Senate Study Bill 1227 



                                      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 removing the limitation on the length of a leave of
  2    absence for service in elective office.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1921SC 82
  5 sc/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 55.1, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    An employee shall not be prohibited from returning to
  1  4 regular employment before the period expires for which the
  1  5 leave of absence was granted.  This section applies only to
  1  6 employers which employ twenty or more full=time persons.  The
  1  7 leave of absence granted by this section need not exceed six
  1  8 years.  The leave of absence granted by this section does not
  1  9 apply to an elective office held by the employee prior to the
  1 10 election.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    Current law provides that a leave of absence granted to a
  1 13 person elected to a municipal, county, state, or federal
  1 14 office need not exceed six years.  This bill removes the
  1 15 six=year limitation.
  1 16 LSB 1921SC 82
  1 17 sc:nh/es/88