Counties set staff rules and park boards seek approval for costly actions

County executives must keep a written personnel policy or handbook and require covered employees to confirm they received it. Covered county employees include current employees; elected county officers or their designees keep final discipline authority over employees they supervise, unless state law provides otherwise. This applies to counties without a consolidated city. It excludes employees of courts, prosecutors, public defenders, community corrections programs, merit boards, and the state, as well as probation department employees. The chapter takes effect July 1, 2026.

A park and recreation board must get approval from each establishing unit's executive before certain costly actions. This applies to park and recreation boards under the cited chapter and to the executive of each unit that established the department. Approval is required when the cost exceeds the lower of $500,000 or 10% of the department's annual budget. The rule covers eminent domain, certain contracts and property purchases, and certain park improvements. The board must give the executive cost and payment information. The approval rule applies after June 30, 2026.

Current members of certain nine-member local health boards have terms that end, followed by appointments to staggered initial terms. It covers members appointed before January 1, 2027, and later appointments to those boards. The provision applies to nine-member local health boards appointed under the cited section. Existing members' terms end December 31, 2026. The initial staggered appointments follow after that date; later terms last four years.