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House
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678
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
678
BY
FISHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
county
budgets
including
employee
contracts.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
331.434,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
budget
shall
show
the
amount
required
for
each
class
3
of
proposed
expenditures,
including
moneys
dedicated
to
county
4
employee
contracts
negotiated
under
chapter
20,
a
comparison
of
5
the
amounts
proposed
to
be
expended
with
the
amounts
expended
6
for
like
purposes
for
the
two
preceding
years,
the
revenues
7
from
sources
other
than
property
taxation,
and
the
amount
to
be
8
raised
by
property
taxation,
in
the
detail
and
form
prescribed
9
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
management.
For
each
10
county
that
has
established
an
urban
renewal
area,
the
budget
11
shall
include
estimated
and
actual
tax
increment
financing
12
revenues
and
all
estimated
and
actual
expenditures
of
the
13
revenues,
proceeds
from
debt
,
and
all
estimated
and
actual
14
expenditures
of
the
debt
proceeds.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
331.434,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
16
following
new
subsection:
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
A
county
shall
only
authorize
raises
for
18
county
employees
subject
to
contracts
negotiated
under
chapter
19
20
when
such
raises
are
accounted
for
in
the
certified
budget.
20
Authorized
raises
shall
not
take
effect
until
on
or
after
the
21
first
day
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
budget
is
certified.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
requires
a
county
to
include
moneys
dedicated
to
26
county
employee
contracts
negotiated
under
Code
chapter
20
in
27
its
proposed
expenditures
for
the
annual
budget.
The
bill
28
specifies
that
a
county
shall
only
authorize
raises
for
county
29
employees
subject
to
contracts
negotiated
under
Code
chapter
30
20
when
such
raises
are
accounted
for
in
the
certified
budget.
31
Authorized
raises
shall
not
take
effect
until
on
or
after
the
32
first
day
of
the
fiscal
year
for
which
the
budget
is
certified.
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