Amend House File 2371 as follows:
   1.  Page 6, after line 17 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 91A.5A, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  An employer shall provide each employee who is a veteran, as defined in section 35.1, with holiday time off for Veterans Day, November 11, if the employee would otherwise be required to work on that day, as provided in this section.

If Veterans Day falls on a Saturday, an employer shall provide the employee with holiday time off for the preceding Friday. If Veterans Day falls on a Sunday, an employer shall provide the employee with holiday time off for the following Monday. However, if the employee is otherwise required to work on such a Saturday or Sunday, an employer shall only be required to provide the employee with holiday time off for Veterans Day, November 11.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, after <affairs> by inserting <and employer requirements for the observance of Veterans Day>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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KEARNS of Lee