Bill Text: IA SF180 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing credit for accrued sick leave for certain law enforcement officers and making a state mandate inapplicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-31 - Subcommittee: Schultz, Boulton, and Dawson. S.J. 218. [SF180 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF180-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
McCLINTOCK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
credit
for
accrued
sick
leave
for
certain
1
law
enforcement
officers
and
making
a
state
mandate
2
inapplicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
70A.23A
Credit
for
accrued
sick
1
leave
——
law
enforcement
officers.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Eligible
retirement
system”
means
a
retirement
system
4
authorized
under
chapter
97B
or
411.
5
b.
“Eligible
law
enforcement
officer”
means
a
law
enforcement
6
officer
eligible
to
receive
retirement
benefits
under
an
7
eligible
retirement
system
on
or
after
July
1,
2023.
8
c.
“Law
enforcement
officer”
means
a
law
enforcement
9
officer,
as
defined
in
section
80B.3,
who
is
not
authorized
to
10
receive
credit
for
accrued
sick
leave
as
provided
in
section
11
70A.23.
12
2.
An
eligible
law
enforcement
officer,
excluding
a
law
13
enforcement
officer
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
14
agreement
which
provides
otherwise,
who
retires
and
has
applied
15
for
retirement
benefits
under
an
eligible
retirement
system,
16
or
who
dies
while
in
active
employment,
shall
be
credited
with
17
the
number
of
accrued
days
of
sick
leave
of
the
law
enforcement
18
officer.
The
law
enforcement
officer,
or
the
law
enforcement
19
officer’s
estate,
shall
receive
a
cash
payment
of
the
monetary
20
value
of
the
officer’s
accrued
sick
leave
balance,
not
to
21
exceed
two
thousand
dollars.
The
value
of
the
officer’s
22
accrued
sick
leave
balance
shall
be
calculated
by
multiplying
23
the
number
of
hours
of
accrued
sick
leave
by
the
officer’s
24
regular
hourly
rate
of
pay
at
the
time
of
retirement.
25
3.
a.
An
eligible
law
enforcement
officer,
excluding
an
26
officer
covered
under
a
collective
bargaining
agreement
which
27
provides
otherwise,
who
retires
and
receives
a
payment
as
28
provided
in
subsection
2,
shall
be
entitled
to
elect
to
have
29
the
officer’s
available
remaining
value
of
sick
leave
used
to
30
pay
the
employer’s
share
for
the
officer’s
continuation
of
31
group
health
insurance
coverage
pursuant
to
the
requirements
32
of
this
subsection.
33
b.
An
eligible
law
enforcement
officer’s
available
remaining
34
value
of
sick
leave
shall
be
available
to
pay
for
that
portion
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of
the
officer’s
group
health
insurance
premium
that
would
1
otherwise
be
paid
for
by
the
employer
if
the
officer
were
still
2
employed
by
the
employer.
The
benefits
provided
for
in
this
3
subsection
have
no
cash
value
and
are
not
transferable
to
any
4
other
person,
including
the
retiree’s
spouse.
Payment
of
group
5
health
insurance
premiums
pursuant
to
this
subsection
continues
6
until
the
earliest
of
when
the
eligible
law
enforcement
7
officer’s
available
remaining
value
of
sick
leave
is
exhausted,
8
the
officer
otherwise
becomes
eligible
for
federal
Medicare
9
program
benefits,
or
the
officer
dies.
In
addition,
a
law
10
enforcement
officer
electing
benefits
pursuant
to
this
11
subsection
who
is
reinstated
or
reemployed
in
a
permanent
full-
12
time
or
permanent
part-time
position
by
the
law
enforcement
13
officer’s
previous
government
employer
forfeits
any
remaining
14
benefits
for
payment
of
group
health
insurance
benefits,
and
15
such
law
enforcement
officer
is
not
eligible
for
restoration
16
of
the
unused
sick
leave
accrued
during
the
law
enforcement
17
officer’s
prior
employment
with
the
employer.
18
Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
19
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
provides
credit
for
accrued
sick
leave
for
certain
24
retired
law
enforcement
officers.
25
New
Code
section
70A.23A,
providing
credit
for
accrued
sick
26
leave,
defines
an
“eligible
law
enforcement
officer”
as
a
law
27
enforcement
officer
who
is
eligible
to
receive
retirement
28
benefits
under
a
retirement
system
under
Code
chapter
97B
29
or
411
on
or
after
July
1,
2023.
The
bill
defines
“law
30
enforcement
officer”
to
mean
as
provided
in
Code
section
80B.3,
31
excluding
those
authorized
to
receive
credit
for
accrued
sick
32
leave
under
Code
section
70A.23.
33
The
new
Code
section
provides
that
an
eligible
law
34
enforcement
officer,
excluding
officers
covered
under
a
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collective
bargaining
agreement
which
provides
otherwise,
1
who
retire
or
are
eligible
to
retire
and
die
while
in
active
2
employment
can
receive
a
cash
payment
of
up
to
$2,000
for
3
their
unused
sick
leave.
The
bill
further
provides
that
the
4
remaining
value
of
sick
leave
shall
be
available
to
pay
for
5
that
portion
of
the
officer’s
group
health
insurance
premium
6
that
would
otherwise
be
paid
for
by
the
employer
if
the
officer
7
were
still
employed
by
the
employer.
8
The
payment
of
premiums
from
accrued
sick
leave
continues
9
until
the
balance
of
the
law
enforcement
officer’s
banked
10
value
of
eligible
accrued
sick
leave
is
exhausted,
the
retiree
11
otherwise
becomes
eligible
for
Medicare,
or
the
officer
dies.
12
In
addition,
the
bill
provides
that
if
the
law
enforcement
13
officer
returns
to
permanent
full-time
or
part-time
employment
14
with
the
officer’s
previous
government
employer,
any
unused
15
sick
leave
balances
are
forfeited
and
the
officer
is
not
16
eligible
for
restoration
of
the
unused
sick
leave
accrued
17
during
the
prior
employment.
18
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
19
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
20
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
21
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
22
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
23
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
24
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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