House Amendment 8499


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     1  1    Amend House File 2686 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 19, by inserting after line 9 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  LIVING WAGE IMPACT STUDY.
     1  5    1.  If funding is approved or appropriated to the
     1  6 state board of regents for such purposes, Iowa state
     1  7 university shall conduct a study regarding the
     1  8 economic, fiscal, and social impacts of establishing
     1  9 the living wage, also known as the self=sufficiency
     1 10 wage, in Iowa.  The living wage in the study shall be
     1 11 based on a forty=hour work week, and the study shall
     1 12 provide all of the following:
     1 13    a.  A two=tiered living wage, one tier with
     1 14 benefits and one without benefits, for family sizes
     1 15 ranging from two people to six people for all
     1 16 ninety=nine counties.
     1 17    b.  The impact that a living wage would have on
     1 18 full=time workers, the multiplier effect of a living
     1 19 wage on the economy, and whether more jobs would be
     1 20 created by this multiplier effect.
     1 21    c.  How a living wage would impact public
     1 22 assistance programs, particularly whether it would
     1 23 reduce costs.
     1 24    d.  How a living wage would impact state and local
     1 25 economic development programs.
     1 26    e.  How a living wage would assist or hinder the
     1 27 housing market.
     1 28    f.  Taking into account paragraphs "b", "c", "d",
     1 29 and "e", examine whether there would be an overall
     1 30 positive impact on the economy considering possible
     1 31 business concerns of inflation and job loss.
     1 32    g.  Evaluate other states or metropolitan areas
     1 33 that have a living wage to provide examples of how a
     1 34 living wage could be implemented on a phased=in basis
     1 35 for all workers in this state, including the private
     1 36 and public sectors.
     1 37    h.  Any other recommendations that the individuals
     1 38 assigned to the study believe are relevant to
     1 39 establishing a living wage in this state.
     1 40    2.  An Iowa state university sociology professor,
     1 41 an Iowa state university human development and family
     1 42 studies professor, and an Iowa state university
     1 43 economics professor, all who specialize in this area,
     1 44 shall conduct and coordinate the study.
     1 45    3.  The department of workforce development, the
     1 46 department of economic development, the department of
     1 47 human services, the university of Iowa, the university
     1 48 of northern Iowa, the child and family policy center,
     1 49 the Iowa policy project, and representatives of labor
     1 50 organizations and associations representing business
     2  1 and industry shall cooperate in conducting the study.
     2  2    4.  Iowa state university shall submit a report
     2  3 about the findings of the study to the general
     2  4 assembly by December 14, 2008.>
     2  5 #2.  Title page, line 5, by inserting before the
     2  6 word <and> the following:  <establishing a living wage
     2  7 study,>.
     2  8 #3.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 12 WESSEL-KROESCHELL of Story
     2 13 HF 2686.203 82
     2 14 ak/rj/11539

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