House File 525 H-1207 Amend House File 525 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, after line 19 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 20.17, subsection 1, Code 2011, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 1. The employee organization certified as the 5 bargaining representative shall be the exclusive 6 representative of all public employees in the 7 bargaining unit and shall represent all public 8 employees fairly. However, any public employee may 9 meet and adjust individual complaints with a public 10 employer as long as such adjustment does not affect 11 the current collective bargaining agreement . To 12 sustain a claim that a certified employee organization 13 has committed a prohibited practice by breaching its 14 duty of fair representation, a public employee must 15 establish by a preponderance of the evidence action 16 or inaction by the organization which was arbitrary, 17 discriminatory, or in bad faith. > 18 2. By renumbering as necessary. 19 ______________________________ HUNTER of Polk -1- HF525.1124 (1) 84 je/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.