Application for a license shall be made in writing to the labor commissioner. The application must contain the name of the applicant, and if the applicant is a firm, the names of the members, and if it is a corporation, the names of the officers; and the name, number, and address of the building and place where the employment agency is to be conducted. The application must be accompanied by the affidavits of at least two reputable citizens of the state in no way connected with the applicant, certifying to the good moral character and reliability of the applicant, or, if a firm or corporation, of each of the members or officers, and that the applicant is a citizen of the United States, if a natural person; also a surety company bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars when an employee is required to contribute to the payment of fees, to be approved by the labor commissioner and conditioned to pay any damages that may accrue to any person because of a wrongful act, or violation of law, on the part of the applicant in the conduct of the business. The application must be accompanied by a schedule of fees to be charged for services rendered to patrons, which schedule shall not be changed during the term of license without consent being first given by the labor commissioner.
A person applying for a license, as provided in this chapter, to operate an employment agency for furnishing or procuring of employment shall furnish the labor commissioner with its contract form, which form shall distinctly provide that no fee or other thing of value in excess of one dollar shall be collected in advance of the procuring of employment and no license shall be issued unless the contract form contains the provision. If a person licensed under this chapter violates this provision of its contract, the labor commissioner shall cancel the person's license.
[C31, 35, § 1551-c2; C39, § 1551.02; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 95.2]
84 Acts, ch 1212, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 930
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