H.F. 2156 Section 1. Section 8A.413, subsection 13, Code 2014, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 13. For transfer from a position in one state agency 3 to a similar position in the same state agency or another 4 state agency involving similar qualifications, duties, 5 responsibilities, and salary ranges. Whenever an employee 6 transfers or is transferred from one state agency to another 7 state agency, the employee’s seniority rights, any accumulated 8 sick leave, and accumulated vacation time, as provided in 9 the law, shall be transferred to the new place of employment 10 and credited to the employee. Employees who are subject to 11 contracts negotiated under chapter 20 which include transfer 12 provisions shall be governed by the contract provisions. In 13 addition, the rules shall provide that an employee who resigns 14 from a position in one state agency and commences employment in 15 a similar position with another state agency involving similar 16 qualifications, duties, responsibilities, and salary ranges 17 within fifteen days of the employee’s resignation shall be 18 deemed to be a transfer from one state agency to another state 19 agency for purposes of the protections of this subsection. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill requires the department of administrative services 24 to adopt rules relative to state human resource management 25 providing that an employee who resigns from a position in one 26 state agency and commences employment in a similar position 27 with another state agency within 15 days shall be deemed to 28 have transferred from one state agency to another state agency 29 for purposes of transferring the employee’s seniority rights, 30 any accumulated sick leave, and accumulated vacation time, to 31 the new place of employment. 32 -1- LSB 5935HH (3) 85 ec/sc 1/ 1