Senate Amendment 5197


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2645 as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 8 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 20.3, subsection 1, Code 2007,
     1  6 is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    1.  "Arbitration" means the procedure whereby the
     1  8 parties involved in an impasse submit their
     1  9 differences to a third party for a final and binding
     1 10 decision or as provided in this chapter.>
     1 11 #2.  Page 10, line 9, by striking the word
     1 12 <binding> and inserting the following:  <binding>.
     1 13 #3.  Page 10, line 14, by striking the word
     1 14 <binding> and inserting the following:  <binding>.
     1 15 #4.  Page 15, lines 3 and 4, by striking the words
     1 16 <, which shall be binding> and inserting the
     1 17 following:  <, which shall be binding>.
     1 18 #5.  Page 17, line 18, by inserting after the word
     1 19 <parties> the following:  <subject to the provisions
     1 20 of section 20.22A>.
     1 21 #6.  Page 17, line 21, by inserting after the word
     1 22 and figure <subsection 6> the following:  <, and
     1 23 section 20.22A>.
     1 24 #7.  Page 17, by inserting after line 24 the
     1 25 following:
     1 26    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  20.22A  STATE EMPLOYEE
     1 27 NEGOTIATIONS.
     1 28    1.  The items of a collective bargaining agreement
     1 29 reached pursuant to this chapter between a public
     1 30 employer and an employee organization representing
     1 31 state employees which require economic adjustments
     1 32 shall not take effect and the agreement is not final
     1 33 and binding until moneys have been appropriated to
     1 34 fund the economic adjustments by the general assembly,
     1 35 specifically to fund the economic adjustments of the
     1 36 collective bargaining agreement at issue.  Items of a
     1 37 collective bargaining agreement concerning an employee
     1 38 organization representing state employees that are not
     1 39 economic adjustments are not subject to approval by
     1 40 the general assembly and are final and binding upon
     1 41 their determination subject to the provisions of
     1 42 section 20.17, subsection 6.
     1 43    2.  Within ten days following the determination of
     1 44 a collective bargaining agreement on all negotiated
     1 45 items by agreement of the parties or by an arbitration
     1 46 decision, the governor, or the governor's designee,
     1 47 shall inform the general assembly the amount of the
     1 48 appropriation necessary to fund the economic
     1 49 adjustments requires to fund the collective bargaining
     1 50 agreement.
     2  1    3.  The general assembly shall appropriate funds in
     2  2 any amount up to and including the amount indicated by
     2  3 the governor, or the governor's designee, under
     2  4 subsection 2.  If less than the entire amount
     2  5 indicated by the governor, or the governor's designee,
     2  6 is appropriated by the general assembly, the
     2  7 collective bargaining agreement shall be administered
     2  8 on the basis of the amounts appropriated by and any
     2  9 directions of the general assembly.
     2 10    4.  The general assembly shall make an
     2 11 appropriation as provided by this section prior to the
     2 12 date the collective bargaining agreement is to become
     2 13 effective.
     2 14    5.  The items of a collective bargaining agreement
     2 15 that require economic adjustments subject to the
     2 16 provisions of this section shall become final and
     2 17 binding upon an appropriation of funds by the general
     2 18 assembly, subject to the provisions of section 20.17,
     2 19 subsection 6.>
     2 20 #8.  By renumbering as necessary.
     2 21
     2 22
     2 23                               
     2 24 RON WIECK
     2 25 HF 2645.220 82
     2 26 ec/rj/11299

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