The Iowa House voted to abolish compensation boards and place responsibility for setting county elected officials’ salaries with boards of supervisors.

“If supervisors want to give themselves a raise, then own it,” bill manager Rep. Megan Jones, R-Spencer, said about a bill she said was about “smaller, smarter government … truth in government … transparency in government.”

The House also approved changes in domestic abuse sentencing laws and modified Department of Transportation enforcement officers’ authority. READ MORE