Iowa SF 37: A bill for an act relating to public employers providing office space to employee organizations and making penalties applicable.

Bill Text

Senate
File
37
-
Introduced

SENATE
FILE
37

BY
ZAUN

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
public
employers
providing
office
space
to
1

employee
organizations
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3

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S.F.
37

Section
1.
Section
20.10,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
1

amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2

NEW
PARAGRAPH

.
i.
Violate
section
20.26A.
3

Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
20.26A
Employee
organizations
——
4

office
space.
5

A
public
employer
shall
not
provide
an
employee
organization
6

with
office
space
under
the
control
of
the
public
employer
7

at
a
cost
that
is
less
than
the
market
value
of
a
lease
for
8

comparable
office
space.
9

EXPLANATION
10

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12

This
bill
prohibits
a
public
employer
from
providing
office
13

space
to
an
employee
organization
at
a
rate
less
than
market
14

value.
The
bill
provides
that
a
violation
of
the
prohibition
15

is
a
prohibited
practice
under
Code
chapter
20
and
subject
16

to
the
remedies
provided
in
Code
chapter
20
for
prohibited
17

practices.
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