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8A.414 EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECTS.
The director may conduct experimental or research
personnel-related projects of limited duration designed to improve
the quality of the employment system. The provisions of section
8A.413 or administrative rules adopted pursuant to that section are
waived for the purposes of such projects. Projects adopted under
this authority shall not violate existing collective bargaining
agreements. Any projects that relate to issues covered by such
agreements or issues that are mandatory subjects of collective
bargaining are subject to negotiations as applicable. The director
shall notify the chairpersons of the standing committees on
appropriations of the senate and the house of representatives and the
chairpersons of the appropriate subcommittees of those committees of
the proposed projects. The notice from the director shall include
the purpose of the project, a description of the project, and how the
project will be evaluated. Chairpersons notified shall be given at
least two weeks to review and comment on the proposal before the
project is implemented. The director shall report the results of the
experimental research projects conducted in the preceding fiscal year
to the legislative council by September 30 of each year. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §62
