Bill Text: IA HF2075 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for publication of and public hearings regarding proposed public employee collective bargaining agreements and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-25 - Subcommittee, Sheets, T. Taylor, and Watts. H.J. 116. [HF2075 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2075-Introduced.html
House File 2075 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WILLS A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for publication of and public hearings 2 regarding proposed public employee collective bargaining 3 agreements and including applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5156YH (4) 86 je/ec PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 20.17, Code 2016, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. Before a proposed collective 1 4 bargaining agreement is submitted to the employee organization 1 5 for a ratification election, the public employer shall reduce 1 6 the terms of the proposed collective bargaining agreement 1 7 to writing and publish the proposed collective bargaining 1 8 agreement on the internet site of the public employer or, 1 9 if the public employer does not have an internet site, by 1 10 another method authorized by the board by rule pursuant to 1 11 chapter 17A. No earlier than fourteen days after the proposed 1 12 collective bargaining agreement is published as provided in 1 13 this subsection, the public employer shall hold a public 1 14 hearing at which the public employer shall hear comments 1 15 from the public regarding the proposed collective bargaining 1 16 agreement. The public employer shall publish the time, place, 1 17 and procedures for the public hearing along with the proposed 1 18 collective bargaining agreement. The board shall establish 1 19 permissible procedures for such public hearings by rule 1 20 pursuant to chapter 17A. Following the public hearing, the 1 21 public employer may accept or reject the proposed collective 1 22 bargaining agreement. If the public employer accepts the 1 23 proposed collective bargaining agreement, a ratification 1 24 election shall be held pursuant to subsection 4. If the public 1 25 employer rejects the proposed collective bargaining agreement, 1 26 the employee organization and the public employer shall 1 27 continue negotiations as provided in this section. 1 28 Sec. 2. Section 20.17, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended 1 29 to read as follows: 1 30 4. The terms of a proposed collective bargaining agreement 1 31 accepted by the public employer after the procedures of 1 32 subsection 3A have been followed shall be made available to 1 33 the public by the public employer and reasonable notice shall 1 34 be given to the public employees by the employee organization 1 35 prior to a ratification election. The collective bargaining 2 1 agreement shall become effective only if ratified by a majority 2 2 of those voting by secret ballot. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 20.22, subsections 9 and 10, Code 2016, are 2 4 amended to read as follows: 2 5 9. The arbitrator shallselectmake an initial selection 2 6 within fifteen days after the hearing of the most reasonable 2 7 offer, in the arbitrator's judgment, of the final offers on 2 8 each impasse item submitted by the parties. 2 9 10. The final selections by the arbitrator, after 2 10 the procedures of subsection 9A have been followed, and 2 11 items agreed upon by the public employer and the employee 2 12 organization, shall be deemed to be the collective bargaining 2 13 agreement between the parties. 2 14 Sec. 4. Section 20.22, Code 2016, is amended by adding the 2 15 following new subsection: 2 16 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. The public employer shall reduce the 2 17 initial selections by the arbitrator and items agreed upon by 2 18 the public employer and the employee organization to writing 2 19 as a proposed collective bargaining agreement and publish the 2 20 proposed collective bargaining agreement on the internet site 2 21 of the public employer or, if the public employer does not have 2 22 an internet site, by another method authorized by the board 2 23 by rule pursuant to chapter 17A. No earlier than fourteen 2 24 days after the proposed collective bargaining agreement is 2 25 published as provided in this subsection, the arbitrator shall 2 26 hold a public hearing at which the arbitrator shall hear 2 27 comments from the public regarding the proposed collective 2 28 bargaining agreement. The public employer shall publish the 2 29 time, place, and procedures for the public hearing along with 2 30 the proposed collective bargaining agreement. The board shall 2 31 establish permissible procedures for such public hearings by 2 32 rule pursuant to chapter 17A. Following the public hearing, 2 33 the arbitrator may accept or revise the initial selections and 2 34 shall issue a final selection on each impasse item submitted 2 35 by the parties. 3 1 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to collective 3 2 bargaining negotiations entered into and binding arbitrations 3 3 to which parties submit pursuant to chapter 20 on or after 3 4 January 1, 2017. 3 5 EXPLANATION 3 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 7 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 8 This bill requires a public employer participating in 3 9 collective bargaining negotiations under Code chapter 20, the 3 10 Public Employment Relations Act, to reduce the terms of a 3 11 proposed collective bargaining agreement to writing and publish 3 12 the proposed collective bargaining agreement on the internet 3 13 site of the public employer. 3 14 The bill also requires that the public employer hold a 3 15 public hearing at which the public employer shall hear comments 3 16 from the public regarding the proposed collective bargaining 3 17 agreement. The hearing can be held no earlier than 14 days 3 18 after the proposed collective bargaining agreement is published 3 19 as provided in the bill. The bill requires the public 3 20 employer to publish the time, place, and procedures for the 3 21 public hearing along with the proposed collective bargaining 3 22 agreement. The bill requires the public employment relations 3 23 board to establish permissible procedures for such public 3 24 hearings by administrative rule. The bill permits the public 3 25 employer to accept or reject the proposed collective bargaining 3 26 agreement following the public hearing. If the public employer 3 27 accepts the proposed collective bargaining agreement, it is 3 28 subject to a ratification election. If the public employer 3 29 rejects the agreement, the employee organization and the public 3 30 employer continue negotiations. 3 31 A ratification election for a proposed collective bargaining 3 32 agreement cannot be held until after the requirements of the 3 33 bill have been followed. 3 34 The bill requires similar procedures for arbitrations of 3 35 public employee collective bargaining. 4 1 The bill applies to collective bargaining negotiations 4 2 entered into and binding arbitrations to which parties submit 4 3 pursuant to Code chapter 20 on or after January 1, 2017. LSB 5156YH (4) 86 je/ec
