S-3065

   Amend Senate File 479 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, after line 13 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 20.9, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2021, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  For negotiations regarding a bargaining unit with at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees one member who is a public safety employee, the public employer and the employee organization shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in advance of the public employer’s budget-making process, to negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, vacations, insurance, holidays, leaves of absence, shift differentials, overtime compensation, supplemental pay, seniority, transfer procedures, job classifications, health and safety matters, evaluation procedures, procedures for staff reduction, in-service training, grievance procedures for resolving any questions arising under the agreement, and other matters mutually agreed upon. For negotiations regarding a bargaining unit that does not have at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees one member who is a public safety employee, the public employer and the employee organization shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings reasonably in advance of the public employer’s budget-making process, to negotiate in good faith with respect to base wages and other matters mutually agreed upon. Such obligation to negotiate in good faith does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession. Mandatory subjects of negotiation specified in this subsection shall be interpreted narrowly and restrictively.
   3.  All retirement systems, dues checkoffs, and other payroll deductions for political action committees or other political contributions or political activities shall be excluded from the scope of negotiations. For negotiations regarding a bargaining unit that does not have at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees one member who is a public safety employee, insurance, leaves of absence for political activities, supplemental pay, transfer procedures, evaluation procedures, procedures for staff reduction, and subcontracting public services shall also be excluded from the scope of negotiations.
   Sec. ___.  Section 20.22, subsection 7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   For an arbitration involving a bargaining unit that has at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees one member who is a public safety employee, the arbitrator shall consider and specifically address in the arbitrator’s determination, in addition to any other relevant factors, the following factors:
   Sec. ___.  Section 20.22, subsection 8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   For an arbitration involving a bargaining unit that does not have at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees one member who is a public safety employee, the following shall apply:
   Sec. ___.  Section 20.22, subsection 10, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   However, for an arbitration involving a bargaining unit that does not have at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees one member who is a public safety employee, with respect to any increase in base wages, the arbitrator’s award shall not exceed the lesser of the following percentages in any one-year period in the duration of the bargaining agreement:
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  70A.23A  Credit for accrued sick leave —— public safety employees.
   A public safety employee, as defined in section 20.3, subsection 11, who retires and has applied for retirement benefits under an eligible retirement system, shall receive credit for all accumulated, unused sick leave which shall be converted at current value and credited to an account for the public safety employee for the purpose of paying the public safety employee’s cost of the monthly premiums for continuance of the public safety employee’s health insurance plan. Upon the death of a retired public safety employee, the spouse or surviving spouse shall be entitled to the value of the accumulated unused sick leave for the purpose of paying the cost of monthly premiums for continuation of a public safety employee’s health insurance policy for the public safety employee’s surviving spouse or dependents. This subsection shall not apply to sections 509A.13 and 509A.13A.
   Sec. ___.  Section 85.34, subsection 2, paragraph n, Code 2021, is amended by striking the paragraph.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, after <entity> by inserting <, collective bargaining, workers’ compensation, and retired public safety employee benefits>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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