House File 525 H-1205 Amend House File 525 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, after line 19 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 20.17, subsection 3, Code 2011, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 3. Negotiating sessions, strategy meetings of 5 public employers, mediation, and the deliberative 6 process of arbitrators shall be exempt from the 7 provisions of chapter 21 . However, the employee 8 organization shall present its initial bargaining 9 position to the public employer at the first bargaining 10 session. The public employer shall present its initial 11 bargaining position to the employee organization at the 12 second bargaining session, which shall be held no later 13 than two weeks following the first bargaining session. 14 Both sessions The public employer shall present its 15 initial bargaining position at the same time. The 16 session shall be open to the public and subject to the 17 provisions of chapter 21 . Parties who by agreement 18 are utilizing a cooperative alternative bargaining 19 process may exchange their respective initial interest 20 statements in lieu of initial bargaining positions at 21 these this open sessions session . Hearings conducted 22 by arbitrators shall be open to the public. > 23 2. By renumbering as necessary. 24 ______________________________ HUNTER of Polk -1- HF525.1125 (2) 84 je/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.