HF 2052 (LSB 5081HH (4) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2052

BY  KRESSIG, McCONKEY, MEYER, BAXTER, OURTH, SALMON, BROWN-POWERS, RUFF, DUNKEL, and BEARINGER

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning veterans eligible to take holiday time off for Veterans Day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 91A.5A, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An employer shall provide each employee who is a an eligible veteran, as defined in section 35.1, with holiday time off for Veterans Day, November 11, if the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day, as provided in this section.  For purposes of this section, “eligible veteran” means a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, and a former member of the reserve forces of the United States who served at least four years in the reserve forces and who was discharged under honorable conditions.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a former member of the United States reserve forces who served at least four years and who was discharged under honorable conditions is eligible to take holiday time off for Veterans Day as provided in Code section 91A.5A.