House
File
522
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
522
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
173)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
that
the
workers’
compensation
commissioner
1
and
the
labor
commissioner
shall
be
appointed
by
and
2
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
the
director
of
the
department
3
of
workforce
development
and
including
effective
date
4
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
86.1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
86.1
Workers’
compensation
commissioner
——
term
.
3
The
governor
director
of
the
department
of
workforce
4
development
shall
appoint
,
subject
to
confirmation
by
the
5
senate,
a
workers’
compensation
commissioner
whose
term
of
6
office
who
shall
be
six
years
beginning
and
ending
as
provided
7
in
section
69.19
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
the
director
.
The
8
workers’
compensation
commissioner
shall
maintain
an
office
at
9
the
seat
of
government.
The
workers’
compensation
commissioner
10
must
be
a
lawyer
admitted
to
practice
in
this
state.
11
Sec.
2.
Section
86.6,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
12
follows:
13
86.6
Recommendations
of
commissioner.
14
All
recommendations
to
the
governor
of
any
person
asking
15
the
appointment
of
another
as
commissioner
shall
be
reduced
16
to
writing,
signed
by
the
person
presenting
the
same,
which
17
shall
be
filed
by
the
governor
in
the
governor’s
office
and
18
open
at
all
reasonable
times
for
public
inspection,
and
all
19
recommendations
made
by
any
person
to
the
commissioner
for
the
20
appointment
of
another
within
the
power
of
the
commissioner
21
to
appoint,
shall
be
reduced
to
writing,
signed
by
the
22
person
presenting
the
same,
and
filed
by
the
commissioner
23
and
open
for
public
inspection
at
all
reasonable
times.
If
24
any
person
recommending
the
appointment
of
another
within
25
the
contemplation
of
this
section
refuses
to
reduce
the
same
26
to
writing,
it
shall
be
the
duty
of
the
person
to
whom
the
27
recommendation
is
made,
commissioner
to
make
a
memorandum
28
thereof,
stating
the
name
of
the
person
recommended
and
the
29
name
of
the
person
who
made
the
same,
which
shall
be
filed
in
30
the
office
of
the
governor
or
the
commissioner
as
the
case
may
31
be
.
32
Sec.
3.
Section
86.7,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
33
follows:
34
86.7
Interest
in
affected
business.
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It
shall
be
unlawful
for
the
commissioner
to
be
financially
1
interested
in
any
business
enterprise
coming
under
or
affected
2
by
this
chapter
during
the
commissioner’s
term
of
office
,
3
and
if
the
commissioner
violates
this
statute,
it
shall
be
4
sufficient
grounds
for
removal
from
office,
and
in
such
case
5
section,
the
governor
director
of
the
department
of
workforce
6
development
shall
at
once
declare
the
office
vacant
and
appoint
7
another
to
fill
the
vacancy.
8
Sec.
4.
Section
91.2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
91.2
Appointment.
11
The
governor
director
of
the
department
of
workforce
12
development
shall
appoint
,
subject
to
confirmation
by
the
13
senate,
a
labor
commissioner
who
shall
serve
for
a
period
of
14
six
years
beginning
and
ending
as
provided
in
section
69.19
at
15
the
pleasure
of
the
director
.
16
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
17
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
18
EXPLANATION
19
This
bill
provides
that
the
workers’
compensation
20
commissioner
and
the
labor
commissioner
shall
be
appointed
by
21
and
serve
at
the
pleasure
of
the
director
of
the
department
22
of
workforce
development.
Under
current
law,
those
positions
23
are
appointed
by
the
governor,
subject
to
confirmation
by
the
24
senate,
to
six-year
terms.
25
The
bill
is
effective
upon
enactment.
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