SF 2209

Senate
File
2209
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2209
BY
BOUSSELOT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
payment
of
per
diem
to
members
of
the
1
general
assembly.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
2.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Every
member
of
the
general
assembly
except
the
presiding
3
officer
of
the
senate,
the
speaker
of
the
house,
the
majority
4
and
minority
floor
leader
of
each
house,
and
the
president
5
pro
tempore
of
the
senate
and
speaker
pro
tempore
of
the
6
house
shall
receive
an
annual
salary
of
twenty-five
thousand
7
dollars
for
the
year
2007
and
subsequent
years
while
serving
8
as
a
member
of
the
general
assembly.
In
addition,
each
such
9
member
shall
receive
a
per
diem,
as
defined
in
subsection
10
5
,
for
expenses
of
office,
except
travel,
for
each
day
the
11
general
assembly
is
in
session
commencing
with
the
first
day
12
of
a
legislative
session
and
ending
with
the
day
of
final
13
adjournment
of
each
legislative
session
as
indicated
by
the
14
journals
of
the
house
and
senate,
except
that
if
the
length
of
15
the
first
regular
session
of
the
general
assembly
exceeds
one
16
hundred
ten
fifty-five
calendar
days
and
the
second
regular
17
session
exceeds
one
hundred
fifty
calendar
days,
the
payments
18
shall
be
made
only
for
one
hundred
ten
fifty-five
calendar
19
days
for
the
first
session
and
one
hundred
fifty
calendar
20
days
for
the
second
session.
Members
from
Polk
county
shall
21
receive
an
amount
per
day
equal
to
three-fourths
of
the
per
22
diem
of
the
non-Polk
county
members.
Each
member
shall
receive
23
a
three
hundred
dollar
per
month
allowance
for
legislative
24
district
constituency
postage,
travel,
telephone
costs,
and
25
other
expenses.
Travel
expenses
shall
be
paid
at
the
rate
26
established
by
section
8A.363
for
actual
travel
in
going
to
and
27
returning
from
the
seat
of
government
by
the
nearest
traveled
28
route
for
not
more
than
one
time
per
week
during
a
legislative
29
session
unless
the
general
assembly
otherwise
provides.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
changes
the
length
of
time
during
which
members
of
34
the
general
assembly
receive
a
per
diem
payment
from
the
first
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110
calendar
days
of
the
first
regular
session
and
the
first
1
100
calendar
days
of
the
second
regular
session
to
the
first
2
55
calendar
days
of
the
first
regular
session
and
the
first
50
3
calendar
days
of
the
second
regular
session.
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