House
File
871
H-1461
Amend
House
File
871
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
6,
line
3,
by
striking
<
375,000
>
and
inserting
2
<
75,000
>
3
2.
Page
11,
line
33,
by
striking
<
3,491,252
>
and
inserting
4
<
3,791,252
>
5
3.
Page
11,
after
line
34
by
inserting:
6
<
(1)
Of
the
moneys
appropriated
in
this
paragraph,
the
7
division
shall
allocate
$300,000
to
hire
three
additional
8
full-time
Iowa
OSHA
compliance
safety
and
health
officers
to
9
conduct
on-site
investigations
and
inspections
under
chapter
10
88.
Each
of
the
three
compliance
safety
and
health
officers
11
shall
be
assigned,
as
the
officer’s
primary
duties,
to
12
investigations
and
inspections
of
one
of
the
following
types
13
of
employers:
14
(a)
State
correctional
facilities
and
state
mental
health
15
institutes.
16
(b)
County
jails
located
in
this
state.
17
(c)
Meat
packing
facilities
located
in
this
state.
18
(2)
From
the
moneys
appropriated
in
this
paragraph,
19
the
division
shall
establish
and
maintain
a
process
on
the
20
division’s
internet
site
to
allow
individuals
to
electronically
21
submit
a
workplace
safety
or
health
issue
complaint
to
Iowa
22
OSHA.
>
23
4.
Page
26,
after
line
6
by
inserting:
24
<
DIVISION
___
25
IOWA
OSHA
COMPLAINT
INVESTIGATIONS
26
Sec.
___.
Section
88.6,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
27
following
new
subsections:
28
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Entrance
and
inspections
——
warrantless
29
entry.
The
commissioner
or
the
commissioner’s
representative
30
shall
not
be
required
to
obtain
a
warrant
for
entrance
and
31
inspection
under
subsection
1,
to
enter
any
establishment,
32
workplace,
environment,
or
other
area
of
which
the
state
of
33
Iowa,
its
various
departments
and
agencies,
or
any
political
34
subdivision
of
the
state
is
the
employer.
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
Procedures
for
complaints.
The
1
division
shall
respond
to
any
complaint
of
a
violation
of
this
2
chapter
within
twenty-four
hours
of
receiving
the
complaint.
3
The
response
shall
confirm
that
the
division
has
received
the
4
complaint
and
shall
describe
the
steps
the
division
will
carry
5
out
to
conduct
an
investigation
of
the
complaint.
The
division
6
shall
begin
such
an
investigation
within
seventy-two
hours
of
7
receiving
such
a
complaint.
Upon
request,
and
notwithstanding
8
subsection
8,
the
division
shall
provide
the
person
who
made
a
9
complaint
with
an
update
on
the
progress
of
the
investigation
10
and
a
projected
timeline
for
its
completion.
>
11
5.
By
renumbering,
redesignating,
and
correcting
internal
12
references
as
necessary.
13
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