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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2078 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 12, line 31, by inserting after the word 1 3 "warrants." the following: "However, the system may, 1 4 for good cause shown, waive the administrative fee." 1 5 #2. Page 22, by inserting after line 4 the 1 6 following: 1 7 "Sec. ___. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1135, section 1 8 36, subsections 1 and 3, are amended to read as 1 9 follows: 1 10 1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 1 11 97B to the contrary, a member of the Iowa public 1 12 employees' retirement system who has an employer- 1 13 mandated reduction in hours or an employee-exercised 1 14 reduction in pay but remains on the employer's 1 15 payroll, and who would receive a reduction in the 1 16 member's three-year average covered wage as a result 1 17 of the reduction in hours or pay, may have the 1 18 member's retirement allowance calculated based on the 1 19 three-year average covered wage the member would have 1 20 received, based on reasonable assumptions, if the 1 21 member had not been subject to the employer-mandated 1 22 reduction in hours or employee-exercised reduction in 1 23 pay, upon payment by the member of the applicable 1 24 contribution amount. 1 25 b. For purposes of this section,the applicable1 26 unless the context otherwise requires: 1 27 (1) "Applicable contributionamountamount" is an 1 28 amount equal to the employee and employer 1 29 contributions that would have been paid to the system 1 30 based on the wages that the member would have received 1 31 but for the employer-mandated reduction in hours or 1 32 employee-exercised reduction in pay and would have 1 33 been included in the member's three-year average 1 34 covered wage. 1 35 (2) "Employee-exercised reduction in pay" means a 1 36 reduction in pay of a member who has exercised bumping 1 37 rights by accepting a lower-paid position in order to 1 38 avoid being laid off by the employer. 1 39 3. This section shall apply to employer-mandated 1 40 reductions in hours or employee-exercised reductions 1 41 in pay during the period of time beginning on or after 1 42 January 1, 2002, and ending no later than June 30, 1 4320032005. The system is authorized to adopt such 1 44 rules, including emergency rules, as it deems 1 45 necessary or prudent to implement this section." 1 46 #3. Page 22, line 8, by striking the word "The". 1 47 #4. Page 22, line 9, by striking the words 1 48 "section of this Act", and inserting the following: 1 49 "1. The section of this Act". 1 50 #5. Page 22, by inserting after line 12 the 2 1 following: 2 2 "___. The section of this Act amending 2002 Iowa 2 3 Acts, chapter 1135, section 36, being deemed of 2 4 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and 2 5 is retroactively applicable to January 1, 2002, and is 2 6 applicable on and after that date." 2 7 #6. Page 22, by inserting after line 14 the 2 8 following: 2 9 "Sec. . Section 400.8, subsection 1, Code 2003, 2 10 is amended to read as follows: 2 11 400.8 ORIGINAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION – 2 12 APPOINTMENTS. 2 13 1. The commission, when necessary under the rules, 2 14 including minimum and maximum age limits, which shall 2 15 be prescribed and published in advance by the 2 16 commission and posted in the city hall, shall hold 2 17 examinations for the purpose of determining the 2 18 qualifications of applicants for positions under civil 2 19 service, other than promotions, which examinations 2 20 shall be practical in character and shall relate to 2 21 matters which will fairly test the mental and physical 2 22 ability of the applicant to discharge the duties of 2 23 the position to which the applicant seeks appointment. 2 24 The physical examination of applicants for appointment 2 25 to the positions of police officer, police matron, or 2 26 fire fighter shall be held in accordance with medical 2 27 protocols established by the board of trustees of the 2 28 fire and police retirement system established by 2 29 section 411.5 and shall be conducted in accordance 2 30 with the directives of the board of trustees. 2 31 However, the prohibitions of section 216.6, subsection 2 32 1, paragraph "d", regarding tests for the presence of 2 33 the antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus shall 2 34 not apply to such examinations. The board of trustees 2 35 may change the medical protocols at any time the board 2 36 so determines. The physical examination of an 2 37 applicant for the position of police officer, police 2 38 matron, or fire fighter shall be conducted after a 2 39 conditional offer of employment has been made to the 2 40 applicant. An applicant shall not be discriminated 2 41 against on the basis of height, weight, sex, or race 2 42 in determining physical or mental ability of the 2 43 applicant. Reasonable rules relating to strength, 2 44 agility, and general health of applicants shall be 2 45 prescribed. The costs of the physical examination 2 46 required under this subsection shall be paid from the 2 47 trust and agency fund of the city." 2 48 #7. Page 22, line 23, by striking the word 2 49 "actual" and inserting the following: "reasonable". 2 50 #8. Page 22, by striking lines 24 and 25 and 3 1 inserting the following: "of production." 3 2 #9. By striking page 23, line 29, through page 24, 3 3 line 15. 3 4 #10. Page 27, by inserting after line 7 the 3 5 following: 3 6 "Sec. . Section 411.36, subsection 1, paragraph 3 7 c, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 8 c. A city treasurer, city financial officer, or 3 9 city clerk involved with the financial matters of the 3 10 city from four participating cities, one of whom is 3 11 from a city having a population of less thanforty3 12 thirty thousand, and three of whom are from cities 3 13 having a population offortythirty thousand or more. 3 14 The members authorized pursuant to this paragraph 3 15 shall be appointed by the governing body of the Iowa 3 16 league of cities." 3 17 #11. By renumbering as necessary. 3 18 3 19 3 20 3 21 MARK ZIEMAN 3 22 SF 2078.201 80 3 23 ec/sh
Text: S05070 Text: S05072 Text: S05000 - S05099 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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