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BY
McCLINTOCK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
credit
for
accrued
sick
leave
for
certain
law
1
enforcement
officers.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.23A
Credit
for
accrued
sick
1
leave
——
law
enforcement
officers.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Eligible
law
enforcement
officer”
means
a
law
enforcement
4
officer
eligible
to
receive
retirement
benefits
under
an
5
eligible
retirement
system
on
or
after
July
1,
2025.
6
b.
“Eligible
retirement
system”
means
a
retirement
system
7
authorized
under
chapter
97B
or
411.
8
c.
“Law
enforcement
officer”
means
a
law
enforcement
9
officer,
as
defined
in
section
80B.3,
who
is
not
authorized
to
10
receive
credit
for
accrued
sick
leave
as
provided
in
section
11
70A.23.
12
2.
An
eligible
law
enforcement
officer,
excluding
a
law
13
enforcement
officer
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
14
agreement
which
provides
otherwise,
who
retires
and
has
applied
15
for
retirement
benefits
under
an
eligible
retirement
system,
16
or
who
dies
while
in
active
employment,
shall
be
credited
with
17
the
number
of
accrued
days
of
sick
leave
of
the
law
enforcement
18
officer.
The
law
enforcement
officer,
or
the
law
enforcement
19
officer’s
estate,
shall
receive
a
cash
payment
of
the
monetary
20
value
of
the
officer’s
accrued
sick
leave
balance,
not
to
21
exceed
two
thousand
dollars.
The
value
of
the
officer’s
22
accrued
sick
leave
balance
shall
be
calculated
by
multiplying
23
the
number
of
hours
of
accrued
sick
leave
by
the
officer’s
24
regular
hourly
rate
of
pay
at
the
time
of
retirement.
25
3.
a.
An
eligible
law
enforcement
officer,
excluding
an
26
officer
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
which
27
provides
otherwise,
who
retires
and
receives
a
payment
as
28
provided
in
subsection
2,
shall
be
entitled
to
elect
to
have
29
the
officer’s
available
remaining
value
of
sick
leave
used
to
30
pay
the
employer’s
share
for
the
officer’s
continuation
of
31
group
health
insurance
coverage
pursuant
to
the
requirements
32
of
this
subsection.
33
b.
An
eligible
law
enforcement
officer’s
available
34
remaining
value
of
sick
leave
shall
be
available
to
pay
for
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that
portion
of
the
officer’s
group
health
insurance
premium
1
that
would
otherwise
be
paid
for
by
the
employer
if
the
2
officer
were
still
employed
by
the
employer.
The
benefits
3
provided
for
in
this
subsection
have
no
cash
value
and
are
4
not
transferable
to
any
other
person,
including
the
retiree’s
5
spouse.
Payment
of
group
health
insurance
premiums
pursuant
6
to
this
subsection
continues
until
the
earliest
of
when
the
7
eligible
law
enforcement
officer’s
available
remaining
value
8
of
sick
leave
is
exhausted,
the
officer
otherwise
becomes
9
eligible
for
federal
Medicare
program
benefits,
or
the
officer
10
dies.
In
addition,
a
law
enforcement
officer
electing
benefits
11
pursuant
to
this
subsection
who
is
reinstated
or
reemployed
in
12
a
permanent
full-time
or
permanent
part-time
position
by
the
13
law
enforcement
officer’s
previous
government
employer
forfeits
14
any
remaining
benefits
for
payment
of
group
health
insurance
15
benefits,
and
such
law
enforcement
officer
is
not
eligible
for
16
restoration
of
the
unused
sick
leave
accrued
during
the
law
17
enforcement
officer’s
prior
employment
with
the
employer.
18
Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
19
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
provides
credit
for
accrued
sick
leave
for
certain
24
retired
law
enforcement
officers.
25
The
bill
defines
an
“eligible
law
enforcement
officer”
as
a
26
law
enforcement
officer
who
is
eligible
to
receive
retirement
27
benefits
under
a
retirement
system
under
Code
chapter
97B
28
or
411
on
or
after
July
1,
2025.
The
bill
defines
“law
29
enforcement
officer”
to
mean
as
provided
in
Code
section
80B.3,
30
excluding
those
authorized
to
receive
credit
for
accrued
sick
31
leave
under
Code
section
70A.23.
32
The
bill
provides
that
an
eligible
law
enforcement
officer,
33
excluding
officers
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
34
agreement
which
provides
otherwise,
who
retires
or
is
eligible
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to
retire
and
dies
while
in
active
employment,
can
receive
a
1
cash
payment
of
up
to
$2,000
for
the
officer’s
unused
sick
2
leave.
The
bill
further
provides
that
the
remaining
value
of
3
sick
leave
shall
be
available
to
pay
for
that
portion
of
the
4
officer’s
group
health
insurance
premium
that
would
otherwise
5
be
paid
for
by
the
employer
if
the
officer
were
still
employed
6
by
the
employer.
7
The
payment
of
premiums
from
accrued
sick
leave
continues
8
until
the
balance
of
the
law
enforcement
officer’s
banked
9
value
of
eligible
accrued
sick
leave
is
exhausted,
the
retiree
10
otherwise
becomes
eligible
for
Medicare,
or
the
officer
dies.
11
In
addition,
the
bill
provides
that
if
the
law
enforcement
12
officer
returns
to
permanent
full-time
or
part-time
employment
13
with
the
officer’s
previous
government
employer,
any
unused
14
sick
leave
balances
are
forfeited
and
the
officer
is
not
15
eligible
for
restoration
of
the
unused
sick
leave
accrued
16
during
the
prior
employment.
17
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
18
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
19
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
20
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
21
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
22
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
23
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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