Senate Study Bill 1172 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON CONNOLLY)


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing payroll deduction for dues to a certified
  2    bargaining representative for individuals receiving payment
  3    for work performed from the state.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1946SC 82
  6 ec/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  70A.17C  PAYROLL DEDUCTION FOR
  1  2 DUES == OTHER EMPLOYEES.
  1  3    1.  For purposes of this section, unless the context
  1  4 otherwise requires, "authorized employee classification" means
  1  5 employees within a particular job classification receiving
  1  6 payment from the state for work performed.  An "authorized
  1  7 employee classification" includes but is not limited to
  1  8 individual providers of home and community=based services
  1  9 under a waiver program and individual providers of child care
  1 10 services.
  1 11    2.  The state officer in charge of the payroll system shall
  1 12 deduct from payments made to an employee within an authorized
  1 13 employee classification an amount specified by the employee
  1 14 for payment to a certified bargaining representative for dues
  1 15 or membership fees if all of the following conditions are met:
  1 16    a.  The certified bargaining representative for the
  1 17 authorized employee classification consents to payment of dues
  1 18 in this manner.
  1 19    b.  The employee within the authorized employee
  1 20 classification requests in writing that payment of dues or
  1 21 membership fees be made in this manner.
  1 22    c.  The pay period during which the deduction is made, the
  1 23 frequency, and the amount of the deduction are compatible with
  1 24 the payroll system.
  1 25    d.  At least one hundred or more employees within an
  1 26 authorized employee classification request the deduction for
  1 27 payment of dues or fees to a certified bargaining
  1 28 representative recognized as the authorized representative of
  1 29 a majority of employees within the authorized employee
  1 30 classification.
  1 31    3.  The request for the deduction may be withdrawn at any
  1 32 time by filing a written notification of withdrawal with the
  1 33 state officer in charge of the payroll system.
  1 34                           EXPLANATION
  1 35    This bill authorizes deductions from payments received by
  2  1 employees of an authorized employee classification from the
  2  2 state for dues or membership fees of a certified bargaining
  2  3 representative.  The bill defines authorized employee
  2  4 classification as a job classification that includes employees
  2  5 receiving payment from the state and specifically includes
  2  6 individual providers of home and community=based services
  2  7 under a waiver program and individual providers of child care
  2  8 services.  The bill provides that the deduction may be made
  2  9 only if the certified bargaining representative for the
  2 10 authorized employee classification consents to payment of dues
  2 11 in this manner, the employee requests the deduction in
  2 12 writing, the manner of deducting the dues is compatible with
  2 13 the payroll system, and at least 100 employees within the
  2 14 authorized employee classification request the deduction for
  2 15 payment of dues or fees to a certified bargaining
  2 16 representative that represents a majority of the employees
  2 17 within the authorized employee classification.  The bill also
  2 18 provides that an employee may withdraw the request for a
  2 19 deduction in writing.
  2 20 LSB 1946SC 82
  2 21 ec:nh/es/88