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IA Code § 20.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.18 - Grievance procedures.

20.18 Grievance procedures.   1. An agreement with an employee organization which is the exclusive representative of public employees in an appropriate unit may provide procedures for the consideration of public employee and employee organization grievances over the interpretation and application of agreements. Negotiated procedures may provide for binding arbitration of public employee and employee organization grievances over the interpretation and application of existing agreements. An arbitrator’s decision on a grievance may not change or amend the terms, conditions, or applications of the collective bargaining agreement. Such procedures shall provide for the invoking of arbitration only with the approval of the employee organization in all instances, and in the case of an employee grievance, only with the additional approval of the public employee. The costs of arbitration shall be shared equally by the parties.   2. Public employees of the state or public employees covered by civil service shall follow either the grievance procedures provided in a collective bargaining agreement, or in the event that grievance procedures are not provided, shall follow grievance procedures established pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV, or chapter 400, as applicable.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.18]  86 Acts, ch 1118, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §145; 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §23  Referred to in §235A.15
IA Code § 20.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.19 - Impasse procedures — agreement of parties.

20.19 Impasse procedures — agreement of parties.   1. As the first step in the performance of their duty to bargain, the public employer and the employee organization shall endeavor to agree upon impasse procedures. Such agreement shall provide for implementation of these impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the certified budget submission date of the public employer. However, if public employees represented by the employee organization are teachers licensed under chapter 272, and the public employer is a school district or area education agency, the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become effective. If the public employer is a community college, the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become effective. If the public employer is not subject to the budget certification requirements of section 24.17 and other applicable sections, the agreement shall provide for implementation of impasse procedures not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the date the next fiscal or budget year of the public employer commences. If the parties fail to agree upon impasse procedures under the provisions of this section, the impasse procedures provided in sections 20.20 to 20.22 shall apply.   2. Parties who by agreement are utilizing a cooperative alternative bargaining process shall, at the outset of such process, agree upon a method and schedule for the completion of impasse procedures should they fail to reach a collective bargaining agreement through the use of such alternative bargaining process.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.19]  91 Acts, ch 174, §4; 92 Acts, ch 1011, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1227, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §107  Referred to in §20.17, 20.20
IA Code § 20.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.20 - Mediation.

20.20 Mediation.   In the absence of an impasse agreement negotiated pursuant to section 20.19 or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty days prior to the certified budget submission date, or one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become effective if public employees represented by the employee organization are teachers licensed under chapter 272 and the public employer is a school district or area education agency, the board shall, upon the request of either party, appoint an impartial and disinterested person to act as mediator. If the public employer is a community college, and in the absence of an impasse agreement negotiated pursuant to section 20.19 or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty days prior to May 31 of the year when the collective bargaining agreement is to become effective, the board, upon the request of either party, shall appoint an impartial and disinterested person to act as mediator. If the public employer is not subject to the budget certification requirements of section 24.17 or other applicable sections and in the absence of an impasse agreement negotiated pursuant to section 20.19, or the failure of either party to utilize its procedures, one hundred twenty days prior to the date the next fiscal or budget year of the public employer commences, the board, upon the request of either party, shall appoint an impartial and disinterested person to act as a mediator. It shall be the function of the mediator to bring the parties together to effectuate a settlement of the dispute, but the mediator may not compel the parties to agree.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.20]  91 Acts, ch 174, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1011, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1227, §13; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §108  Referred to in §20.17, 20.19
IA Code § 20.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.21 - Fact-finding.

20.21 Fact-finding. Repealed by 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §31.
IA Code § 20.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.23 - Legal actions.

20.23 Legal actions.   Any employee organization and public employer may sue or be sued as an entity under the provisions of this chapter. Service upon the public employer shall be in accordance with law or the rules of civil procedure. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to make any individual or the individual’s assets liable for any judgment against a public employer or an employee organization.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.23]
IA Code § 20.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.24 - Notice and service — electronic filing system.

20.24 Notice and service — electronic filing system.   The board shall by rule establish an electronic filing system for the filing or service of any notice or other document required or permitted by law to be filed with or served on or filed or served by the board. Unless otherwise provided by law, the board may by rule require the filing or service of such notice or other document through the system, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 17A concerning service or filing by mail. Any notice or other document not required by rule to be filed or served through the system shall be filed or served in accordance with chapter 17A. Unless otherwise provided by law, prescribed time periods shall commence from the date of filing or service through the system.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.24]  2010 Acts, ch 1165, §30; 2014 Acts, ch 1004, §1
IA Code § 20.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.26 - Employee organizations — political contributions — penalties.

20.26 Employee organizations — political contributions — penalties.   1. An employee organization shall not make any direct or indirect contribution out of the funds of the employee organization to any political party or organization or in support of any candidate for elective public office.   2. Any employee organization which violates the provisions of this section or fails to file any required report or affidavit or files a false report or affidavit shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand dollars.   3. Any person who willfully violates this section, or who makes a false statement knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days or shall be subject to both such fine and imprisonment. Each individual required to sign affidavits or reports under this section shall be personally responsible for filing such report or affidavit and for any statement contained therein the individual knows to be false.   4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit voluntary contributions by individuals to political parties or candidates, provided that such contributions are not made through payroll deductions.   5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or deny any civil remedy which may exist as a result of action which may violate this section.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.26]  2017 Acts, ch 2, §14, 26, 27; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  For provisions relating to applicability of 2017 amendment by 2017 Acts, ch 2, §14 to collective bargaining agreements and procedures under this chapter before, on, or after February 17, 2017, see  2017 Acts, ch 2, §26, 27
IA Code § 20.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.27 - Conflict with federal aid.

20.27 Conflict with federal aid.   If any provision of this chapter jeopardizes the receipt by the state or any of its political subdivisions of any federal grant-in-aid funds or other federal allotment of money, the provisions of this chapter shall, insofar as the fund is jeopardized, be deemed to be inoperative.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.27]
IA Code § 20.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.28 - Inconsistent statutes — effect.

20.28 Inconsistent statutes — effect.   A provision of the Code which is inconsistent with any term or condition of a collective bargaining agreement which is made final under this chapter shall supersede the term or condition of the collective bargaining agreement unless otherwise provided by the general assembly. A provision of a proposed collective bargaining agreement negotiated according to this chapter which conflicts with the Code shall not become a provision of the final collective bargaining agreement until the general assembly has amended the Code to remove the conflict.  [C79, 81, §20.28]
IA Code § 20.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.29 - Filing agreement — public access — internet site.

20.29 Filing agreement — public access — internet site.   1. Collective bargaining agreements shall be in writing and shall be signed by the parties.   2. A copy of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between a public employer and a certified employee organization and made final under this chapter shall be filed with the board by the public employer within ten days of the date on which the agreement is entered into.   3. Copies of collective bargaining agreements entered into between the state and the state employees’ bargaining representatives and made final under this chapter shall be filed with the secretary of state and be made available to the public at cost.   4. The board shall maintain an internet site that allows searchable access to a database of collective bargaining agreements and other collective bargaining information.  [C79, 81, §20.29]  2017 Acts, ch 2, §15, 26, 27  For provisions relating to applicability of 2017 amendment to collective bargaining agreements and procedures under this chapter before, on, or after February 17, 2017, see  2017 Acts, ch 2, §26, 27
IA Code § 20.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.30 - Supervisory member — no reduction before retirement.

20.30 Supervisory member — no reduction before retirement.   A supervisory member of any department or agency employed by the state of Iowa shall not be granted a voluntary reduction to a nonsupervisory rank or grade during the thirty-six months preceding retirement of the member. A member of any department or agency employed by the state of Iowa who retires in less than thirty-six months after voluntarily requesting and receiving a reduction in rank or grade from a supervisory to a nonsupervisory position shall be ineligible for a benefit to which the member is entitled as a nonsupervisory member but is not entitled as a supervisory member.  [C81, §20.30]  2017 Acts, ch 2, §16, 26, 27  For provisions relating to applicability of 2017 amendment to collective bargaining agreements and procedures under this chapter before, on, or after February 17, 2017, see  2017 Acts, ch 2, §26, 27
IA Code § 20.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.31 - Mediator privilege.

20.31 Mediator privilege.   1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Mediation” means a process in which an impartial person attempts to facilitate the resolution of a dispute by promoting voluntary agreement of the parties to the dispute. Mediation shall be deemed to commence upon the mediator’s receipt of notice of assignment and shall be deemed to conclude when the dispute is resolved.   b. “Mediator” means a member or employee of the board or any other person appointed or requested by the board to assist parties in resolving disputes involving collective bargaining impasses, contested cases, other agency cases, or contract grievances.   2. A mediator shall not be required to testify in any judicial, administrative, arbitration, or grievance proceeding regarding any matters occurring in the course of a mediation, including any verbal or written communication or behavior, other than facts relating exclusively to the timing or scheduling of mediation. A mediator shall not be required to produce or disclose any documents, including notes, memoranda, or other work product, relating to mediation, other than documents relating exclusively to the timing or scheduling of mediation. This subsection shall not apply in any of the following circumstances:   a. The testimony, production, or disclosure is required by statute.   b. The testimony, production, or disclosure provides evidence of an ongoing or future criminal activity.   c. The testimony, production, or disclosure provides evidence of child abuse as defined in section 232.68, subsection 2.  98 Acts, ch 1062, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §17, 26, 27  For provisions relating to applicability of 2017 amendment to collective bargaining agreements and procedures under this chapter before, on, or after February 17, 2017, see  2017 Acts, ch 2, §26, 27
IA Code § 20.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.32 - Transit employees — applicability.

20.32 Transit employees — applicability.   All provisions of this chapter applicable to employees described in section 20.3, subsection 11, shall be applicable on the same terms and to the same degree to any transit employee if it is determined by the director of the department of transportation, upon written confirmation from the United States department of labor, that a public employer would lose federal funding under 49 U.S.C. §5333(b) if the transit employee is not covered under certain collective bargaining rights.  2017 Acts, ch 2, §18, 26, 27  For provisions relating to applicability of 2017 amendment to collective bargaining agreements and procedures under this chapter before, on, or after February 17, 2017, see  2017 Acts, ch 2, §26, 27
IA Code § 20.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING)|Section 20.33 - Retention of costs and fees.

20.33 Retention of costs and fees.   1. All moneys paid in advance by the board and subsequently taxed as a cost to a party or parties pursuant to section 20.6, subsection 6, and section 20.11, subsection 3, shall, when reimbursed by the party or parties taxed under those sections, be retained by the board as repayment receipts and used exclusively to offset the cost of the certified shorthand reporter reporting the proceeding and of any transcript requested by the board.   2. All fees established and collected by the board pursuant to section 20.6, subsection 7, shall be retained by the board as repayment receipts and used exclusively for the purpose of covering the cost of elections required pursuant to section 20.15, including payment for the services of any vendor retained by the board to conduct or assist in the conduct of such an election.  2017 Acts, ch 169, §33
IA Code § 21.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS)|Section 21.1 - Intent — declaration of policy.

21.1 Intent — declaration of policy.   This chapter seeks to assure, through a requirement of open meetings of governmental bodies, that the basis and rationale of governmental decisions, as well as those decisions themselves, are easily accessible to the people. Ambiguity in the construction or application of this chapter should be resolved in favor of openness.  [C79, 81, §28A.1]  C85, §21.1
IA Code § 21.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS)|Section 21.2 - Definitions.

21.2 Definitions.   As used in this chapter:   1. “Governmental body” means:   a. A board, council, commission, or other governing body expressly created by the statutes of this state or by executive order.   b. A board, council, commission, or other governing body of a political subdivision or tax-supported district in this state.   c. A multimembered body formally and directly created by one or more boards, councils, commissions, or other governing bodies subject to paragraphs “a” and “b” of this subsection.   d. Those multimembered bodies to which the state board of regents or a president of a university has delegated the responsibility for the management and control of the intercollegiate athletic programs at the state universities.   e. An advisory board, advisory commission, or task force created by the governor or the general assembly to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.   f. A nonprofit corporation other than a fair conducting a fair event as provided in chapter 174, whose facilities or indebtedness are supported in whole or in part with property tax revenue and which is licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering pursuant to chapter 99D or a nonprofit corporation which is a successor to the nonprofit corporation which built the facility.   g. A nonprofit corporation licensed to conduct gambling games pursuant to chapter 99F.   h. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by statute or executive order of this state or created by an executive order of a political subdivision of this state to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.   i. The governing body of a drainage or levee district as provided in chapter 468, including a board as defined in section 468.3, regardless of how the district is organized.   j. An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, task force, or other body created by an entity organized under chapter 28E, or by the administrator or joint board specified in a chapter 28E agreement, to develop and make recommendations on public policy issues.   2. “Meeting” means a gathering in person or by electronic means, formal or informal, of a majority of the members of a governmental body where there is deliberation or action upon any matter within the scope of the governmental body’s policy-making duties. Meetings shall not include a gathering of members of a governmental body for purely ministerial or social purposes when there is no discussion of policy or no intent to avoid the purposes of this chapter.   3. “Open session” means a meeting to which all members of the public have access.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, §28A.1; C79, 81, §28A.2]  C85, §21.2  89 Acts, ch 73, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1175, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1271, §701; 91 Acts, ch 258, §26; 93 Acts, ch 25, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1019, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 132, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §31  Referred to in §9E.3, 21.11, 23.2, 331.909
IA Code § 21.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS)|Section 21.3 - Meetings of governmental bodies.

21.3 Meetings of governmental bodies.   1. Meetings of governmental bodies shall be preceded by public notice as provided in section 21.4 and shall be held in open session unless closed sessions are expressly permitted by law. Except as provided in section 21.5, all actions and discussions at meetings of governmental bodies, whether formal or informal, shall be conducted and executed in open session.   2. Each governmental body shall keep minutes of all its meetings showing the date, time and place, the members present, and the action taken at each meeting. The minutes shall show the results of each vote taken and information sufficient to indicate the vote of each member present. The vote of each member present shall be made public at the open session. The minutes shall be public records open to public inspection.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, §28A.1, 28A.5; C79, 81, §28A.3]  C85, §21.3  93 Acts, ch 25, §2; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Referred to in §372.13  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 21.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS)|Section 21.7 - Rules of conduct at meetings.

21.7 Rules of conduct at meetings.   The public may use cameras or recording devices at any open session. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a governmental body from making and enforcing reasonable rules for the conduct of its meetings to assure those meetings are orderly, and free from interference or interruption by spectators.  [C79, 81, §28A.7]  C85, §21.7
IA Code § 21.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS)|Section 21.8 - Electronic meetings.

21.8 Electronic meetings.   1. A governmental body may conduct a meeting by electronic means only in circumstances where such a meeting in person is impossible or impractical and only if the governmental body complies with all of the following:   a. The governmental body provides public access to the conversation of the meeting to the extent reasonably possible.   b. The governmental body complies with section 21.4. For the purpose of this paragraph, the place of the meeting is the place from which the communication originates or where public access is provided to the conversation.   c. Minutes are kept of the meeting. The minutes shall include a statement explaining why a meeting in person was impossible or impractical.   2. A meeting conducted in compliance with this section shall not be considered in violation of this chapter.   3. A meeting by electronic means may be conducted without complying with paragraph “a” of subsection 1 if conducted in accordance with all of the requirements for a closed session contained in section 21.5.  [C79, 81, §28A.8]  C85, §21.8  2007 Acts, ch 22, §11