House Amendment 1735


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 478, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 9, by inserting after line 28 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ==
     1  6 RENEGOTIATION.
     1  7    1.  The general assembly finds that state employees
     1  8 should not pay less for health insurance than people
     1  9 using the hawk=i program under chapter 514I.  As a
     1 10 result, the governor, the state court administrator,
     1 11 and the state board of regents shall renegotiate the
     1 12 collective bargaining agreements that are in effect
     1 13 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
     1 14 ending June 30, 2010, with the state labor unions.
     1 15    2.  Pursuant to section 20.28, the provisions of
     1 16 this section shall supersede any contrary provision of
     1 17 a collective bargaining agreement and the governor,
     1 18 the state court administrator, and the state board of
     1 19 regents shall renegotiate the health benefits terms in
     1 20 any collective bargaining agreements that are in
     1 21 effect during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009,
     1 22 and ending June 30, 2010, with the state labor unions
     1 23 for purposes of reducing the state's obligation for
     1 24 health insurance benefits by fifty dollars per month
     1 25 per employee and requiring each employee covered by
     1 26 such contracts to contribute an additional fifty
     1 27 dollars per month for health insurance benefits.
     1 28    3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and
     1 29 ending June 30, 2010, the health insurance benefit
     1 30 terms provided in subsection 2 shall apply to all
     1 31 employees not covered under a collective bargaining
     1 32 agreement in the legislative branch, the judicial
     1 33 branch, and the executive branch including employees
     1 34 of the state board of regents.
     1 35    4.  Any moneys appropriated from the state general
     1 36 fund to a department, commission, board, agency, the
     1 37 state board of regents, the judicial branch, or the
     1 38 legislative branch for purposes of health insurance
     1 39 benefits that are not expended as a result of the
     1 40 reduction in the state's obligations for employee
     1 41 health insurance benefits under this section shall
     1 42 remain in the general fund and shall not be expended
     1 43 for any other purpose.>
     1 44 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 46
     1 47                               
     1 48 RAECKER of Polk
     1 49 SF 478.222 83
     1 50 tm/sc/24635

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