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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 19A.19, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code
  1  2 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A person shall not discharge an employee from or take or
  1  4 fail to take action regarding an employee's appointment or
  1  5 proposed appointment to, promotion or proposed promotion to,
  1  6 or any advantage in, a position in a merit system administered
  1  7 by, or subject to approval of, the director as a reprisal for
  1  8 a failure by that employee to inform the person that the
  1  9 employee made a disclosure of information permitted by this
  1 10 section, or for a disclosure of any information by that
  1 11 employee to a member or employee of the general assembly, or
  1 12 for a disclosure of information to any other public official
  1 13 or law enforcement agency if the employee reasonably believes
  1 14 the information evidences a violation of law or rule,
  1 15 mismanagement, a gross abuse of funds, an abuse of authority,
  1 16 or a substantial and specific danger to public health or
  1 17 safety.  However, an employee may be required to inform the
  1 18 person that the employee made a disclosure of information
  1 19 permitted by this section if the employee represented that the
  1 20 disclosure was the official position of the employee's
  1 21 immediate supervisor or employer.  However, this This
  1 22 paragraph does not apply if the disclosure of the information
  1 23 is prohibited by statute.
  1 24    Sec. 2.  Section 70A.28, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  1 25 amended to read as follows:
  1 26    1.  A person who serves as the head of a state department
  1 27 or agency or otherwise serves in a supervisory capacity within
  1 28 the executive or legislative branch of state government shall
  1 29 not require an employee of the state to inform the person that
  1 30 the employee made a disclosure of information permitted by
  1 31 this section and shall not prohibit an employee of the state
  1 32 from disclosing any information to a member or employee of the
  1 33 general assembly or from disclosing information to any other
  1 34 public official or law enforcement agency if the employee
  1 35 reasonably believes the information evidences a violation of
  2  1 law or rule, mismanagement, a gross abuse of funds, an abuse
  2  2 of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public
  2  3 health or safety.  However, an employee may be required to
  2  4 inform the person that the employee made a disclosure of
  2  5 information permitted by this section if the employee
  2  6 represented that the disclosure was the official position of
  2  7 the employee's immediate supervisor or employer.
  2  8    Sec. 3.  Section 70A.28, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  2  9 amended to read as follows:
  2 10    2.  A person shall not discharge an employee from or take
  2 11 or fail to take action regarding an employee's appointment or
  2 12 proposed appointment to, promotion or proposed promotion to,
  2 13 or any advantage in, a position in a state employment system
  2 14 administered by, or subject to approval of, a state agency as
  2 15 a reprisal for a failure by that employee to inform the person
  2 16 that the employee made a disclosure of information permitted
  2 17 by this section, or for a disclosure of any information by
  2 18 that employee to a member or employee of the general assembly,
  2 19 or a disclosure of information to any other public official or
  2 20 law enforcement agency if the employee reasonably believes the
  2 21 information evidences a violation of law or rule,
  2 22 mismanagement, a gross abuse of funds, an abuse of authority,
  2 23 or a substantial and specific danger to public health or
  2 24 safety.  However, an employee may be required to inform the
  2 25 person that the employee made a disclosure of information
  2 26 permitted by this section if the employee represented that the
  2 27 disclosure was the official position of the employee's
  2 28 immediate supervisor or employer.
  2 29    Sec. 4.  Section 70A.28, subsection 7, Code 1995, is
  2 30 amended to read as follows:
  2 31    7.  The director of the department of personnel or, for
  2 32 employees of the general assembly or of the state board of
  2 33 regents, the legislative council or the state board of
  2 34 regents, respectively, shall provide procedures for notifying
  2 35 new state employees of the provisions of this section and
  3  1 shall periodically conduct promotional campaigns to provide
  3  2 similar information to all state employees.  The information
  3  3 shall include the toll-free telephone number of the citizens'
  3  4 aide.
  3  5    Sec. 5.  Section 70A.28, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  3  6 the following new subsection:
  3  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  For purposes of this section, "state
  3  8 employee" and "employee" includes, but is not limited to,
  3  9 persons employed by the general assembly and persons employed
  3 10 by the state board of regents.
  3 11    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  3 13 HF 2324
  3 14 ec/pk/25
     
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