House
File
759
H-1139
Amend
House
File
759
as
follows:
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1.
Page
20,
after
line
6
by
inserting:
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Sec.
___.
Section
19B.12,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
4.
a.
The
department
of
administrative
services
for
5
all
state
agencies,
and
the
state
board
of
regents
for
its
6
institutions,
shall
adopt
rules
and
appropriate
internal,
7
confidential
grievance
procedures
to
implement
this
section
,
8
and
shall
adopt
procedures
for
determining
violations
of
9
this
section
and
for
ordering
appropriate
dispositions
that
10
may
include,
but
are
not
limited
to,
discharge,
suspension,
11
or
reduction
in
rank
or
grade
as
defined
in
section
8A.413,
12
subsection
19
.
13
b.
Upon
receipt
or
referral
of
a
complaint
alleging
14
sexual
harassment
from
a
state
employee,
the
department
of
15
administrative
services
or
the
state
board
of
regents,
as
16
applicable,
shall
initiate
an
investigation
of
the
complaint
17
and
shall
complete
the
investigation
within
one
hundred
eighty
18
days
of
the
receipt
or
referral
of
the
complaint.
19
c.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
20
state
employee
alleging
to
be
aggrieved
by
a
violation
of
this
21
section
may
file
a
civil
action
within
two
years
after
the
date
22
of
the
alleged
violation
in
a
court
of
competent
jurisdiction
23
in
the
county
where
the
violation
is
alleged
to
have
occurred
24
or
where
the
employer
has
its
principal
office.
>
25
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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