House
File
159
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
159
BY
HUNTER
,
OLSON
,
JACOBY
,
KRESSIG
,
CAHILL
,
WILBURN
,
STAED
,
KONFRST
,
JAMES
,
MASCHER
,
GJERDE
,
EHLERT
,
and
COHOON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
designating
correctional
officers
as
public
safety
1
employees
for
purposes
of
public
employee
collective
2
bargaining
and
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
20.3,
subsection
11,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
g.
A
correctional
officer
employed
by
the
3
Iowa
department
of
corrections.
4
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
collective
5
bargaining
procedures
pursuant
to
chapter
20
initiated
on
or
6
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
designates
correctional
officers
employed
by
the
11
Iowa
department
of
corrections
as
public
safety
employees
for
12
the
purposes
of
collective
bargaining
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
13
20,
the
public
employment
relations
Act.
Code
chapter
20
and
14
Code
chapter
400
include
collective
bargaining
procedures
15
specifically
applicable
to
public
safety
employees
that
are
16
not
applicable
to
other
public
employees,
including
procedures
17
relating
to
the
scope
of
collective
bargaining
negotiations,
18
arbitration
procedures,
and
certain
matters
relating
to
city
19
civil
service
employment.
20
The
bill
applies
to
collective
bargaining
procedures
21
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
20
initiated
on
or
after
the
effective
22
date
of
the
bill.
23
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