HF774 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the salary of county attorneys in certain counties.(Formerly HF 37 .)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Last action: 2025-04-03
Official status: Referred to Local Government. H.J. 896 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the salary of county attorneys in certain counties.(Formerly HF 37 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the salary of county attorneys in certain counties.(Formerly HF 37 .)

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Bill History

2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Local Government. H.J. 896 .
2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 517 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the salary of county attorneys in certain counties.(Formerly HF 37 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

774

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

774

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

LOCAL

GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

37)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

salary

of

county

attorneys

in

certain

1

counties.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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H.F.

774

Section

1.

Section

331.752,

subsection

5,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

5.

The

resolution

changing

the

status

of

a

county

attorney

3

shall

state

the

initial

annual

salary

to

be

paid

to

the

county

4

attorney

when

the

full-time

or

part-time

status

is

effective.

5

The

annual

salary

specified

in

the

resolution

shall

remain

6

effective

until

changed

as

provided

in

section

331.907

.

Except

7

in

counties

having

a

population

of

more

than

two

hundred

8

thousand,

the

annual

salary

of

a

full-time

county

attorney

9

shall

be

an

amount

which

is

between

forty-five

percent

and

one

10

hundred

percent

of

the

annual

salary

received

by

a

district

11

court

judge.

12

EXPLANATION

13

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

14

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

15

This

bill

relates

to

the

salary

of

county

attorneys

16

in

certain

counties.

Current

law

requires

counties

with

17

populations

of

200,000

or

less

to

set

a

county

attorney’s

18

salary

between

45

and

100

percent

of

a

district

court

judge’s

19

salary.

The

bill

strikes

this

requirement.

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