House File 313 - Introduced



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  WESSEL=KROESCHELL and HEDDENS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of a study of the economic,
  2    fiscal, and social impact of the living wage in Iowa.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1890HH 82
  5 ak/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  LIVING WAGE IMPACT STUDY.  Iowa state
  1  2 university shall conduct a study regarding the economic,
  1  3 fiscal, and social impacts of establishing the living wage,
  1  4 also known as the self=sufficiency wage, in Iowa.  An Iowa
  1  5 state university sociology professor and an Iowa state
  1  6 university human development and family studies professor,
  1  7 both who specialize in this area, shall conduct and coordinate
  1  8 the study.
  1  9    The department of workforce development, the department of
  1 10 economic development, the department of human services, the
  1 11 university of Iowa, the university of northern Iowa, the child
  1 12 and family policy center, the Iowa policy project, and
  1 13 representatives of labor organizations and business and
  1 14 industry shall cooperate in conducting the study.
  1 15    Iowa state university shall submit a report about the
  1 16 findings of the study to the general assembly by December 14,
  1 17 2007.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill directs Iowa state university to conduct a study
  1 20 regarding the economic, fiscal, and social effects that a
  1 21 living wage, or self=sufficiency wage, would have in Iowa.
  1 22 Two Iowa state university professors with specialized
  1 23 knowledge in this area shall conduct and coordinate the study.
  1 24    The bill requires that the department of workforce
  1 25 development, department of economic development, department of
  1 26 human resources, the university of Iowa, the university of
  1 27 northern Iowa, the child and family policy center, the Iowa
  1 28 policy project, and representatives of labor organizations and
  1 29 business and industry also participate in the study.
  1 30    A report on the study's findings is due to the legislature
  1 31 by December 14, 2007.
  1 32 LSB 1890HH 82
  1 33 ak:nh/es/88