House File 463 H-1207 Amend House File 463 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, after line 13 by inserting: 2 < 4. a. An employee of the department designated 3 as a peace officer pursuant to this section shall be 4 immediately transferred to a separate unit within 5 the department of public safety. Ownership of any 6 equipment owned by the department and issued to the 7 employee shall also be immediately transferred to the 8 department of public safety. 9 b. The department of administrative services shall 10 reclassify an employee transferred to the department 11 of public safety pursuant to this subsection as a 12 peace officer. Notwithstanding section 20.14 or 13 20.15 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a 14 majority of the employees transferred to the department 15 of public safety and reclassified as peace officers 16 pursuant to this subsection may petition the public 17 employment relations board for representation by an 18 employee organization. An employee transferred to the 19 department of public safety and reclassified as a peace 20 officer pursuant to this subsection shall not have the 21 employee’s duties substantially changed, nor shall 22 the employee’s benefits, including but not limited 23 to retirement benefits and seniority, be degraded or 24 eliminated. 25 5. Notwithstanding section 312.9, the department of 26 transportation or department of public safety may use 27 moneys appropriated from the road use tax fund for the 28 fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, or the fiscal year 29 ending June 30, 2018, to maintain employees designated 30 as peace officers pursuant to this section. > 31 2. Title page, line 3, after < transportation > by 32 inserting < and the department of public safety > 33 -1- HF463.1353 (1) 87 ns/nh 1/ 2 #1.