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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 91.12, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Notwithstanding chapter 22, records 1 4 prepared or obtained by the commissioner relating to an 1 5 enforcement action or investigation conducted pursuant to this 1 6 chapter shall be kept confidential until the enforcement 1 7 action or investigation is complete. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 91.16, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 9 following new subsection: 1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Any owner, superintendent, manager, or 1 11 person in charge of any factory, mill, workshop, store, mine, 1 12 hotel, restaurant, cafe, railway, business house, or public or 1 13 private work, who fails to comply with a valid search warrant 1 14 properly issued to and executed by the labor commissioner or 1 15 the labor commissioner's designee pursuant to section 808.14 1 16 shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor for which there 1 17 shall be a fine of up to ten thousand dollars per violation, 1 18 notwithstanding section 903.1. 1 19 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 91.19 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS 1 20 The labor commissioner and all employees of the division of 1 21 labor services are exempt from compulsory process to appear 1 22 and give testimony in any proceeding concerning their official 1 23 duties except when the labor commissioner is a party to the 1 24 proceeding. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill amends Code section 91.12 to provide that records 1 27 prepared or obtained by the labor commissioner pursuant to an 1 28 enforcement action or investigation are confidential and not 1 29 subject to Code chapter 22 until the enforcement action or 1 30 investigation is complete. 1 31 The bill amends Code section 91.16 by adding a new 1 32 subsection which provides that any person who fails to comply 1 33 with a valid administrative warrant issued to and executed by 1 34 the labor commissioner or the labor commissioner's designee 1 35 shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor for which there 2 1 is a fine of up to $10,000 per violation. 2 2 The bill adds a new section to Code chapter 91 which 2 3 exempts the labor commissioner and division of labor services 2 4 employees from compulsory process to appear and testify in any 2 5 proceeding concerning their official duties unless the labor 2 6 commissioner is a party to that proceeding. 2 7 LSB 1265DP 79 2 8 av/pj/5.1
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