Section 471A.10 Public Employee Laws; Sale or Lease of Existing Facility

471A.10 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE LAWS; SALE OR LEASE OF EXISTING FACILITY.

(a) Unless expressly provided therein, and except as provided in this section, no state law, charter provision, or ordinance of a municipality relating to public employees shall apply to a person solely by reason of that person's employment by a private vendor in connection with services rendered under a service contract.

(b) A private vendor purchasing or leasing existing related facilities from a municipality or operating or maintaining the facility shall recognize all exclusive bargaining representatives and existing labor agreements and those agreements shall remain in force until they expire by their terms. Persons who were employed by a municipality in a related facility and who were members of the Public Employees Retirement Association general plan due to that employment are not permitted to remain as active members of the plan following a lease or purchase of the facility by a private vendor.

History:

1986 c 465 art 4 s 11; 1997 c 111 s 5; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 6 s 2