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House Amendment 1326

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 313, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, line 10, by inserting after the word
  1  4 "bargaining" the following:  "agreements".
  1  5    #2.  Page 1, line 33, by striking the words "total
  1  6 compensation, including".
  1  7    #3.  Page 1, line 35, by inserting after the word
  1  8 "employment" the following:  ", including such
  1  9 information filed with the board pursuant to section
  1 10 20.29,".
  1 11    #4.  Page 3, line 2, by striking the word
  1 12 "causing", and inserting the following:  "causing.
  1 13 The complaining party shall cause".
  1 14    #5.  By striking page 6, line 11, through page 7,
  1 15 line 10.
  1 16    #6.  Page 7, lines 27 through 29, by striking the
  1 17 words "and shall make minutes or summaries of
  1 18 subsequent sessions available to the public".
  1 19    #7.  Page 8, line 2, by striking the word
  1 20 "bargaining", and inserting the following:
  1 21 "arbitration".
  1 22    #8.  Page 8, line 3, by striking the figure
  1 23 "20.16A", and inserting the following:  "20.22,
  1 24 subsection 9".
  1 25    #9.  Page 9, by striking line 10 and inserting the
  1 26 following:
  1 27    "b.  If the public employer is a community college,
  1 28 the".
  1 29    #10.  Page 9, line 15, by striking the words "then,
  1 30 in", and inserting the following:  "In".
  1 31    #11.  Page 10, by inserting after line 24 the
  1 32 following:
  1 33    "Sec.    .  Section 20.20, Code 2003, is amended to
  1 34 read as follows:
  1 35    20.20  MEDIATION.
  1 36    In the absence of an impasse agreement negotiated
  1 37 pursuant to section 20.19 or the failure of either
  1 38 party to utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty
  1 39 days prior to the certified budget submission date, or
  1 40 one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year
  1 41 when the collective bargaining agreement is to become
  1 42 effective if public employees represented by the
  1 43 employee organization are teachers licensed under
  1 44 chapter 272 and the public employer is a school
  1 45 district or area education agency, the board shall,
  1 46 upon the request of either party, appoint an impartial
  1 47 and disinterested person to act as mediator.  If the
  1 48 public employer is a community college, and in the
  1 49 absence of an impasse agreement negotiated pursuant to
  1 50 section 20.19 or the failure of either party to
  2  1 utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty days prior
  2  2 to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining
  2  3 agreement is to become effective, the board, upon the
  2  4 request of either party, shall appoint an impartial
  2  5 and disinterested person to act as mediator.  It shall
  2  6 be the function of the mediator to bring to the
  2  7 attention of the parties the arbitration factors
  2  8 enumerated in section 20.22, subsection 9, and to
  2  9 bring the parties together to effectuate a settlement
  2 10 of the dispute, but.  However, the mediator may not
  2 11 compel the parties to agree."
  2 12    #12.  Page 10, line 25, by striking the word and
  2 13 figure "paragraph 1", and inserting the following:
  2 14 "paragraphs 1 and 2".
  2 15    #13.  Page 10, line 26, by striking the word "is",
  2 16 and inserting the following:  "are".
  2 17    #14.  Page 10, lines 31 and 32, by striking the
  2 18 words "request the board to issue subpoenas." and
  2 19 inserting the following:  "request the board to issue
  2 20 subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and
  2 21 the production of records.  The fact-finder may
  2 22 petition the district court at the seat of government
  2 23 or of the county in which the hearing is held to
  2 24 enforce the subpoena."
  2 25    #15.  Page 10, line 33, by striking the words "the
  2 26 dispute", and inserting the following:  "the dispute
  2 27 each impasse item".
  2 28    #16.  Page 10, line 34, by striking the word
  2 29 "bargaining", and inserting the following:
  2 30 "arbitration".
  2 31    #17.  Page 10, line 35, by striking the figure
  2 32 "20.16A", and inserting the following:  "20.22,
  2 33 subsection 9".
  2 34    #18.  Page 10, line 35, through page 11, line 1, by
  2 35 striking the words "day of appointment" and inserting
  2 36 the following:  "day of appointment date of the
  2 37 hearing".
  2 38    #19.  Page 11, line 1, by inserting after the word
  2 39 "findings" the following:  "and recommendations".
  2 40    #20.  Page 11, by inserting after line 2 the
  2 41 following:
  2 42    "The Upon receipt of the fact-finder's findings and
  2 43 recommendations, the public employer and the certified
  2 44 employee organization shall immediately accept the
  2 45 fact-finder's recommendation recommendations in their
  2 46 entirety or shall within five days submit the fact-
  2 47 finder's recommendations to the governing body of the
  2 48 public employer and members of the certified employee
  2 49 organization for such acceptance or rejection.  If the
  2 50 dispute is not resolved by both parties' acceptance of
  3  1 the fact-finder's recommendations, the parties may
  3  2 continue to negotiate and resolve any remaining
  3  3 impasse items.  If the dispute continues ten days
  3  4 after the report is submitted fact-finder's findings
  3  5 and recommendations are served, the report findings
  3  6 and recommendations shall be made public by the
  3  7 board."
  3  8    #21.  Page 11, line 7, by striking the word "or,"
  3  9 and inserting the following:  "or, and".
  3 10    #22.  Page 12, by striking lines 30 through 34 and
  3 11 inserting the following:  "amended to read as follows:
  3 12    9.  The panel of arbitrators arbitrator shall
  3 13 consider, in addition to any other relevant factors,
  3 14 the following factors:
  3 15    a.  Past collective bargaining contracts between
  3 16 the parties including the bargaining that led up to
  3 17 such contracts.
  3 18    b.  Comparison of wages, hours and conditions of
  3 19 employment of the involved public employees with those
  3 20 of other public employees doing comparable work,
  3 21 giving consideration to factors peculiar to the area
  3 22 and the classifications involved.
  3 23    c.  The interests and welfare of the public, the
  3 24 ability of the public employer to finance economic
  3 25 adjustments and the effect of such adjustments on the
  3 26 normal standard of services.
  3 27    d.  The power of the public employer to levy taxes
  3 28 and appropriate funds for the conduct of its
  3 29 operations.  The ability of the public employer to
  3 30 finance economic adjustments; provided, however, that
  3 31 the employer's ability to finance economic adjustments
  3 32 shall not be predicated on the premise that the
  3 33 employer may increase or impose new taxes, fees, or
  3 34 charges, use funds collected and otherwise dedicated
  3 35 by law for a restricted purpose, or develop other
  3 36 sources of revenue.
  3 37    e.  The present and anticipated future economic
  3 38 conditions that may impact the financing of economic
  3 39 adjustments, including consideration of the public
  3 40 employer's financial condition and the general
  3 41 economic condition of the state.
  3 42    f.  Consideration of the economic cost of each item
  3 43 of a proposed collective bargaining agreement and the
  3 44 relationship of the cost of each item to the total
  3 45 economic cost of a proposed collective bargaining
  3 46 agreement."
  3 47    #23.  Page 14, by inserting after line 6 the
  3 48 following:
  3 49    "Sec.    .  Section 20.29, Code 2003, is amended by
  3 50 adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  4  1    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Within ninety days of
  4  2 the completion of a collective bargaining agreement
  4  3 entered into pursuant to this chapter, the public
  4  4 employer shall file two copies of the agreement with
  4  5 the board.  In addition, within the same time period,
  4  6 the public employer and the applicable certified
  4  7 employee organization shall file with the board,
  4  8 either jointly or separately, a report on a form
  4  9 prescribed by the board which shall include the number
  4 10 of employees covered by the agreement, the estimated
  4 11 costs of implementing the wage, benefit, and other
  4 12 provisions of the agreement having an economic impact,
  4 13 the estimated total cost of implementing the agreement
  4 14 for the entire term of the agreement, and any other
  4 15 information relating to the agreement as requested by
  4 16 the board."
  4 17    #24.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
  4 18 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
  4 19 
  4 20 
  4 21                               
  4 22 COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, REGULATION AND LABOR
  4 23 HANSEN of Pottawattamie, Chairperson 
  4 24 SF 313.703 80
  4 25 ec/cl
     

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