A bill for an act providing for payroll deduction for membership dues to an employee organization under public employee collective bargaining, and including applicability provisions.

Senate

File

2041

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SENATE

FILE

2041

BY

McCLINTOCK

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

for

payroll

deduction

for

membership

dues

to

1

an

employee

organization

under

public

employee

collective

2

bargaining,

and

including

applicability

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

20.9,

subsections

1

and

3,

Code

2026,

are

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

1.

For

negotiations

regarding

a

bargaining

unit

with

3

at

least

thirty

percent

of

members

who

are

public

safety

4

employees,

the

public

employer

and

the

employee

organization

5

shall

meet

at

reasonable

times,

including

meetings

reasonably

6

in

advance

of

the

public

employer’s

budget-making

process,

7

to

negotiate

in

good

faith

with

respect

to

wages,

hours,

8

vacations,

insurance,

holidays,

leaves

of

absence,

shift

9

differentials,

overtime

compensation,

supplemental

pay,

10

seniority,

transfer

procedures,

job

classifications,

health

11

and

safety

matters,

evaluation

procedures,

procedures

for

12

staff

reduction,

in-service

training,

grievance

procedures

13

for

resolving

any

questions

arising

under

the

agreement,

14

terms

authorizing

dues

checkoff

for

members

of

the

employee

15

organization,

and

other

matters

mutually

agreed

upon.

For

16

negotiations

regarding

a

bargaining

unit

that

does

not

have

17

at

least

thirty

percent

of

members

who

are

public

safety

18

employees,

the

public

employer

and

the

employee

organization

19

shall

meet

at

reasonable

times,

including

meetings

reasonably

20

in

advance

of

the

public

employer’s

budget-making

process,

21

to

negotiate

in

good

faith

with

respect

to

base

wages

,

22

terms

authorizing

dues

checkoff

for

members

of

the

employee

23

organization,

and

other

matters

mutually

agreed

upon.

Such

24

obligation

to

negotiate

in

good

faith

does

not

compel

either

25

party

to

agree

to

a

proposal

or

make

a

concession.

Mandatory

26

subjects

of

negotiation

specified

in

this

subsection

shall

be

27

interpreted

narrowly

and

restrictively.

28

3.

All

retirement

systems

,

dues

checkoffs,

and

other

29

payroll

deductions

for

political

action

committees

or

other

30

political

contributions

or

political

activities

shall

be

31

excluded

from

the

scope

of

negotiations.

For

negotiations

32

regarding

a

bargaining

unit

that

does

not

have

at

least

thirty

33

percent

of

members

who

are

public

safety

employees,

insurance,

34

leaves

of

absence

for

political

activities,

supplemental

pay,

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transfer

procedures,

evaluation

procedures,

procedures

for

1

staff

reduction,

and

subcontracting

public

services

shall

also

2

be

excluded

from

the

scope

of

negotiations.

3

Sec.

2.

Section

70A.17A,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

the

4

following

new

subsection:

5

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

3.

This

section

shall

not

affect

a

payroll

6

deduction

elected

by

a

state

employee

pursuant

to

section

7

70A.19.

8

Sec.

3.

Section

70A.19,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

striking

9

the

section

and

inserting

in

lieu

thereof

the

following:

10

70A.19

Duration

of

state

payroll

deduction

for

dues

of

11

employee

organization

member.

12

A

state

employee

who

elects

a

payroll

deduction

for

13

membership

dues

to

an

employee

organization

pursuant

to

the

14

provisions

of

a

collective

bargaining

agreement

negotiated

15

under

the

provisions

of

chapter

20

shall

maintain

the

deduction

16

for

a

period

of

one

year

or

until

the

expiration

of

the

17

collective

bargaining

agreement,

whichever

occurs

first.

A

18

state

employee

who

transfers

employment

to

a

position

covered

19

by

a

different

collective

bargaining

agreement

or

who

becomes

20

a

management

employee

is

not

subject

to

this

requirement.

21

With

respect

to

state

employees,

this

section

supersedes

the

22

provisions

of

section

20.9

allowing

termination

of

a

dues

23

checkoff

at

any

time

but

does

not

supersede

the

requirement

for

24

thirty

days’

written

notice

of

termination.

25

Sec.

4.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

collective

26

bargaining

procedures

pursuant

to

chapter

20

initiated

on

or

27

after

the

effective

date

of

this

Act.

28

EXPLANATION

29

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

30

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

31

This

bill

strikes

a

prohibition

on

public

entities

32

authorizing

or

administering

a

deduction

from

the

salaries

33

or

wages

of

its

employees

for

membership

dues

to

an

employee

34

organization.

The

bill

provides

that

terms

authorizing

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such

deductions

are

a

mandatory

subject

within

the

scope

of

1

negotiations

under

public

employee

collective

bargaining.

The

2

bill

provides

procedures

for

administering

such

deductions.

3

The

bill

applies

to

collective

bargaining

procedures

4

pursuant

to

Code

chapter

20

initiated

on

or

after

the

effective

5

date

of

the

bill.

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