House File 27 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY BAUDLER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the awarding of bonuses to appointed state
2 officers and state employees, employees of entities created
3 for the joint exercise of governmental powers, and employees
4 of entities receiving government funds pursuant to a service
5 contract with the state, and providing an effective date.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 8F.3, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Information that the recipient entity's
1 4 policies prohibit the use of any of the moneys received
1 5 pursuant to a service contract to provide bonus pay, as
1 6 defined in section 70A.1, to officers or employees of the
1 7 recipient entity.
1 8 Sec. 2. Section 28E.5, Code 2009, is amended by adding the
1 9 following new subsection:
1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. The requirement that employees of the
1 11 joint or cooperative undertaking not receive bonus pay, as
1 12 defined in section 70A.1.
1 13 Sec. 3. Section 70A.1, subsection 1, Code 2009, is amended
1 14 to read as follows:
1 15 1. a. Salaries specifically provided for in an
1 16 appropriation Act of the general assembly shall be in lieu of
1 17 existing statutory salaries, for the positions provided for in
1 18 the Act, and all salaries, including longevity where
1 19 applicable by express provision in the Code, shall be paid
1 20 according to the provisions of chapter 91A and shall be in
1 21 full compensation of all services, including any service on
1 22 committees, boards, commissions or similar duty for Iowa
1 23 government, except for members of the general assembly. A
1 24 state employee on an annual salary shall not be paid for a pay
1 25 period an amount which exceeds the employee's annual salary
1 26 transposed into a rate applicable to the pay period by
1 27 dividing the annual salary by the number of pay periods in the
1 28 fiscal year. Salaries for state employees covered by the
1 29 overtime payment provisions of the federal Fair Labor
1 30 Standards Act shall be established on an hourly basis. In
1 31 addition, unless otherwise authorized by law or required
1 32 pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, a state
1 33 employee shall not receive bonus pay for or during the time
1 34 period beginning on or after the effective date of this Act.
1 35 b. For purposes of this section, "bonus pay" means any
2 1 additional remuneration provided an employee in the form of a
2 2 bonus, including but not limited to a retention bonus,
2 3 recruitment bonus, exceptional job performance pay,
2 4 extraordinary job performance pay, exceptional performance
2 5 pay, extraordinary duty pay, or extraordinary or special duty
2 6 pay, and any extra benefit not otherwise provided to other
2 7 similarly situated employees.
2 8 Sec. 4. Section 99G.10, subsection 5, Code 2009, is
2 9 amended to read as follows:
2 10 5. The authority may establish incentive programs for
2 11 authority employees. However, the incentive programs shall
2 12 not provide for bonus pay, as defined in section 70A.1, for
2 13 authority employees.
2 14 Sec. 5. 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, section 13,
2 15 unnumbered paragraph 3, is amended to read as follows:
2 16 A person whose salary is established pursuant to the
2 17 section of this division of this Act that addresses the salary
2 18 ranges of state officers and who is a full=time, year=round
2 19 employee of the state shall not receive any other remuneration
2 20 from the state or from any other source for the performance of
2 21 that person's duties unless the additional remuneration is
2 22 first approved by the governor or authorized by law. However,
2 23 this provision does not exclude the reimbursement for
2 24 necessary travel and expenses incurred in the performance of
2 25 duties or fringe benefits normally provided to employees of
2 26 the state.
2 27 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 29 EXPLANATION
2 30 This bill prohibits the granting of bonuses to state
2 31 employees and employees of entities under Code chapter 28E,
2 32 and the use of government moneys to provide bonuses to
2 33 employees of an entity that enters into a service contract
2 34 with the state.
2 35 Code section 8F.3, concerning contractual requirements for
3 1 entities entering into a service contract with a state agency,
3 2 is amended to provide that the entity entering into the
3 3 contract shall have policies in place prohibiting the use of
3 4 any of the moneys received pursuant to the service contract to
3 5 provide bonuses to officers or employees of the entity.
3 6 Code section 28E.5, concerning agreements entered into for
3 7 purposes of a joint or cooperative undertaking, is amended to
3 8 provide that the agreement not permit payment of bonuses to
3 9 employees of the joint or cooperative undertaking.
3 10 Code section 70A.1, concerning salaries and benefits of
3 11 state employees, is amended to provide that no bonuses shall
3 12 be paid to state employees unless otherwise authorized by law
3 13 or a collective bargaining agreement. The amendment to the
3 14 Code section also defines bonus pay as any additional
3 15 remuneration or extra benefits provided to an employee.
3 16 Code section 99G.10, concerning the lottery authority, is
3 17 amended to provide that employees of the authority not receive
3 18 bonus pay.
3 19 2008 Iowa Acts, chapter 1191, concerning the pay of
3 20 appointed state officers, is amended to eliminate the ability
3 21 of the officer to receive additional remuneration if approved
3 22 by the governor or otherwise authorized by law.
3 23 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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