SF 200 (LSB 1539XS (3) 88)

SENATE FILE 200

BY  BISIGNANO

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to retention and recertification elections for public employee collective bargaining units conducted by the public employment relations board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 20.15, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  The board shall only conduct an election pursuant to this subsection if the board has not previously conducted such an election for the bargaining unit since the last certification election pursuant to subsection 1 conducted by the board for that bargaining unit.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law provides that the public employment relations board shall conduct a retention and certification election prior to the expiration of a public employee collective bargaining unit’s collective bargaining agreement.
   This bill provides that the board shall only conduct a retention and certification election for a collective bargaining unit if the board has not previously conducted such an election since the collective bargaining representative for that collective bargaining unit was certified.