Bill Text: IA HSB713 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the compensation of sanitary district board of trustees members.(See HF 2532.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-24 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2532. [HSB713 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB713-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
713
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BLOOMINGDALE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
compensation
of
sanitary
district
board
1
of
trustees
members.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
358.12,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
trustees
elected
as
provided
in
section
358.9
3
constitute
a
board
of
trustees
for
the
district
by
which
they
4
are
elected.
The
board
of
trustees
is
the
corporate
authority
5
of
the
sanitary
district
and
shall
manage
and
control
the
6
affairs
and
property
of
the
district.
A
majority
of
the
board
7
of
trustees
shall
constitute
a
quorum,
but
a
smaller
number
may
8
adjourn
from
day
to
day.
The
board
of
trustees
shall
elect
a
9
president,
a
clerk,
and
a
treasurer
from
its
membership
and
may
10
employ
employees
as
necessary,
who
shall
hold
their
employment
11
during
the
pleasure
of
the
board.
The
board
shall
prescribe
12
the
duties
and
fix
the
compensation
of
all
employees
of
the
13
sanitary
district
and
the
amount
of
bond
to
be
filed
by
the
14
treasurer
of
the
district
and
by
any
employee
for
whom
the
15
board
may
require
bond.
The
members
of
the
board
of
trustees
16
shall
receive
a
per
diem
of
one
two
hundred
dollars
for
17
attendance
at
a
meeting
of
the
board
or
while
otherwise
engaged
18
in
official
duties,
but
the
total
per
diem
for
each
member
19
shall
not
exceed
two
thousand
four
thousand
eight
hundred
20
dollars
for
a
fiscal
year.
However,
the
board
of
trustees,
21
by
resolution,
may
establish
for
its
members
a
lower
rate
of
22
pay
than
is
fixed
by
this
section
.
The
members
of
the
board
23
shall
also
be
reimbursed
for
their
travel
and
other
necessary
24
expenses
incurred
in
performing
their
official
duties.
Travel
25
expenses
are
reimbursable
at
the
rate
specified
in
section
26
70A.9
.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
relates
to
the
compensation
of
sanitary
district
31
board
of
trustees
members.
32
The
bill
provides
that
a
sanitary
district
board
of
trustees
33
member
shall
receive
per
diem
compensation
in
the
amount
of
34
$200
for
attendance
at
a
board
meeting
or
while
otherwise
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engaged
in
official
duties.
The
bill
provides
that
a
trustee
1
shall
not
be
compensated
more
than
$4,800
for
a
fiscal
year.
2
Current
law
provides
that
a
trustee
shall
be
compensated
$100
3
per
diem
for
attendance
at
a
board
meeting
or
otherwise
engaged
4
in
official
duties
and
not
more
than
$2,400
for
a
fiscal
year.
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