Bill Text: IA SF398 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the state wage payment collection law and making an appropriation.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 15-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-23 - Subcommittee, Dotzler, Bisignano, Chapman, Dvorsky, and Schneider. S.J. 344. [SF398 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF398-Introduced.html

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Senate File 398 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  BERTRAND, ANDERSON,
                                     SHIPLEY, FEENSTRA,
                                     BREITBACH, SINCLAIR,
                                     ROZENBOOM, CHAPMAN,
                                     SMITH, KAPUCIAN,
                                     JOHNSON, SEGEBART,
                                     GARRETT, BEHN,
                                     ZUMBACH, and WHITVER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the state wage payment collection law and
  2    making an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 91A.9, subsection 3, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  The commissioner may employ such qualified personnel
  1  4 as are necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. Such
  1  5 personnel shall be employed pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter
  1  6 IV.  The commissioner shall employ investigators for the
  1  7 enforcement of this chapter.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 91A.9, Code 2015, is amended by adding the
  1  9 following new subsection:
  1 10    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  The commissioner shall establish a
  1 11 statewide, toll=free telephone hotline for the purpose of
  1 12 receiving reports of violations of this chapter.
  1 13    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  91A.15  Wage theft compliance
  1 14 assistance coordinator.
  1 15    The commissioner shall employ a wage theft compliance
  1 16 assistance coordinator for the purposes of coordinating
  1 17 enforcement and other actions by the commissioner relating to
  1 18 this chapter and engaging in public relations and outreach
  1 19 efforts to promote compliance with and enforcement of this
  1 20 chapter.
  1 21    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  91A.16  Standing appropriation.
  1 22    There is appropriated annually from the general fund
  1 23 of the state to the division of labor services one hundred
  1 24 seventy=five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as is
  1 25 necessary, for the enforcement of the wage theft provisions of
  1 26 this chapter.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 30    This bill relates to wage payment collection by employees of
  1 31 the labor commissioner.
  1 32    The bill requires the labor commissioner to employ
  1 33 investigators for the enforcement of Code chapter 91A,
  1 34 Iowa wage payment collection law. The bill requires the
  1 35 commissioner to establish a statewide, toll=free telephone
  2  1 hotline for the purpose of receiving reports of violations
  2  2 of Code chapter 91A.  The bill requires the commissioner to
  2  3 employ a wage theft compliance assistance coordinator for the
  2  4 purposes of coordinating enforcement and other actions by the
  2  5 commissioner relating to Code chapter 91A and engaging in
  2  6 public relations and outreach efforts to promote compliance
  2  7 with and enforcement of Code chapter 91A.
  2  8    The bill creates standing appropriation from the general
  2  9 fund of the state to the division of labor services of $175,000
  2 10 for enforcement of the wage theft provisions of Code chapter
  2 11 91A.
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