HF 2035 (LSB 5060YH (5) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2035

BY  PRICHARD

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the status of employees of the judicial district departments of correctional services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 905.2, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   905.2  District departments established.
   There is established in each judicial district in this state a public agency to be known as the “........ judicial district department of correctional services.” Each district department shall furnish or contract for those services necessary to provide a community-based correctional program which meets the needs of that judicial district. The district department is under the direction of a board of directors, selected as provided in section 905.3, and shall be administered by a director employed by the board. A district department is a state agency for purposes of chapter 669, and the employees of each district shall be considered employees of the state and shall be covered by the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, or under the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the employees of the judicial district department of correctional services (district department). The bill specifies that the employees of each district department shall be considered employees of the state and shall be covered by the state merit system or under the appropriate collective bargaining unit.