SF 2031 (LSB 5370XS (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 2031

BY  McCLINTOCK

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to arbitrator awards concerning base wages in public employee collective bargaining and including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 20.22, subsection 10, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Three Five percent.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 3.  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.
   Under current law, in an arbitration involving a public employee collective bargaining unit that does not have at least 30 percent of members who are public safety employees, the arbitrator’s award regarding any increase in base wages shall not exceed the lesser of two percentages in any one-year period in the duration of the bargaining agreement. One of the specified percentages is 3 percent. This bill increases the percentage to 5 percent.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to collective bargaining procedures pursuant to Code chapter 20 initiated on or after the effective date of the bill.