Senate File 164 - Introduced





                                    SENATE FILE       
                                    BY  ZAUN, SEYMOUR, BEHN, McKINLEY,
                                        JOHNSON, KETTERING, REYNOLDS,
                                        BOETTGER, FEENSTRA, HAHN,
                                        KAPUCIAN, HAMERLINCK, and BARTZ


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the placement of a right=to=work notice on
  2    certain state property and publications.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2200SS 83
  5 tw/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8A.362, subsection 8, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    8.  The director shall require that a sign be placed on
  1  4 each state=owned motor vehicle in a conspicuous place which
  1  5 indicates its ownership by the state.  The sign shall also
  1  6 include the phrase, "Iowa is a Right=to=Work State".  This
  1  7 requirement subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles
  1  8 requested to be exempt by the director or by the commissioner
  1  9 of public safety.  All state=owned motor vehicles shall
  1 10 display registration plates bearing the word "official" except
  1 11 motor vehicles requested to be furnished with ordinary plates
  1 12 by the director or by the commissioner of public safety
  1 13 pursuant to section 321.19.  The director shall keep an
  1 14 accurate record of the registration plates used on all
  1 15 state=owned motor vehicles.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 15.108, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1 17 the following new subsection:
  1 18    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  LABOR RELATIONS.  To provide
  1 19 information relating to the rights of workers and employers in
  1 20 this state.  To carry out this responsibility, the department
  1 21 shall include the phrase, "Iowa is a Right=to=Work State" in
  1 22 bold letters on all business recruitment, tourism, and
  1 23 promotional literature.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 306D.4, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1 25 follows:
  1 26    306D.4  SCENIC HIGHWAY ADVERTISING.
  1 27    The state department of transportation shall have the
  1 28 authority to adopt rules to control the erection of new
  1 29 advertising devices on a highway designated as a scenic
  1 30 highway or scenic byway in order to comply with federal
  1 31 requirements concerning the implementation of a scenic byways
  1 32 program.  The rules shall provide for the placement of the
  1 33 following phrase, "Iowa is a Right=to=Work State" on each new
  1 34 advertising device on a scenic highway.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  Section 307.14, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2009,
  2  1 is amended to read as follows:
  2  2    The department shall publish a map of the state of Iowa.
  2  3 The map shall include the following phrase, "Iowa is a
  2  4 Right=to=Work State" below the picture of the governor of Iowa
  2  5 on the map.  At the request of a citizen of a particular city
  2  6 or town, the department shall add the city or town to the
  2  7 existing map of Iowa and identify the main road leading into
  2  8 the city or town if the city or town meets two or more of the
  2  9 following criteria:
  2 10                           EXPLANATION
  2 11    This bill relates to the promotion of Iowa as a
  2 12 right=to=work state.  The bill requires the placement of the
  2 13 phrase, "Iowa is a Right=to=Work State" in the following
  2 14 places: (1) on each state=owned vehicle; (2) on the department
  2 15 of economic development's business recruitment, tourism, and
  2 16 promotional literature; (3) on each new sign the department of
  2 17 transportation erects on scenic highways; and (4) on each
  2 18 roadmap published by the department of transportation.
  2 19 LSB 2200SS 83
  2 20 tw/rj/8