85.68 - ACTIONS -- COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS -- SUBROGATION.
85.68 ACTIONS -- COLLECTION OF PAYMENTS --
SUBROGATION.
The labor commissioner shall be charged with the collection of
contributions and payments to the second injury fund required to be
made pursuant to section 85.65. In addition, the labor commissioner,
on behalf of the second injury fund created under this division,
shall have a cause of action under section 85.22 to the same extent
as an employer against any person not in the same employment by
reason of whose negligence or wrong the subsequent injury of the
person with the previous disability was caused. The action shall be
brought by the labor commissioner on behalf of the fund, and any
recovery, less the necessary and reasonable expenses incurred by the
labor commissioner, shall be paid to the treasurer of state and
credited to the second injury fund. Section History: Early Form
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.68] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 105, § 7; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 21; 98 Acts, ch 1113, §
5, 7
Referred to in § 84A.5, 86.12, 91.4