SENATE FILE 183

BY  DANIELSON

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring public employers to pay public employees military differential pay.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  29A.27A  Military differential pay.
   1.  For the purposes of this section:
   a.  “Military service” means engagement in federal service, state active duty, or state military service for a period of at least thirty consecutive days.
   b.  “Public employee” means any individual employed by a public employer.
   c.  “Public employer” means the state of Iowa, its boards, commissions, agencies and departments, and its political subdivisions including school districts and other special purpose districts. 
   2.  A public employer shall pay a public employee any difference between the public employee’s government salary and the public employee’s military salary for all periods of absence during military service.
   3.  The department of administrative services, in consultation with the department of veterans affairs and political subdivisions of this state, shall adopt rules for implementation of this section.
   Sec. 2.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires a public employer to pay a public employee any difference between the public employee’s government salary and the public employee’s military salary for all periods of absence while engaged in federal service, state active duty, or state military service for a period of at least 30 consecutive days.
   The bill directs the department of administrative services, in consultation with the department of veterans affairs and political subdivisions of the state, to adopt rules for implementation of the bill.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.