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1 1 SENATE FILE 2048
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 PROHIBITING DISBURSEMENTS OF MONEYS FROM THE VISION IOWA
1 5 FUND TO ENTITIES ENTERING INTO CERTAIN LABOR-RELATED
1 6 AGREEMENTS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 12.72A VISION IOWA FUND
1 11 DISBURSEMENTS – PROHIBITION.
1 12 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, unless the
1 13 context otherwise requires:
1 14 a. "Public contracting entity" means a person that has
1 15 authority to enter into an agreement that expends public funds
1 16 relating to a public works project.
1 17 b. "Public works" means a public building or other public
1 18 construction work, including a public improvement as defined
1 19 in section 384.37.
1 20 c. "Public works project" includes the construction,
1 21 maintenance, or repair of a public works, or the manufacture
1 22 or procurement of products or services concerning a public
1 23 works, which is paid for in whole or in part by moneys from
1 24 the vision Iowa fund created in section 12.72.
1 25 2. Notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the
1 26 contrary, moneys shall not be disbursed from the vision Iowa
1 27 fund created in section 12.72 to any public contracting entity
1 28 for purposes of a public works project if the public
1 29 contracting entity does any of the following relating to the
1 30 public works project:
1 31 a. Requires that any person execute, adhere to, enforce,
1 32 or otherwise become a party to any agreement, including a
1 33 project labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement,
1 34 prehire agreement, or agreement with any labor organization,
1 35 which requires a person to do any of the following as a
2 1 condition of bidding, negotiating, being awarded, or
2 2 performing work on a public works project:
2 3 (1) Become a member of or affiliated with a labor
2 4 organization.
2 5 (2) Be required to be subjected to a referral screening
2 6 process through a labor organization.
2 7 (3) Pay dues or fees, including health, welfare or pension
2 8 fund dues or fees, to a labor organization.
2 9 b. Requires that any person enter into any agreement with
2 10 any labor organization as a condition of bidding, negotiating,
2 11 being awarded, or performing work on a public works project.
2 12 c. Discriminates against any person for refusing or
2 13 failing to remain a party to any agreement otherwise
2 14 prohibited by this subsection or who brings a civil action to
2 15 enforce this section.
2 16 3. CIVIL REMEDIES. This section may be enforced through a
2 17 civil action. A person who violates this section or who aids
2 18 in the violation of this section is liable to an aggrieved
2 19 person for damages, or any other equitable relief, as the
2 20 court deems appropriate. In addition, when a person commits,
2 21 is committing, or proposes to commit an act in violation of
2 22 this section, an injunction may be granted through an action
2 23 in district court to prohibit the person from continuing such
2 24 acts. Any aggrieved person, which shall include any taxpayer
2 25 of this state, has standing to bring a civil action to enforce
2 26 this section, including an action for injunctive relief. A
2 27 person found to have violated this section shall be required
2 28 to pay the fees and other expenses, as defined in section
2 29 625.28, relating to the civil action to enforce this section.
2 30 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 31 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 32
2 33
2 34
2 35 MARY E. KRAMER
3 1 President of the Senate
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5 BRENT SIEGRIST
3 6 Speaker of the House
3 7
3 8 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 9 is known as Senate File 2048, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
3 10
3 11
3 12
3 13 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
3 14 Secretary of the Senate
3 15 Approved , 2002
3 16
3 17
3 18
3 19 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 20 Governor
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