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2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.4 - Exclusions.

20.4 Exclusions.
The following public employees shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter:
1. Elected officials and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices, and members of any board or commission.
2. Representatives of a public employer, including the administrative officer, director or chief executive officer of a public employer or major division thereof as well as the officer’s or director’s deputy, first assistant, and any supervisory employees. “Supervisory employee” means any individual having authority in the interest of the public employer to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other public employees, or the responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if, in connection with the foregoing, exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment. All school superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and assistant principals shall be deemed to be supervisory employees.
3. Confidential employees.
4. Students working as part-time public employees twenty hours per week or less, except graduate or other postgraduate students in preparation for a profession who are engaged in academically related employment as a teaching, research, or service assistant.
5. Temporary public employees employed for a period of four months or less.
6. Commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Iowa national guard.
7. Judicial officers, and confidential, professional, or supervisory employees of the judicial branch.
8. Patients and inmates employed, sentenced or committed to any state or local institution.
9. Persons employed by the state department of justice, except nonsupervisory employees of the consumer advocate division who are employed primarily for the purpose of performing technical analysis of nonlegal issues.
10. Persons employed by the credit union division of the department of commerce.
11. Persons employed by the banking division of the department of commerce.
12. The appointee serving as the coordinator of the office of renewable fuels and coproducts, as provided in section 159A.3.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.4]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10012, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §230; 86 Acts, ch 1246, §612; 89 Acts, ch 158, §3; 89 Acts, ch 296, §5; 91 Acts, ch 254, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §9; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §12; 2007 Acts, ch 88, §1; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §5
Referred to in §12.9, 20.3, 279.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.5 - Public employment relations board.

20.5 Public employment relations board.
1. There is established a board to be known as the “Public Employment Relations Board”.
a. The board shall consist of three members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate. In selecting the members of the board, consideration shall be given to their knowledge, ability, and experience in the field of labor-management relations. No more than two members shall be of the same political affiliation, no member shall engage in any political activity while holding office and the members shall devote full time to their duties.
b. The members shall be appointed for staggered terms of four years beginning and ending as provided in section 69.19.
c. The member first appointed for a term of four years shall serve as chairperson and each of the member’s successors shall also serve as chairperson.
d. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled in the same manner as regular appointments are made.
2. The board may employ such persons as are necessary for the performance of its functions. Personnel of the board shall be employed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
3. The chairperson and the remaining two members shall be compensated as provided in section 7E.6, subsection 5. Members of the board and employees of the board shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. All expenses and salaries shall be paid from appropriations for such purposes and the board shall be subject to the budget requirements of chapter 8.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.5]
2003 Acts, ch 145, §144; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §25; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §82; 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §5
Referred to in §20.3, 357A.21
Confirmation, see §2.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.6 - General powers and duties of the board.

20.6 General powers and duties of the board.
The board shall:
1. Administer the provisions of this chapter.
2. Collect, for public employers other than the state and its boards, commissions, departments, and agencies, data and conduct studies relating to wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of public employment and make the same available to any interested person or organization.
3. Establish minimum qualifications for arbitrators and mediators, establish procedures for appointing, maintaining, and removing from a list persons representative of the public to be available to serve as arbitrators and mediators, and establish compensation rates for arbitrators and mediators.
4. Hold hearings and administer oaths, examine witnesses and documents, take testimony and receive evidence, issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, and delegate such power to a member of the board, persons appointed or employed by the board, including administrative law judges, or administrative law judges employed by the division of administrative hearings created by section 10A.801, for the performance of its functions. The board may petition the district court at the seat of government or of the county where a hearing is held to enforce a board order compelling the attendance of witnesses and production of records.
5. Adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17A as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
6. Appoint a certified shorthand reporter to report state employee grievance and discipline resolution proceedings pursuant to section 8A.415 and fix a reasonable amount of compensation for such service and for any transcript requested by the board, which amounts shall be taxed as other costs.
7. Contract with a vendor as the board may deem necessary to conduct elections required by section 20.15 on behalf of the board. The board shall establish fees by rule pursuant to chapter 17A to cover the cost of elections required by section 20.15. Such fees shall be paid in advance of an election and shall be paid by each employee organization listed on the ballot.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.6]
88 Acts, ch 1109, §5; 91 Acts, ch 174, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1202, §28, 46; 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §2, 3, 26, 27
Referred to in §20.33
Personnel appeals, see §8A.415
Appeals of adverse employment actions against whistleblowers, see §70A.28
For provisions relating to applicability of 2017 amendments to collective bargaining agreements and procedures under this chapter before, on, or after February 17, 2017, see
2017 Acts, ch 2, §26, 27
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.7 - Public employer rights.

20.7 Public employer rights.
Public employers shall have, in addition to all powers, duties, and rights established by constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, charter, or special act, the exclusive power, duty, and the right to:
1. Direct the work of its public employees.
2. Hire, evaluate, promote, demote, transfer, assign, and retain public employees in positions within the public agency.
3. Suspend or discharge public employees for proper cause.
4. Maintain the efficiency of governmental operations.
5. Relieve public employees from duties because of lack of work or for other legitimate reasons.
6. Determine and implement methods, means, assignments, and personnel by which the public employer’s operations are to be conducted.
7. Take such actions as may be necessary to carry out the mission of the public employer.
8. Initiate, prepare, certify, and administer its budget.
9. Exercise all powers and duties granted to the public employer by law.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.7]
2017 Acts, ch 2, §4, 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.8 - Public employee rights.

20.8 Public employee rights.
Public employees shall have the right to:
1. Organize, or form, join, or assist any employee organization.
2. Negotiate collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
3. Engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection insofar as any such activity is not prohibited by this chapter or any other law of the state.
4. Refuse to join or participate in the activities of employee organizations, including the payment of any dues, fees or assessments or service fees of any type.
5. Exercise any right or seek any remedy provided by law, including but not limited to those rights and remedies available under sections 70A.28 and 70A.29, chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and chapters 216 and 400.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.8]
2017 Acts, ch 2, §5, 26, 27
Referred to in §20.10
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
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.11 - Prohibited practice violations.

20.11 Prohibited practice violations.
1. Proceedings against a party alleging a violation of section 20.10 shall be commenced by filing a complaint with the board within ninety days of the alleged violation, causing a copy of the complaint to be served upon the accused party. The accused party shall have ten days within which to file a written answer to the complaint. However, the board may conduct a preliminary investigation of the alleged violation, and if the board determines that the complaint has no basis in fact, the board may dismiss the complaint. The board shall promptly thereafter set a time and place for hearing in the county where the alleged violation occurred, provided, however, that the presiding officer may conduct the hearing through the use of technology from a remote location. The parties shall be permitted to be represented by counsel, summon witnesses, and request the board to subpoena witnesses on the requester’s behalf. Compliance with the technical rules of pleading and evidence shall not be required.
2. The board may designate one of its members, an administrative law judge, or any other qualified person employed by the board to serve as the presiding officer at the hearing. The presiding officer has the powers as may be exercised by the board for conducting the hearing and shall follow the procedures adopted by the board for conducting the hearing. The proposed decision of the presiding officer may be appealed to the board, or reviewed on motion of the board, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17A.
3. The board shall appoint a certified shorthand reporter to report the proceedings and the board shall fix the reasonable amount of compensation for such service, and for any transcript requested by the board, which amounts shall be taxed as other costs.
4. The board shall file its findings of fact and conclusions of law within sixty days of the close of any hearing, receipt of the transcript, or submission of any briefs. If the board finds that the party accused has committed a prohibited practice, the board may, within thirty days of its decision, enter into a consent order with the party to discontinue the practice, or after the thirty days following the decision may petition the district court for injunctive relief pursuant to
rules of civil procedure 1.1501 to 1.1511
.
5. The board’s review of proposed decisions and the rehearing or judicial review of final decisions is governed by the provisions of chapter 17A.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.11]
88 Acts, ch 1109, §6; 89 Acts, ch 296, §6, 7; 91 Acts, ch 174, §2; 2010 Acts, ch 1165, §14
Referred to in §20.33
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.13 - Bargaining unit determination.

20.13 Bargaining unit determination.
1. Board determination of an appropriate bargaining unit shall be upon petition filed by a public employer, public employee, or employee organization.
2. Within thirty days of receipt of a petition, the board shall conduct a public hearing, receive written or oral testimony, and promptly thereafter file an order defining the appropriate bargaining unit. In defining the unit, the board shall take into consideration, along with other relevant factors, the principles of efficient administration of government, the existence of a community of interest among public employees, the history and extent of public employee organization, geographical location, and the recommendations of the parties involved.
3. Appeals from such order shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 17A.
4. Professional and nonprofessional employees shall not be included in the same bargaining unit unless a majority of both agree.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.13]
2010 Acts, ch 1165, §15
Referred to in §20.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.14 - Bargaining representative determination.

20.14 Bargaining representative determination.
1. Board certification of an employee organization as the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit shall be upon a petition filed with the board by a public employer, public employee, or an employee organization and an election conducted pursuant to section 20.15.
2. The petition of an employee organization shall allege that:
a. The employee organization has submitted a request to a public employer to bargain collectively on behalf of a designated group of public employees.
b. The petition is accompanied by written evidence that thirty percent of such public employees are members of the employee organization or have authorized it to represent them for the purposes of collective bargaining.
3. The petition of a public employee shall allege that an employee organization which has been certified as the bargaining representative does not represent a majority of such public employees and that the petitioners do not want to be represented by an employee organization or seek certification of an employee organization.
4. The petition of a public employer shall allege that it has received a request to bargain from an employee organization which has not been certified as the bargaining representative of the public employees in an appropriate bargaining unit.
5. The board shall investigate the allegations of any petition and shall give reasonable notice of the receipt of such a petition to all public employees, employee organizations and public employers named or described in such petitions or interested in the representation questioned. The board shall thereafter call an election under section 20.15, unless:
a. It finds that less than thirty percent of the public employees in the unit appropriate for collective bargaining support the petition for decertification or for certification.
b. The appropriate bargaining unit has not been determined pursuant to section 20.13.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.14]
2010 Acts, ch 1165, §16, 17
Referred to in §20.12, 20.15, 22.7(69)
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 20 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (COLLECTIVE BARGAINING) › Section 20.16 - Duty to bargain.

20.16 Duty to bargain.
Upon the receipt by a public employer of a request from an employee organization to bargain on behalf of public employees, the duty to engage in collective bargaining shall arise if the employee organization has been certified by the board as the exclusive bargaining representative for the public employees in that bargaining unit.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §20.16]
2023 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
2023 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 and 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; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §11
Referred to in §20.17, 20.20
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS) › Section 21.9 - Employment conditions discussed.

21.9 Employment conditions discussed.
A meeting of a governmental body to discuss strategy in matters relating to employment conditions of employees of the governmental body who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement under chapter 20 is exempt from this chapter. For the purpose of this section, “employment conditions” mean areas included in the scope of negotiations listed in section 20.9.
[81 Acts, ch 30, §1]
C83, §28A.9
C85, §21.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS) › Section 21.10 - Information to be provided.

21.10 Information to be provided.
The authority which appoints members of governmental bodies shall provide the members with information about this chapter and chapter 22. The appropriate commissioner of elections shall provide that information to members of elected governmental bodies.
89 Acts, ch 73, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 21 - OFFICIAL MEETINGS OPEN TO PUBLIC (OPEN MEETINGS) › Section 21.11 - Applicability to nonprofit corporations.

21.11 Applicability to nonprofit corporations.
This chapter applies to nonprofit corporations which are defined as governmental bodies subject to section 21.2, subsection 1, paragraph “f”, only when the meetings conducted by the nonprofit corporations relate to the conduct of pari-mutuel racing and wagering pursuant to chapter 99D.
90 Acts, ch 1175, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 22 - EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS (OPEN RECORDS) › Section 22.2 - Right to examine public records — exceptions.

22.2 Right to examine public records — exceptions.
1. Every person shall have the right to examine and copy a public record and to publish or otherwise disseminate a public record or the information contained in a public record. Unless otherwise provided for by law, the right to examine a public record shall include the right to examine a public record without charge while the public record is in the physical possession of the custodian of the public record. The right to copy a public record shall include the right to make photographs or photographic copies while the public record is in the possession of the custodian of the public record. All rights under this section are in addition to the right to obtain a certified copy of a public record under section 622.46.
2. A government body shall not prevent the examination or copying of a public record by contracting with a nongovernment body to perform any of its duties or functions.
3. If feasible, the custodian of a public record may provide for the electronic examination and copying of a public record in lieu of requiring in-person examination and copying of a public record. This subsection does not apply to searches of all indexes, general and specific, of public records relating to documents, instruments, and muniments of title, for the purpose of performing title searches, real property searches, or creating real property abstracts.
4. However, notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, a government body is not required to permit access to or use of the following:
a. A geographic computer database by any person except upon terms and conditions acceptable to the governing body. The governing body shall establish reasonable rates and procedures for the retrieval of specified records, which are not confidential records, stored in the database upon the request of any person.
b. Data processing software developed by the government body or developed by a nongovernment body and used by a government body pursuant to a contractual relationship with the nongovernment body, as provided in section 22.3A.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68A.2]
84 Acts, ch 1185, §2
C85, §22.2
89 Acts, ch 189, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1099, §14; 98 Acts, ch 1224, §17; 2015 Acts, ch 42, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1103, §32, 51
Referred to in §8A.106, 8A.341, 22.14, 68B.32A, 331.608, 357A.11A, 388.9, 388.9A, 459.304, 459A.208, 502.809, 904.602
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 22 - EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS (OPEN RECORDS) › Section 22.4 - Public records requests.

22.4 Public records requests.
The rights of persons under this chapter may be exercised under any of the following circumstances:
1. In person, at any time during the customary office hours of the lawful custodian of the records. However, if the lawful custodian does not have customary office hours of at least thirty hours per week, such right may be exercised at any time from 9:00 a.m. to noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays, unless the person exercising such right and the lawful custodian agree on a different time.
2. In writing, by telephone, or by electronic means. The lawful custodian of the records shall post information for making such requests in a manner reasonably calculated to apprise the public of that information.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68A.4]
84 Acts, ch 1185, §3
C85, §22.4
2020 Acts, ch 1103, §33, 51
Referred to in §8A.341
2023 Iowa Code › Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT › Chapter 22 - EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC RECORDS (OPEN RECORDS) › Section 22.5 - Enforcement of rights.

22.5 Enforcement of rights.
The provisions of this chapter and all rights of persons under this chapter may be enforced by mandamus or injunction, whether or not any other remedy is also available. In the alternative, rights under this chapter also may be enforced by an action for judicial review according to the provisions of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A, if the records involved are records of an “agency” as defined in that Act.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §68A.5]
84 Acts, ch 1185, §4
C85, §22.5
2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
Referred to in §8A.341