2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 55 - LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR CANDIDACY AND PUBLIC SERVICE
55.3 - SERVICE ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, TASK FORCES, AND COMMITTEES.

        55.3  SERVICE ON BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, TASK FORCES, AND
      COMMITTEES.
         For the purpose of this section, "state board" includes any
      board, commission, committee, council, or task force of the state
      government created by the Constitution of the State of Iowa, or by
      statute, resolution of the general assembly, motion of the
      legislative council, executive order of the governor, or supreme
      court order, but does not include any such state board, commission,
      committee, council, or task force for which an annual salary is
      provided for its members.
         A person who is appointed to serve on a state board, upon written
      application to the person's employer, shall be granted leaves of
      absence from regular employment to attend the meetings of the state
      board, except if leaves of absence are prohibited by federal law.
      The leaves of absence may be granted without pay and shall be granted
      without loss of net credited service and benefits earned.  This
      section does not apply if the employer employs less than twenty
      full-time employees.  

         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 2061; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §39