HF 213 (LSB 1759YH (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 213

BY  BROWN-POWERS, CROKEN, KRESSIG, BAGNIEWSKI, STAED, AMOS, WILSON, LEVIN, WILBURN, and STECKMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act designating snow plow operators as public safety employees for purposes of public employee collective bargaining and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 20.3, subsection 11, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  An individual employed for the purpose of plowing snow.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill designates individuals employed for the purposed of plowing snow as public safety employees for the purposes of collective bargaining pursuant to Code chapter 20, the public employment relations Act. Code chapter 20 and Code chapter 400 include collective bargaining procedures specifically applicable to public safety employees that are not applicable to other public employees, including procedures relating to the scope of collective bargaining negotiations, arbitration procedures, and certain matters relating to city civil service employment. 
   The bill applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.