Amendment S-5035 to SF 108
Relating to the employment of unauthorized aliens and providing penalties
Failed · February 28, 2024
Filed February 28, 2024 in the Senate by Sen. Nate Boulton (D)
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that the department cannot accept anonymous complaints and requires that complaints be made in good faith. It also creates fines for people who file bad-faith complaints intended to disrupt a business or for discriminatory purposes.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 2, line 24, after “department.” by inserting “The department shall not accept anonymous complaints.”
- Page 2, line 26, after “that” by inserting “the complaint was made in good faith and that”
- Page 8, after line 11 by inserting: “Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 95.7 Complaints not made in good faith —— penalties.
- If the department determines that a complaint under this chapter was not made in good faith and was made for the purpose of disrupting the operations of an employer, the complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty as provided in this section.
- If the department determines that a complaint under this chapter was not made in good faith and may have been made for a discriminatory purpose, the department shall refer the matter to the Iowa state civil rights commission for investigation. If the commission determines that the complaint was made for a discriminatory purpose, the complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty as provided in this section.
- For a first violation under this section, a complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars. For a second violation, a complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars. For a third or subsequent violation, a complainant shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than ten thousand dollars. Civil penalties shall be collected by the department or the Iowa civil rights commission, as applicable, and shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.”
- By renumbering as necessary.