S-5035

   Amend Senate File 108 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, line 24, after <department.> by inserting <The department shall not accept anonymous complaints.>
   2.  Page 2, line 26, after <that> by inserting <the complaint was made in good faith and that>
   3.  Page 8, after line 11 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  95.7  Complaints not made in good faith —— penalties.
   1.  If the department determines that a complaint under this chapter was not made in good faith and was made for the purpose of disrupting the operations of an employer, the complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty as provided in this section.
   2.  If the department determines that a complaint under this chapter was not made in good faith and may have been made for a discriminatory purpose, the department shall refer the matter to the Iowa state civil rights commission for investigation. If the commission determines that the complaint was made for a discriminatory purpose, the complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty as provided in this section.
   3.  For a first violation under this section, a complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars. For a second violation, a complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars. For a third or subsequent violation, a complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than ten thousand dollars. Civil penalties shall be collected by the department or the Iowa civil rights commission, as applicable, and shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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NATE BOULTON