Bill Text: IA HF588 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the establishment of permanent emergency personnel positions directly related to certain disasters. (Formerly HSB 112.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Introduced, referred to Labor. H.J. 601. [HF588 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF588-Introduced.html

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House File 588 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
                                     SAFETY

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 112)

                                 (COMPANION TO LSB
                                     1323SV BY COMMITTEE ON
                                     STATE GOVERNMENT)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of permanent emergency
  2    personnel positions directly related to certain disasters.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 29C.8, Code 2017, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The director may establish permanent
  1  4 emergency personnel positions that are directly related to the
  1  5 governor's proclamation of a state of disaster emergency or
  1  6 when the president of the United States has declared a major
  1  7 disaster to exist in this state.  All such emergency personnel
  1  8 shall be exempt from the merit system described in chapter 8A,
  1  9 subchapter IV, and shall be excluded from collective bargaining
  1 10 as described in chapter 20.  All such emergency personnel shall
  1 11 be classified, compensated, and eligible to receive benefits in
  1 12 accordance with chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    This bill provides that the director of the department
  1 17 of homeland security and emergency management may establish
  1 18 permanent emergency personnel positions that are directly
  1 19 related to the governor's proclamation of a state of disaster
  1 20 emergency or when the president of the United States has
  1 21 declared a major disaster to exist in this state.  The bill
  1 22 provides that all such emergency personnel shall be exempt
  1 23 from the merit system as provided in Code chapter 8A and
  1 24 excluded from collective bargaining under Code chapter 20.  The
  1 25 bill further provides that such emergency personnel shall be
  1 26 classified, compensated, and eligible to receive benefits in
  1 27 accordance with Code chapter 8A.
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