Bill Text: IA HF55 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the awarding of bonuses to appointed state officers and state employees and to employees of entities receiving government funds pursuant to a service contract with the state and providing an effective date.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF55 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF55-Introduced.html
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BY
BAUDLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
awarding
of
bonuses
to
appointed
state
1
officers
and
state
employees
and
to
employees
of
entities
2
receiving
government
funds
pursuant
to
a
service
contract
3
with
the
state
and
providing
an
effective
date.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8F.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Information
that
the
recipient
entity’s
3
policies
prohibit
the
use
of
any
of
the
moneys
received
4
pursuant
to
a
service
contract
to
provide
bonuses
to
officers
5
or
employees
of
the
recipient
entity.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
70A.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
1.
Salaries
specifically
provided
for
in
an
appropriation
9
Act
of
the
general
assembly
shall
be
in
lieu
of
existing
10
statutory
salaries,
for
the
positions
provided
for
in
the
Act,
11
and
all
salaries,
including
longevity
where
applicable
by
12
express
provision
in
the
Code,
shall
be
paid
according
to
the
13
provisions
of
chapter
91A
and
shall
be
in
full
compensation
14
of
all
services,
including
any
service
on
committees,
boards,
15
commissions
or
similar
duty
for
Iowa
government,
except
for
16
members
of
the
general
assembly.
A
state
employee
on
an
annual
17
salary
shall
not
be
paid
for
a
pay
period
an
amount
which
18
exceeds
the
employee’s
annual
salary
transposed
into
a
rate
19
applicable
to
the
pay
period
by
dividing
the
annual
salary
by
20
the
number
of
pay
periods
in
the
fiscal
year.
Salaries
for
21
state
employees
covered
by
the
overtime
payment
provisions
of
22
the
federal
Fair
Labor
Standards
Act
shall
be
established
on
an
23
hourly
basis.
In
addition,
unless
otherwise
authorized
by
law
24
or
required
pursuant
to
a
collective
bargaining
agreement,
a
25
state
employee
shall
not
receive
any
additional
remuneration
in
26
the
form
of
a
bonus,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
retention
27
bonus,
recruitment
bonus,
exceptional
job
performance
pay,
28
extraordinary
job
performance
pay,
exceptional
performance
29
pay,
extraordinary
duty
pay,
or
extraordinary
or
special
duty
30
pay,
for
or
during
the
time
period
beginning
on
or
after
the
31
effective
date
of
this
Act.
32
Sec.
3.
Section
602.1401,
subsection
6,
Code
2011,
is
33
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
6.
The
benefits
plan
established
by
the
supreme
court
may
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provide
for
benefits
to
court
employees
not
covered
under
1
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
entered
into
pursuant
to
2
chapter
20
,
notwithstanding
any
contrary
provision
of
section
3
70A.1
or
70A.23
,
consistent
with
benefits
provided
to
court
4
employees
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
5
entered
into
with
the
state
court
administrator
pursuant
to
6
chapter
20
.
Court
employees
not
covered
under
a
collective
7
bargaining
agreement,
however,
shall
not
receive
any
additional
8
remuneration
in
the
form
of
a
bonus,
including
but
not
limited
9
to
a
retention
bonus,
recruitment
bonus,
exceptional
job
10
performance
pay,
extraordinary
job
performance
pay,
exceptional
11
performance
pay,
extraordinary
duty
pay,
or
extraordinary
or
12
special
duty
pay,
for
or
during
the
time
period
beginning
on
or
13
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
14
Sec.
4.
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193,
section
17,
subsection
15
3,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
16
3.
A
person
whose
salary
is
established
pursuant
to
this
17
section
and
who
is
a
full-time,
year-round
employee
of
the
18
state
shall
not
receive
any
other
remuneration
from
the
state
19
or
from
any
other
source
for
the
performance
of
that
person’s
20
duties
unless
the
additional
remuneration
is
first
approved
by
21
the
governor
or
authorized
by
law
.
However,
this
provision
22
does
not
exclude
the
reimbursement
for
necessary
travel
and
23
expenses
incurred
in
the
performance
of
duties
or
fringe
24
benefits
normally
provided
to
employees
of
the
state.
25
Sec.
5.
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193,
section
21,
is
amended
26
to
read
as
follows:
27
SEC.
21
BONUS
PAY.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
28
2010,
and
ending
June
30,
2011,
employees
of
the
executive
29
branch,
judicial
branch,
and
legislative
branch
shall
not
30
receive
bonus
pay
unless
otherwise
authorized
by
law,
required
31
pursuant
to
a
contract
of
employment
entered
into
before
July
32
1,
2010,
or
required
pursuant
to
a
collective
bargaining
33
agreement.
This
section
does
not
apply
to
employees
of
the
34
state
board
of
regents.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“bonus
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pay”
means
any
additional
remuneration
provided
an
employee
in
1
the
form
of
a
bonus,
including
but
not
limited
to
a
retention
2
bonus,
recruitment
bonus,
exceptional
job
performance
pay,
3
extraordinary
job
performance
pay,
exceptional
performance
pay,
4
extraordinary
duty
pay,
or
extraordinary
or
special
duty
pay,
5
and
any
extra
benefit
not
otherwise
provided
to
other
similarly
6
situated
employees.
7
Sec.
6.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
8
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
9
EXPLANATION
10
This
bill
prohibits
the
granting
of
bonuses
to
state
11
employees
and
the
use
of
government
moneys
to
provide
bonuses
12
to
employees
of
an
entity
that
enters
into
a
service
contract
13
with
the
state.
14
Code
section
8F.3,
concerning
contractual
requirements
15
for
entities
entering
into
a
service
contract
with
a
state
16
agency,
is
amended
to
provide
that
the
entity
entering
into
the
17
contract
shall
have
policies
in
place
prohibiting
the
use
of
18
any
of
the
moneys
received
pursuant
to
the
service
contract
19
to
provide
bonuses
to
officers
or
employees
of
the
entity.
20
Code
section
70A.1,
concerning
salaries
and
benefits
of
state
21
employees,
is
amended
to
provide
that
no
bonuses
shall
be
paid
22
to
state
employees
unless
otherwise
authorized
by
law
or
a
23
collective
bargaining
agreement.
24
Code
section
602.1401
is
amended
to
prohibit
the
granting
25
of
bonuses
to
court
employees
not
covered
under
a
collective
26
bargaining
agreement.
27
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193,
concerning
the
pay
of
28
appointed
state
officers,
is
amended
to
eliminate
the
ability
29
of
the
officers
to
receive
additional
remuneration
if
approved
30
by
the
governor
or
otherwise
authorized
by
law.
31
The
bill
further
amends
2010
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1193,
to
32
make
the
section
21
prohibition
against
granting
bonus
pay
33
applicable
to
employees
of
the
state
board
of
regents.
34
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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