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.
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