H-1207

   Amend House File 463 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, after line 13 by inserting: 
   <4.  a.  An employee of the department designated as a peace officer pursuant to this section shall be immediately transferred to a separate unit within the department of public safety. Ownership of any equipment owned by the department and issued to the employee shall also be immediately transferred to the department of public safety. 
   b.  The department of administrative services shall reclassify an employee transferred to the department of public safety pursuant to this subsection as a peace officer. Notwithstanding section 20.14 or 20.15 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a majority of the employees transferred to the department of public safety and reclassified as peace officers pursuant to this subsection may petition the public employment relations board for representation by an employee organization. An employee transferred to the department of public safety and reclassified as a peace officer pursuant to this subsection shall not have the employee’s duties substantially changed, nor shall the employee’s benefits, including but not limited to retirement benefits and seniority, be degraded or eliminated.
   5.  Notwithstanding section 312.9, the department of transportation or department of public safety may use moneys appropriated from the road use tax fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, or the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, to maintain employees designated as peace officers pursuant to this section.>
   2.  Title page, line 3, after <transportation> by inserting <and the department of public safety>

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WORTHAN of Buena Vista