House
File
2482
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2482
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
661)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
employment
protections
for
state
employees
1
who
are
veterans.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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H.F.
2482
Section
1.
Section
35C.6,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
1.
No
person
holding
a
public
position
by
appointment
or
3
employment,
and
belonging
to
any
of
the
classes
of
persons
4
to
whom
a
preference
is
granted
under
this
chapter
,
shall
5
be
removed
from
such
position
or
employment
except
for
6
incompetency
or
misconduct
shown
after
a
hearing,
upon
due
7
notice,
upon
stated
charges,
and
with
the
right
of
such
8
employee
or
appointee
to
a
review
by
a
writ
of
certiorari
or
at
9
such
person’s
election,
to
judicial
review
in
accordance
with
10
the
terms
of
the
Iowa
administrative
procedure
Act,
chapter
11
17A
,
if
that
is
otherwise
applicable
to
their
case.
Upon
12
removal
from
such
position
or
employment,
the
person
shall
be
13
provided
written
notification
of
the
right
of
such
employee
14
or
appointee
to
a
review
by
a
writ
of
certiorari
or
judicial
15
review.
A
review
by
a
writ
of
certiorari
shall
be
filed
within
16
three
hundred
days
of
the
removal
of
the
employee
or
appointee.
17
2.
Upon
a
showing
of
good
cause,
a
court
shall
seal
18
materials
submitted
to
it
in
relation
to
the
review
of
a
19
decision
to
remove
a
veteran
pursuant
to
this
section
that
the
20
court
determines
to
be
confidential
in
nature,
including
but
21
not
limited
to
documents
relating
to
a
person’s
medical
history
22
or
health,
financial
information,
and
personal
identifying
23
information.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
requires
a
court
to
seal
materials
submitted
to
28
it
in
relation
to
the
review
of
a
decision
to
remove
a
veteran
29
from
a
public
position
to
which
the
veteran
was
appointed
or
30
employed
if
the
court
determines
the
materials
are
confidential
31
in
nature,
including
but
not
limited
to
documents
relating
to
a
32
person’s
medical
history
or
health,
financial
information,
and
33
personal
identifying
information.
34
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