 2023, is amended by adding the 33 following new subsection: 34 NEW SUBSECTION . 7. A board of supervisors may dissolve a 35 -1- HF 314 (2) 90 js/ns/md 1/ 4
H.F. 314 county compensation board upon a majority vote of the members 1 of the board of supervisors. If the board of supervisors 2 has not established or has dissolved the county compensation 3 board, the board of supervisors shall carry out the duties 4 as the county compensation board, including as provided in 5 section 331.907. Pursuant to section 331.907, in setting 6 the salary of the county sheriff; the board of supervisors 7 shall set the sheriffs salary so that it is comparable to 8 salaries paid to professional law enforcement administrators 9 and command officers of the state patrol, the division of 10 criminal investigation of the department of public safety, and 11 city police chiefs employed by cities of similar population to 12 the population of the county. 13 Sec. 6. Section 331.907, subsections 1, 2, and 3, Code 2023, 14 are amended to read as follows: 15 1. The annual compensation of the auditor, treasurer, 16 recorder, sheriff, county attorney, and supervisors shall 17 be determined as provided in this section . The county 18 compensation board annually shall review the compensation 19 paid to comparable officers in other counties of this state, 20 other states, private enterprise, and the federal government. 21 In setting the salary of the county sheriff, the county 22 compensation board shall set the sheriffs salary so that it 23 is comparable to salaries paid to professional law enforcement 24 administrators and command officers of the state patrol, 25 the division of criminal investigation of the department of 26 public safety, and city police chiefs employed by cities of 27 similar population to the population of the county. The county 28 compensation board shall prepare a compensation schedule for 29 the elective elected county officers for the succeeding fiscal 30 year. The county compensation board shall provide documentation 31 to the board of supervisors that demonstrates how the county 32 compensation board determined the recommended compensation 33 schedule, including by providing the applicable compensation 34 information for comparable officers in other counties of this 35 -2- HF 314 (2) 90 js/ns/md 2/ 4
H.F. 314 state, other states, private enterprise, and the federal 1 government. A recommended compensation schedule requires a 2 majority vote of the membership of the county compensation 3 board. 4 2. At the public hearing held on the county budget as 5 provided in section 331.434 , the county compensation board 6 shall submit its recommended compensation schedule for the 7 next fiscal year to the board of supervisors for inclusion 8 in the county budget. The board of supervisors shall review 9 the recommended compensation schedule for the elected county 10 officers and determine the final compensation schedule which 11 shall not exceed the compensation schedule recommended by 12 the county compensation board . In determining the final 13 compensation schedule if the board of supervisors wishes to 14 reduce the amount of the recommended compensation schedule, 15 the amount of salary increase proposed for each elected county 16 officer, except as provided in subsection 3 , shall be reduced 17 an equal percentage. In determining the final compensation 18 schedule for the elected county officers, the board of 19 supervisors may set compensation at less than the compensation 20 provided in the current compensation schedule if the position 21 is reduced to part-time under the recommended compensation 22 schedule. A copy of the final compensation schedule shall be 23 filed with the county budget at the office of the director of 24 the department of management. The final compensation schedule 25 takes effect on July 1 following its adoption by the board 26 of supervisors. For purposes of this subsection, current 27 compensation schedule means the compensation schedule in 28 effect when the board of supervisors considers the recommended 29 compensation schedule. 30 3. The board of supervisors may adopt a decrease in 31 compensation paid to supervisors irrespective of the county 32 compensation boards recommended compensation schedule or other 33 approved changes in compensation paid to other elected county 34 officers. A decrease in compensation paid to supervisors shall 35 -3- HF 314 (2) 90 js/ns/md 3/ 4
H.F. 314 be adopted by the board of supervisors no less than thirty days 1 before the county budget is certified under section 24.17 . 2 -4- HF 314 (2) 90 js/ns/md 4/ 4