Bill Text: IA SF45 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the placement of a right=to=work notice on certain state property and publications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF45 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF45-Introduced.html
Senate File 45 - Introduced SENATE FILE 45 BY ZAUN A BILL FOR An Act providing for the placement of a right-to-work notice on 1 certain state property and publications. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1705XS (4) 84 je/rj
S.F. 45 Section 1. Section 8A.362, subsection 8, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 8. The director shall require that a sign be placed on 3 each state-owned motor vehicle in a conspicuous place which 4 indicates its ownership by the state. The sign shall also 5 include the phrase, “Iowa is a Right-to-Work State”. This 6 requirement subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles 7 requested to be exempt by the director or by the commissioner 8 of public safety. All state-owned motor vehicles shall display 9 registration plates bearing the word “official” except motor 10 vehicles requested to be furnished with ordinary plates by the 11 director or by the commissioner of public safety pursuant to 12 section 321.19 . The director shall keep an accurate record of 13 the registration plates used on all state-owned motor vehicles. 14 Sec. 2. Section 15.108, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 15 following new subsection: 16 NEW SUBSECTION . 12. Labor relations. To provide 17 information relating to the rights of workers and employers in 18 this state. To carry out this responsibility, the department 19 shall include the phrase, “Iowa is a Right-to-Work State” 20 in bold letters on all business recruitment, tourism, and 21 promotional literature. 22 Sec. 3. Section 306D.4, Code 2011, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 306D.4 Scenic highway advertising. 25 The state department of transportation shall have the 26 authority to adopt rules to control the erection of new 27 advertising devices on a highway designated as a scenic highway 28 or scenic byway in order to comply with federal requirements 29 concerning the implementation of a scenic byways program. The 30 rules shall provide for the placement of the following phrase, 31 “Iowa is a Right-to-Work State” on each new advertising device 32 on a scenic highway. 33 Sec. 4. Section 307.14, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2011, 34 is amended to read as follows: 35 -1- LSB 1705XS (4) 84 je/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 45 The department shall publish a map of the state of Iowa. 1 The map shall include the following phrase, “Iowa is a 2 Right-to-Work State” below the picture of the governor of Iowa 3 on the map. At the request of a citizen of a particular city or 4 town, the department shall add the city or town to the existing 5 map of Iowa and identify the main road leading into the city 6 or town if the city or town meets two or more of the following 7 criteria: 8 EXPLANATION 9 This bill relates to the promotion of Iowa as a right-to-work 10 state. The bill requires the placement of the phrase, 11 “Iowa is a Right-to-Work State” in the following places: 12 (1) on each state-owned vehicle; (2) on the department of 13 economic development’s business recruitment, tourism, and 14 promotional literature; (3) on each new sign the department 15 of transportation erects on scenic highways; and (4) on each 16 roadmap published by the department of transportation. 17 -2- LSB 1705XS (4) 84 je/rj 2/ 2
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