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House Journal: Page 1021: Monday, April 7, 1997

Senate File 109, a bill for an act relating to workers'
compensation coverage for employment outside of the state, was
taken up for consideration.
Sukup of Franklin offered the following amendment H-1554 filed
by him and Murphy of Dubuque, and moved its adoption:

H-1554

 1     Amend Senate File 109, as passed by the Senate, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 4   clause and inserting the following:
 5     "Section 1.  Section 85.71, Code 1997, is amended
 6   to read as follows:
 7     85.71  EMPLOYMENT INJURY OUTSIDE OF STATE.
 8     If an employee, while working outside the
 9   territorial limits of this state, suffers an injury on
10   account of which the employee, or in the event of
11   death, the employee's dependents, would have been
12   entitled to the benefits provided by this chapter had
13   such injury occurred within this state, such employee,
14   or in the event of death resulting from such injury,
15   the employee's dependents, shall be entitled to the
16   benefits provided by this chapter, provided that if
at
17   the time of such injury any of the following is
18   applicable:
19     1.  The employment is principally localized in this
20   state, that is, the employee's employer has a place of
21   business in this or some other state and the employee
22   regularly works in this state, or if the employee's
23   employer has a place of business in this state and the
24   employee is domiciled in this state, or.
25     2.  The employee is working under a contract of
26   hire made in this state in employment not principally
27   localized in any state, or and the employee spends a
28   substantial part of the employee's working time
29   working for the employer in this state.
30     3.  The employee is working under a contract of
31   hire made in this state in employment principally
32   localized in another state, whose workers'
33   compensation law is not applicable to the employee's
34   employer, or.
35     4.  The employee is working under a contract of
36   hire made in this state for employment outside the
37   United States.
38     Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  85.72  CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS
39   MADE OUTSIDE OF STATE - RESTRICTIONS - CREDIT.
40     1.  An employee, or an employee's dependents, shall
41   not be entitled to benefits under this chapter if the
42   employee or the employee's dependents has initiated a
43   judicial proceeding or a contested case or other

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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