Amend  the amendment, H-1218, to House File 525 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 4 through 11 and inserting: 
   <___.  By striking page 1, line 22, through page 2, line 15, and inserting <vacations, insurance, holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials, overtime compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, transfer procedures, job classifications, health and safety matters, evaluation procedures,procedures for staff reduction, in-service training, and other matters mutually agreed upon. Negotiations shall also include terms authorizing dues checkoff for members of the employee organization and grievance procedures for resolving any questions arising under the agreement, which shall be embodied in a written agreement and signed by the parties. If an agreement provides for dues checkoff, a member’s dues may be checked off only upon the member’s written request and the member may terminate the dues checkoff at any time by giving thirty days’ written notice. Such obligation to negotiate in good faith does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession.  A collective bargaining agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall include a requirement that a public employee who is covered by the collective bargaining agreement and is a member of a group health insurance plan for public employees established under chapter 509A pay at least one hundred dollars per month of the total premium for such health plan.
   2.  Nothing in this section shall diminish the authority and power of the department of administrative services, board of regents’ merit system, Iowa public broadcasting board’s merit system, or any civil service commission established by constitutional provision, statute, charter, or special act to recruit employees,; prepare, conduct, and grade examinations,; or rate candidates in order of their relative scores for certification for appointment or promotion or for other matters of classification, reclassification, or appeal rights in the classified service of the public employer served.
   3.  All retirement systems The following subjects shall be excluded from the scope of negotiations.:
   a.  All retirement systems.>
   ___.  By renumbering as necessary.>

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JORGENSEN of Woodbury