Senate Study Bill 1251 - Introduced
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. _____
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON WHITVER)
1 A Concurrent Resolution relating to the compensation
2 of chaplains, officers, and employees of the
3 eighty-seventh eighty-ninth general assembly.
4 WHEREAS, section 2.11 of the Code provides that “The
5 compensation of the chaplains, officers, and employees
6 of the general assembly shall be fixed by joint action
7 of the house and senate by resolution at the opening of
8 each session, or as soon thereafter as conveniently can
9 be done.”; NOW THEREFORE,
10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
11 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the compensation
12 of the employees of the eighty-seventh eighty-ninth
13 general assembly is set, effective from January 9,
14 2017, until January 14, 2019 January 11, 2021, until
15 January 9, 2023, in accordance with the following
16 salary schedule:
17 #9
18 $18,636.80 $19,593.60
19 8.96 9.42
20 #10 #11
21 $19,656.00 $20,654.40 $20,696.00 $21,736.00
22 9.45 9.93 9.95 10.45
23 #12 #13
24 $21,694.40 $22,796.80 $22,796.80 $23,961.60
25 10.43 10.96 10.96 11.52
26 #14 #15
27 $23,982.40 $25,230.40 $25,272.00 $26,561.60
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1 11.53 12.13 12.15 12.77
2 #16 #17
3 $26,561.60 $27,934.40 $27,684.80 $29,078.40
4 12.77 13.43 13.31 13.98
5 #18 #19
6 $29,099.20 $30,576.00 $30,409.60 $31,969.60
7 13.99 14.70 14.62 15.37
8 #20 #21
9 $31,990.40 $33,633.60 $33,384.00 $35,089.60
10 15.38 16.17 16.05 16.87
11 #22 #23
12 $35,048.00 $36,836.80 $36,774.40 $38,646.40
13 16.85 17.71 17.68 18.58
14 #24 #25
15 $38,417.60 $40,372.80 $40,372.80 $42,432.00
16 18.47 19.41 19.41 20.40
17 #26 #27
18 $42,265.60 $44,428.80 $44,304.00 $46,571.20
19 20.32 21.36 21.30 22.39
20 #28 #29
21 $46,488.00 $48,859.20 $48,672.00 $51,147.20
22 22.35 23.49 23.40 24.59
23 #30 #31
24 $51,022.40 $53,643.20 $53,560.00 $56,284.80
25 24.53 25.79 25.75 27.06
26 #32 #33
27 $56,035.20 $58.884.80 $58,760.00 $61,755.20
28 26.94 28.31 28.25 29.69
29 #34 #35
30 $61,484.80 $64,625.60 $64,459.20 $67,724.80
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1 29.56 31.07 30.99 32.56
2 #36 #37
3 $67,516.80 $70,948.80 $70,824.00 $74,422.40
4 32.46 34.11 34.05 35.78
5 #38 #39
6 $74,172.80 $77,958.40 $77,812.80 $81,764.80
7 35.66 37.48 37.41 39.31
8 #40 #41
9 $81,556.80 $85,716.80 $85,467.20 $89,835.20
10 39.21 41.21 41.09 43.19
11 #42 #43
12 $89,648.00 $94,224.00 $93,808.00 $98,592.00
13 43.10 45.30 45.10 47.40
14 #44 #45
15 $98,404.80 $103,396.80 $103,126.40 $108,388.80
16 47.31 49.71 49.58 52.11
17 #46 #47
18 $108,035.20 $113,526.40 $113,193.60 $118,955.20
19 51.94 54.58 54.42 57.19
20 #48 #49
21 $118,622.40 $124,675.20 $124,321.60 $130,644.80
22 57.03 59.94 59.77 62.81
23 #50 #51
24 $130,374.40 $137,009.60 $136,593.60 $143.540.80
25 62.68 65.87 65.67 69.01
26 In this schedule, each numbered block shall be
27 the yearly and hourly compensation for the pay grade
28 of the number heading the block. Within each grade
29 there shall be eight steps numbered “1” through “8”.
30 In the above schedule the steps for all grades are
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1 determined in the following manner. Each numbered
2 block is counted as the “1” step for that grade. The
3 next higher block is counted as the “2” step; the next
4 higher block is the “3” step; the next higher block is
5 the “4” step; the next higher block is the “5” step;
6 the next higher block is the “6” step; the next higher
7 block is the “7” step; and the next higher block plus
8 2.5% is the “8” step.
9 Alternatively, the senate rules and administration
10 committee for senate employees, and the house
11 administration and rules committee for house employees
12 may allow their employees’ compensation to be flexibly
13 set anywhere between steps “1” through “8” for an
14 employee’s prescribed pay grade.
15 All employees shall be available to work daily
16 until completion of the senate’s and house of
17 representatives’ business. The employee’s division
18 supervisor shall schedule all employees’ working hours
19 to, as far as possible, maintain regular working hours.
20 All employees, other than those designated “part-
21 time”, shall be compensated for 40 hours of work in
22 a one-week pay period. Secretaries to senators and
23 representatives are presumed to have 32 hours of work
24 each week the legislature is in session and shall
25 be paid only on that basis. Full-time employees
26 who are required to work in excess of 80 hours in a
27 two-week pay period shall be allowed compensatory time
28 off at a rate of one hour for each hour of overtime
29 up to a maximum of 120 hours of compensatory time.
30 Joint security employees of the senate and house of
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1 representatives may be compensated for each hour of
2 overtime at a rate of pay equal to one-and-one-half
3 times the hourly pay provided.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That part-time employees
5 shall be compensated at the scheduled hourly rate for
6 their pay grade and step.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That in the event the
8 salary schedule for employees of the State of Iowa
9 as promulgated by the department of administrative
10 services pursuant to section 8A.413, subsection 3, is
11 revised upward at any time during the eighty-seventh
12 eighty-ninth general assembly, such revised schedule
13 shall simultaneously be adopted for the compensation
14 of the employees of the eighty-seventh eighty-ninth
15 general assembly assigned a grade by this resolution,
16 unless otherwise provided by the senate and house of
17 representatives.
18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That adjustments in
19 the positions and compensation listed in this
20 resolution may be made through an interim review of
21 all legislative employees for internal equity and to
22 assure compliance with appropriate legal standards
23 for granting of overtime and compensatory time off.
24 Such review shall be conducted by a legislative
25 committee made up of members of the service committee
26 of legislative council and the appropriate salary
27 subcommittees of the senate and house. Only one such
28 review may be done in any fiscal year and adjustments
29 suggested must be approved by the appropriate hiring
30 body.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the employees of the
2 eighty-seventh eighty-ninth general assembly be placed
3 in the following pay grades:
4 EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE
5 Chief Clerk of the House......................Grade 44
6 Sr. Assistant Chief Clerk of the House........Grade 41
7 Assistant Chief Clerk of the House III........Grade 38
8 Assistant Chief Clerk of the House II.........Grade 35
9 Assistant Chief Clerk of the House I..........Grade 32
10 Legal Counsel II..............................Grade 35
11 Legal Counsel I...............................Grade 32
12 Legal Counsel.................................Grade 30
13 Sr. Caucus Staff Director.....................Grade 41
14 Caucus Staff Director.........................Grade 38
15 Sr. Deputy Caucus Staff Director..............Grade 39
16 Deputy Caucus Staff Director..................Grade 36
17 Administrative Assistant to Leader or
18 Speaker.......................................Grade 27
19 Administrative Assistant I to Leader or
20 Speaker.......................................Grade 29
21 Administrative Assistant II to Leader or
22 Speaker.......................................Grade 32
23 Administrative Assistant III to Leader or
24 Speaker.......................................Grade 35
25 Sr. Administrative Assistant to Leader or
26 Speaker I.....................................Grade 38
27 Sr. Administrative Assistant to Leader or
28 Speaker II....................................Grade 41
29 Research Assistant............................Grade 24
30 Legislative Research Analyst..................Grade 27
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1 Legislative Research Analyst I................Grade 29
2 Legislative Research Analyst II...............Grade 32
3 Legislative Research Analyst III..............Grade 35
4 Sr. Legislative Research Analyst..............Grade 38
5 Assistant Secretary to Leader or Speaker......Grade 18
6 Secretary to Leader or Speaker................Grade 19
7 Caucus Secretary..............................Grade 21
8 Senior Caucus Secretary.......................Grade 24
9 Administrative Secretary to Leader, Speaker,
10 or Chief Clerk................................Grade 21
11 Executive Secretary to Leader, Speaker or
12 Chief Clerk...................................Grade 24
13 Confidential Secretary to Leader, Speaker,
14 or Chief Clerk................................Grade 27
15 Clerk to Chief Clerk..........................Grade 16
16 Supervisor of Secretaries.....................Grade 21
17 Supervisor of Secretaries I...................Grade 24
18 Supervisor of Secretaries II..................Grade 27
19 Sr. Administrative Services Officer...........Grade 35
20 Administrative Services Officer III...........Grade 32
21 Administrative Services Officer II............Grade 29
22 Administrative Services Officer I.............Grade 26
23 Administrative Services Officer...............Grade 23
24 Administrative Services Assistant.............Grade 20
25 Senior Editor.................................Grade 30
26 Editor II.....................................Grade 25
27 Editor I......................................Grade 22
28 Assistant Editor..............................Grade 19
29 Compositor/Desk Top Specialist................Grade 17
30 Sr. Text Processor............................Grade 25
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1 Text Processor II.............................Grade 22
2 Text Processor I..............................Grade 19
3 Senior Finance Officer III....................Grade 38
4 Senior Finance Officer II.....................Grade 35
5 Senior Finance Officer I......................Grade 31
6 Finance Officer II............................Grade 27
7 Finance Officer I.............................Grade 24
8 Assistant Finance Officer.....................Grade 21
9 Recording Clerk II............................Grade 24
10 Recording Clerk I.............................Grade 21
11 Assistant Legal Counsel I.....................Grade 30
12 Assistant Legal Counsel.......................Grade 27
13 Engrossing & Enrolling Processor..............Grade 27
14 Assistant to the Legal Counsel................Grade 19
15 Senior Indexer................................Grade 28
16 Indexer II....................................Grade 25
17 Indexer I.....................................Grade 22
18 Indexing Assistant............................Grade 19
19 Supply Clerk..................................Grade 16
20 Switchboard Operator..........................Grade 14
21 Legislative Secretary.........................Grade 15
22 Legislative Committee Secretary...............Grade 17
23 Bill Clerk....................................Grade 14
24 Assistant Bill Clerk..........................Grade 12
25 Postmaster....................................Grade 12
26 Sergeant-at-Arms II...........................Grade 20
27 Sergeant-at-Arms I............................Grade 17
28 Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms....................Grade 14
29 Chief Doorkeeper..............................Grade 12
30 Doorkeepers...................................Grade 11
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1 Pages.........................................Grade 9
2 EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE
3 Secretary of the Senate.......................Grade 44
4 Sr. Assistant Secretary of the Senate.........Grade 41
5 Assistant Secretary of the Senate III.........Grade 38
6 Assistant Secretary of the Senate II..........Grade 35
7 Assistant Secretary of the Senate I...........Grade 32
8 Legal Counsel II..............................Grade 35
9 Legal Counsel I...............................Grade 32
10 Legal Counsel.................................Grade 30
11 Sr. Caucus Staff Director.....................Grade 41
12 Caucus Staff Director.........................Grade 38
13 Sr. Deputy Caucus Staff Director..............Grade 39
14 Deputy Caucus Staff Director..................Grade 36
15 Administrative Assistant to Leader
16 or President..................................Grade 27
17 Administrative Assistant I to Leader
18 or President..................................Grade 29
19 Administrative Assistant II to Leader
20 or President..................................Grade 32
21 Administrative Assistant III to Leader
22 or President..................................Grade 35
23 Sr. Administrative Assistant to Leader
24 or President I................................Grade 38
25 Sr. Administrative Assistant to Leader
26 or President II...............................Grade 41
27 Research Assistant............................Grade 24
28 Legislative Research Analyst..................Grade 27
29 Legislative Research Analyst I................Grade 29
30 Legislative Research Analyst II...............Grade 32
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1 Legislative Research Analyst III..............Grade 35
2 Sr. Legislative Research Analyst..............Grade 38
3 Caucus Secretary II...........................Grade 21
4 Senior Caucus Secretary.......................Grade 24
5 Secretary to Leader, President, or
6 Caucus........................................Grade 18
7 Administrative Secretary to Leader,
8 President, or Secretary of the Senate.........Grade 21
9 Executive Secretary to Leader, President,
10 or Secretary of the Senate....................Grade 24
11 Confidential Secretary to Leader, President,
12 or Secretary of the Senate....................Grade 27
13 Supervisor of Secretaries.....................Grade 21
14 Supervisor of Secretaries I...................Grade 24
15 Supervisor of Secretaries II..................Grade 27
16 Sr. Administrative Services Officer...........Grade 35
17 Administrative Services Officer III...........Grade 32
18 Administrative Services Officer II............Grade 29
19 Administrative Services Officer I.............Grade 26
20 Administrative Services Officer...............Grade 23
21 Administrative Services Assistant.............Grade 20
22 Senior Editor.................................Grade 30
23 Editor II.....................................Grade 25
24 Editor I......................................Grade 22
25 Assistant Editor..............................Grade 19
26 Compositor/Desk Top Specialist................Grade 17
27 Assistant Legal Counsel I.....................Grade 30
28 Assistant Legal Counsel.......................Grade 27
29 Assistant to the Legal Counsel................Grade 19
30 Proofreader...................................Grade 16