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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 19A.3, subsection 9, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 9. Seasonal employeesappointed during the period of April1 415 through October 15. 1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 19A.8A EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH 1 6 PROJECTS. 1 7 The director may conduct experimental or research 1 8 personnel-related projects of limited duration designed to im- 1 9 prove the quality of the employment system. The provisions of 1 10 section 19A.9 or administrative rules adopted pursuant to that 1 11 section are waived for the purposes of such projects. 1 12 Projects adopted under this authority shall not violate 1 13 existing collective bargaining agreements. Any projects that 1 14 relate to issues covered by such agreements or issues that are 1 15 mandatory subjects of collective bargaining are subject to 1 16 negotiations as applicable. The director shall report the 1 17 results of the experimental research projects conducted in the 1 18 preceding fiscal year to the legislative council by September 1 19 30 of each year. 1 20 Sec. 3. Section 19A.12, subsection 2, Code 1995, is 1 21 amended to read as follows: 1 22 2.An Iowa managementA training revolving fund is created 1 23 in the state treasury. The moneys credited to the fund shall 1 24 be used for the purpose of paying actual and necessary 1 25 expenses incurred by the department in administering theIowa1 26managementtraining system. All fees, grants, or specific 1 27 appropriations for this purpose shall be credited to the fund. 1 28 The fees for theIowa managementtraining system courses shall 1 29 be set by the director to cover thecostcosts of 1 30administration except for costs associated with salaries of1 31employees of the department,course development, training 1 32 materials, facilities and equipment,andprofessional 1 33 instructors, and administration, except for costs associated 1 34 with the salary of employees of the department. The fees 1 35 shall be paid to the department by the state agency sending 2 1 the employees for training and the payment shall be credited 2 2 to theIowa managementtraining revolving fund. 2 3 Notwithstanding section 8.33, the department shall not revert 2 4 any unencumbered or unobligated balance in the fund, except2 5amounts in excess of fifty thousand dollars, beginning on June2 630, 1988. 2 7 Sec. 4. Section 19A.15, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995, 2 8 is amended to read as follows: 2 9 The records of the department, except personal information 2 10 in an employee's file if the publication of such information 2 11 would serve no proper public purpose, shall be public records 2 12 and shall be open to public inspection, subject to reasonable 2 13 rules as to the time and manner of inspection which may be 2 14 prescribed by the director. Personal information includes the 2 15 home address and home telephone number of an employee. Each 2 16 employee shall have access to the employee's personal file. 2 17 Sec. 5. Section 19A.32, Code 1995, is amended to read as 2 18 follows: 2 19 19A.32 WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS. 2 20 The director shall employ appropriate staff to handle and 2 21 adjust claims of state employees for workers' compensation 2 22 benefits pursuant to chapters 85, 85A, 85B, and 86, or with 2 23 the approval of the executive council contract for the 2 24 services or purchase workers' compensation insurance coverage 2 25 for state employees or selected groups of state employees. A 2 26 state employee workers' compensation fund is established to 2 27 pay state employee workers' compensation claims and 2 28 administrative costs. The department shall establish a rating 2 29 formula and assess premiums to all agencies, departments, and 2 30 divisions of the state including those which have not received 2 31 an appropriation for the payment of workers' compensation 2 32 insurance and which operate from moneys other than from the 2 33 general fund of the state. The department shall collect the 2 34 premiums and deposit them into the state employee workers' 2 35 compensation fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys 3 1 deposited in the state employee workers' compensation fund 3 2 shall not revert to the general fund of the state at the end 3 3 of any fiscal year, but shall remain in the state employee 3 4 workers' compensation fund and be continuously available to 3 5 pay state employee workers' compensation claims. The director 3 6 of revenue and finance is authorized and directed to draw 3 7 warrants on this fund for the payment of state employee 3 8 workers' compensation claims. 3 9 Sec. 6. Section 19B.5, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended 3 10 to read as follows: 3 11 2. The department of personnel shall submit a report on 3 12 the condition of affirmative action programs in state agencies 3 13 covered by subsection 1 byAugust 31September 30 of each year 3 14 to the department of management. 3 15 Sec. 7. Section 70A.20, Code 1995, is amended to read as 3 16 follows: 3 17 70A.20 EMPLOYEES DISABILITY PROGRAM. 3 18 A state employees disability insurance program is created, 3 19 which shall be administered by the director of the department 3 20 of personnel and which shall provide disability benefits in an 3 21 amount and for the employees as provided in this section. The 3 22 monthly disability benefits shall provide twenty percent of 3 23 monthly earnings if employed less than one year, forty percent 3 24 of monthly earnings if employed one year or more but less than 3 25 two years, and sixty percent of monthly earnings thereafter, 3 26 reduced by primary and family social security determined at 3 27 the time social security disability payments commence, 3 28 railroad retirement disability income, workers' compensation 3 29 if applicable, and any other state-sponsored sickness or 3 30 disability benefits payable. However, the amount of benefits 3 31 payable under the Iowa public employees' retirement system 3 32 pursuant to chapter 97B shall not reduce the benefits payable 3 33 pursuant to this section. Subsequent social security or 3 34 railroad retirement increases shall not be used to further 3 35 reduce the insurance benefits payable. As used in this 4 1 section, "primary and family social security" shall not 4 2 include social security benefits awarded to a disabled adult 4 3 child of the disabled state employee who does not reside with 4 4 the disabled state employee if the social security benefits 4 5 were awarded to the disabled adult child prior to the approval 4 6 of the state employee's benefits under this section, 4 7 regardless of whether the United States social security 4 8 administration records the benefits to the social security 4 9 number of the disabled adult child, the disabled state 4 10 employee, or any other family member, and such social security 4 11 benefits shall not reduce the benefits payable pursuant to 4 12 this section. As used in this section, unless the context 4 13 otherwise requires, "adult" means a person who is eighteen 4 14 years of age or older. State employees shall receive credit 4 15 for the time they were continuously employed prior to and on 4 16 July 1, 1974. The following provisions apply to the employees 4 17 disability insurance program: 4 18 1. Waiting period, ninety working days of continuous 4 19 sickness or accident disability or the expiration of accrued 4 20 sick leave, whichever is greater. 4 21 2. Maximum period benefits paid for both accident or 4 22 sickness disability: 4 23 a. If the disability occurs prior to the time the employee 4 24 attains the age of sixty-one years, the maximum benefit period 4 25 shall end sixty months after continuous benefit payments begin 4 26 or on the date on which the employee attains the age of sixty- 4 27 five years, whichever is later. 4 28 b. If the disability occurs on or after the time the 4 29 employee attains the age of sixty-one years but prior to the 4 30 age of sixty-nine years, the maximum benefit period shall end 4 31 sixty months after continuous benefit payments begin or on the 4 32 date on which the employee attains the age of seventy years, 4 33 whichever is earlier. 4 34 c. If the disability occurs on or after the time the 4 35 employee attains the age of sixty-nine years, the maximum 5 1 benefit period shall end twelve months after continuous 5 2 benefit payments begin. 5 3 3. a. Minimum and maximum benefits, not less than fifty 5 4 dollars per month and not exceeding two thousand dollars per 5 5 month. 5 6 b. In no event shall benefits exceed one hundred percent 5 7 of the claimant's predisability covered monthly compensation. 5 8 4. All permanent full-time state employees shall be 5 9 covered under the employees disability insurance program, 5 10 except board members and members of commissions who are not 5 11 full-time state employees, and state employees who on July 1, 5 12 1974, are under another disability program financed in whole 5 13 or in part by the state. For purposes of this section, 5 14 members of the general assembly serving on or after January 1, 5 15 1989, are eligible for the plan during their tenure in office, 5 16 on the basis of enrollment rules established for full-time 5 17 state employees excluded from collective bargaining as 5 18 provided in chapter 20. 5 19 Sec. 8. Section 509A.12, Code 1995, is amended to read as 5 20 follows: 5 21 509A.12 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR GOVERNMENTAL 5 22 EMPLOYEES. 5 23 At the request of an employee, the governing body or the 5 24 county board of supervisors shall by contractual agreement 5 25 acquire an individual or group life insurance contract, 5 26 annuity contract, interest in a mutual fund, security, or any 5 27 other deferred payment contract for the purpose of funding a 5 28 deferred compensation program. The contract acquired for an 5 29 employee,shall be in accordance with the plan document and 5 30 from any companythe employee may choosethat is authorized to 5 31 do business in this state, or through an Iowa-licensed 5 32 salesperson that the employee selects on a group or individual 5 33 basis.The deferred compensation program shall be5 34administered so that the director of revenue and finance or5 35the director's designees remit one sum for the entire program6 1according to a single billing.When the state of Iowa 6 2 acquires an investment product pursuant to the plan document 6 3 the state does not become a shareholder, stockholder, or owner 6 4 of a corporation in violation of Article VIII, section 3, of 6 5 the Constitution of the State of Iowa or any other provision 6 6 of law. 6 7 This section is in addition to any benefit program provided 6 8 by law for employees of the state or its political 6 9 subdivisions. 6 10 EXPLANATION 6 11 Section 1 drops the qualification that seasonal workers are 6 12 those individuals hired only between April 15 and October 15. 6 13 Section 2 allows the department of personnel the flexi- 6 14 bility to pilot innovative changes in the personnel system. 6 15 Section 3 changes the name of the state training system to 6 16 include employees other than managers and eliminates the 6 17 $50,000 floor on reversions to the general fund from the 6 18 training revolving fund. The fund will not cover salaries of 6 19 employees of the department. 6 20 Section 4 exempts the home phone number and house address 6 21 of state employees from routine public disclosure. 6 22 Section 5 provides that the state employee workers' 6 23 compensation fund pay administrative costs associated with 6 24 state workers' compensation claims. 6 25 Section 6 changes the annual deadline from August 31 to 6 26 September 30 for the department to report on affirmative 6 27 action programs in state government. 6 28 Section 7 adds railroad retirement disability income for 6 29 offset against state disability payments and provides that 6 30 disability income benefits shall not exceed predisability 6 31 covered monthly compensation. 6 32 Section 8 requires companies wishing to provide deferred 6 33 compensation investment contracts to government employees to 6 34 follow the plan document established by the governing body. 6 35 The requirement that the program be administered so that the 7 1 director of revenue and finance or the director's designee 7 2 remits one sum for the entire program according to a single 7 3 billing is eliminated. New language is added to provide that 7 4 the state of Iowa does not become a shareholder or owner of a 7 5 corporation when the state acquires an investment program. 7 6 LSB 2611HC 76 7 7 cl/jw/5
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