SSB 3005 (LSB 5178XD (7) 85)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the use of an electronic filing and notice system by the public employment relations board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 20.24, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   20.24  Notice and service —— electronic filing system.

   Any The board shall by rule establish an electronic filing system for the filing or service of any notice or other document required under the provisions of this chapter shall be in writing, but service thereof shall be sufficient if mailed by restricted certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the last known address of the intended recipient, unless or permitted by law to be filed with or served on or filed or served by the board. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter by law, the board may by rule require the filing or service of such notice or other document through the system, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A concerning service or filing by mail. Refusal of restricted certified mail by any party shall be considered service.  Any notice or other document not required by rule to be filed or served through the system shall be filed or served in accordance with chapter 17A. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter by law, prescribed time periods shall commence from the date of the receipt of the notice filing or service through the system. Any party may at any time execute and deliver an acceptance of service in lieu of mailed notice.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the public employment relations board to establish by rule an electronic filing system for the filing or service of any notice or other document required or permitted by law to be filed with or served on or filed or served by the board. The bill permits the board to require by rule, unless otherwise provided by law, the filing or service of such notice or other document through the system, notwithstanding the provisions of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, Code chapter 17A, concerning service or filing by mail. The bill specifies that any notice or other document not required by rule to be filed or served through the system shall be filed or served in accordance with Code chapter 17A. The bill provides that prescribed time periods commence from the date of the filing or service through the system, unless otherwise provided by law. The bill strikes language in Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act, establishing service of notice by mail as sufficient service of notice.