Opinion ID: 2042994
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Heading: Iowa Public Employment Relations Act.

Text: The Iowa Public Employment Relations Act is found at Iowa Code chapter 20. The chapter establishes collective bargaining between state government and its employees. PERB, created by section 20.5, is charged with administrating the provisions of the chapter. Iowa Code § 20.6(1). Pursuant to section 17A.9, PERB has provided by rule for declaratory rulings. 621 Iowa Admin.Code 10.1 (1986) (formerly 660 Iowa Admin.Code 10.1 (1985)). One of PERB's tasks is to determine, upon request, whether a given subject is a mandatory, permissive, or illegal subject of bargaining. See Iowa Code § 20.9; Note, The Scope of Negotiations Under the Iowa Public Employment Relations Act, 63 Iowa L.Rev. 649, 668-70 (1978).