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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 10A.601, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. A full-time employment appeal board is created within 1 4 the department of inspections and appeals to hear and decide 1 5 contested cases under chapters 19A, 80, 88, 89A,91C,96, and 1 6 97B. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 10A.601, subsection 7, Code 1997, is 1 8 amended to read as follows: 1 9 7. An application for rehearing before the appeal board 1 10 shall be filed pursuant to section 17A.16, unless otherwise 1 11 provided in chapter 19A, 80, 88, 89A,91C,96, or 97B. A 1 12 petition for judicial review of a decision of the appeal board 1 13 shall be filed pursuant to section 17A.19. The appeal board 1 14 may be represented in any such judicial review by an attorney 1 15 who is a regular salaried employee of the appeal board or who 1 16 has been designated by the appeal board for that purpose, or 1 17 at the appeal board's request, by the attorney general. 1 18 Notwithstanding the petitioner's residency requirement in 1 19 section 17A.19, subsection 2, a petition for judicial review 1 20 may be filed in the district court of the county in which the 1 21 petitioner was last employed or resides, provided that if the 1 22 petitioner does not reside in this state, the action shall be 1 23 brought in the district court of Polk county, Iowa, and any 1 24 other party to the proceeding before the appeal board shall be 1 25 named in the petition. Notwithstanding the thirty-day 1 26 requirement in section 17A.19, subsection 6, the appeal board 1 27 shall, within sixty days after filing of the petition for 1 28 judicial review or within a longer period of time allowed by 1 29 the court, transmit to the reviewing court the original or a 1 30 certified copy of the entire records of a contested case. The 1 31 appeal board may also certify to the court, questions of law 1 32 involved in any decision by the appeal board. Petitions for 1 33 judicial review and the questions so certified shall be given 1 34 precedence over all other civil cases except cases arising 1 35 under the workers' compensation law of this state. No bond 2 1 shall be required for entering an appeal from any final order, 2 2 judgment, or decree of the district court to the supreme 2 3 court. 2 4 Sec. 3. Section 84A.5, subsection 3, Code 1997, is amended 2 5 to read as follows: 2 6 3. The division of labor services is responsible for the 2 7 administration of the laws of this state relating to 2 8 occupational health and safety, the inspection of amusement 2 9 rides, the removal and encapsulation of asbestos, the 2 10 inspection of boilers, wage payment collection,registration2 11of construction contractors,the minimum wage, non-English 2 12 speaking employees, child labor, employment agency licensing, 2 13 boxing and wrestling, inspection of elevators, and hazardous 2 14 chemical risks under chapters 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 2 15 91, 91A,91C,91D, 91E, 92, 94, and 95. The executive head of 2 16 the division is the labor commissioner, appointed pursuant to 2 17 section 91.2. 2 18 Sec. 4. Section 91.4, subsection 5, Code 1997, is amended 2 19 to read as follows: 2 20 5. The director of the department of workforce 2 21 development, in consultation with the labor commissioner, 2 22 shall, at the time provided by law, make an annual report to 2 23 the governor setting forth in appropriate form the business 2 24 and expense of the division of labor services for the 2 25 preceding year, the number of disputes or violations processed 2 26 by the division and the disposition of the disputes or 2 27 violations, and other matters pertaining to the division which 2 28 are of public interest, together with recommendations for 2 29 change or amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters 2 30 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A, 91A,91C,91D, 91E, 92, 94, 2 31 and 95, and the recommendations, if any, shall be transmitted 2 32 by the governor to the first general assembly in session after 2 33 the report is filed. 2 34 Sec. 5. Section 96.11, subsection 14, Code 1997, is 2 35 amended by striking the subsection. 3 1 Sec. 6. Section 103A.20, subsection 1, unnumbered 3 2 paragraph 2, Code 1997, is amended by striking the unnumbered 3 3 paragraph. 3 4 Sec. 7. Section 473.40, subsection 8, Code 1997, is 3 5 amended to read as follows: 3 6 8. The director may report an architect, professional 3 7 engineer, or landscape architect to the appropriate examining 3 8 board if the director believes the person has engaged in 3 9 fraudulent conduct in connection with an energy efficiency 3 10 rating for a building. The director may report a builder to 3 11 the division of labor, bureau of contractor registration,3 12 services if the director believes the builder has engaged in 3 13 fraudulent conduct in connection with an energy efficiency 3 14 rating for a building. 3 15 Sec. 8. REPEAL. Chapter 91C, Code 1997, is repealed. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 This bill repeals chapter 91C, which requires construction 3 18 contractors to register with the labor commissioner and 3 19 requires out-of-state contractors to file a bond in certain 3 20 circumstances. 3 21 LSB 1206HH 77 3 22 ec/jj/8
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