House File 452 - Introduced



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                                      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 2587HH 83
  5 ak/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  LIVING WAGE IMPACT STUDY.  If funding is
  1  2 approved or appropriated to the state board of regents for
  1  3 such purposes, Iowa state university shall conduct a study
  1  4 regarding the economic, fiscal, and social impacts of
  1  5 establishing the living wage, also known as the
  1  6 self=sufficiency wage, in Iowa.  The study shall consider a
  1  7 living wage with employer=provided health insurance and a
  1  8 living wage without employer=provided health insurance.  An
  1  9 Iowa state university sociology professor, an Iowa state
  1 10 university human development and family studies professor, and
  1 11 an Iowa state university economics professor, all who
  1 12 specialize in this area, shall conduct and coordinate the
  1 13 study.
  1 14    The department of workforce development, the department of
  1 15 economic development, the department of human services, the
  1 16 university of Iowa, the university of northern Iowa, the child
  1 17 and family policy center, the Iowa policy project, and
  1 18 representatives of labor organizations and associations
  1 19 representing business and industry shall cooperate in
  1 20 conducting the study.
  1 21    Iowa state university shall submit a report about the
  1 22 findings of the study to the general assembly by December 18,
  1 23 2009.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill directs Iowa state university, contingent upon
  1 26 funding, to conduct a study regarding the economic, fiscal,
  1 27 and social effects that a living wage, or self=sufficiency
  1 28 wage, would have in Iowa.  The study shall consider a living
  1 29 wage with employer=provided health insurance and a living wage
  1 30 without employer=provided health insurance.  Three Iowa state
  1 31 university professors with specialized knowledge in this area
  1 32 shall conduct and coordinate the study.
  1 33    The bill requires that the department of workforce
  1 34 development, department of economic development, department of
  1 35 human resources, the university of Iowa, the university of
  2  1 northern Iowa, the child and family policy center, the Iowa
  2  2 policy project, and representatives of labor organizations and
  2  3 business and industry associations also participate in the
  2  4 study.
  2  5    A report on the study's findings is due to the legislature
  2  6 by December 18, 2009.
  2  7 LSB 2587HH 83
  2  8 ak/nh/5