House File 549 H-1100 Amend House File 549 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 20.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, 4 Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: 5 The public employer and the employee organization 6 shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings 7 reasonably in advance of the public employer’s 8 budget-making process, to negotiate in good faith 9 with respect to wages, hours, vacations, insurance, 10 holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials, 11 overtime compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, 12 transfer procedures, job classifications, health and 13 safety matters, evaluation procedures, procedures for 14 staff reduction, in-service training , preparation time, 15 and other matters mutually agreed upon. Negotiations 16 shall also include terms authorizing dues checkoff for 17 members of the employee organization and grievance 18 procedures for resolving any questions arising under 19 the agreement, which shall be embodied in a written 20 agreement and signed by the parties. If an agreement 21 provides for dues checkoff, a member’s dues may be 22 checked off only upon the member’s written request and 23 the member may terminate the dues checkoff at any time 24 by giving thirty days’ written notice. Such obligation 25 to negotiate in good faith does not compel either party 26 to agree to a proposal or make a concession. 27 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to 28 collective bargaining negotiations entered into 29 pursuant to chapter 20 on and after the effective date 30 of this Act. > 31 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and 32 inserting < An Act relating to the scope of public 33 employee collective bargaining negotiations and 34 including applicability > 35 ______________________________ FINKENAUER of Dubuque -1- HF549.756 (2) 86 je/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.