Iowa Code 333A.2 – County finance committee
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1. There is created a county finance committee consisting of eight members. The members of the committee shall be:
a. The auditor of state or a designee of the auditor of state.
b. Five elected county officials who are regularly involved in budget preparation. One county official shall be from a county with a population of less than eleven thousand five hundred, one from a county with a population of more than eleven thousand five hundred but not more than sixteen thousand, one from a county with a population of more than sixteen thousand but not more than twenty-two thousand five hundred, one from a county with a population of more than twenty-two thousand five hundred but not more than eighty thousand and one from a county with a population of more than eighty thousand. The governor shall select and appoint the county officials, subject to the approval of two-thirds of the members of the senate.
c. A certified public accountant experienced in governmental accounting selected and appointed by the governor with the approval of two-thirds of the members of the senate.
d. An operations research analyst experienced in cost effectiveness analysis of county services appointed jointly by the majority and minority leaders of the senate and the speaker and the minority leader of the house of representatives.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 333A.2
- committee: means the county finance committee. See Iowa Code 333A.1
- Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust, or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof, but does not include a governmental body. See Iowa Code 362.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. The members of the committee appointed by the governor are appointed for four-year terms except that of the initial appointments, two county official members shall be appointed to two-year terms. When a county official member no longer holds the office which qualified the official for appointment, the official shall no longer be a member of the committee. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to serve the unexpired term. Any member is eligible for reappointment, but a member shall not be appointed to serve more than two four-year terms.