Senate File 96 - Introduced





                                     SENATE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                                     (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1027)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act granting the civil rights commission additional subpoena
  2    power to investigate unfair or discriminatory practices and
  3    providing an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1072SV 83
  6 ec/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 216.5, subsection 13, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    13.  To issue subpoenas and order discovery as provided by
  1  4 this section in aid of investigations and hearings of alleged
  1  5 unfair or discriminatory housing or real property practices.
  1  6 The subpoenas and discovery may be ordered to the same extent
  1  7 and are subject to the same limitations as subpoenas and
  1  8 discovery in a civil action in district court.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill grants the civil rights commission the authority
  1 13 to issue subpoenas and order discovery to aid in investigating
  1 14 alleged unfair or discriminatory practices.  Current law
  1 15 grants the commission this subpoena authority only for
  1 16 investigations of unfair or discriminatory housing or real
  1 17 property practices.  The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 18 LSB 1072SV 83
  1 19 ec/rj/8