House Study Bill 609



                                       SENATE/HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
                                            WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
                                            BILL)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing the labor commissioner to represent laborers
  2    or employees seeking wage claims in pending receivership or
  3    seizure actions and providing an applicability date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5401DP 81
  6 kh/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  626.76  LABOR COMMISSIONER TO
  1  2 REPRESENT.
  1  3    The labor commissioner, appointed pursuant to section 91.2,
  1  4 may, at the labor commissioner's discretion, represent
  1  5 laborers or employees seeking payment for labor or wage claims
  1  6 from the receiver, trustee, or assignee, or the court, or the
  1  7 person charged with the property, in accordance with and
  1  8 subject to the provisions of sections 626.69 and 626.71.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act is applicable to all
  1 10 labor or wage claims in receivership or seizure actions
  1 11 pending on or after the effective date of this Act.
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill authorizes the labor commissioner, at the labor
  1 14 commissioner's discretion, to represent laborers or employees
  1 15 seeking payment for labor or wage claims in pending
  1 16 receivership or seizure actions.
  1 17    The bill is applicable to all labor or wage claims in
  1 18 receivership or seizure actions pending on or after the
  1 19 effective date of the bill.
  1 20 LSB 5401DP 81
  1 21 kh:rj/gg/14