87.19 - FAILURE TO COMPLY -- PROCEEDINGS.
87.19 FAILURE TO COMPLY -- PROCEEDINGS.
Upon the receipt of information by the workers' compensation
commissioner of any employer failing to comply with section 87.14A,
the commissioner shall at once notify such employer by certified mail
that unless such employer comply with the requirements of law, legal
proceedings will be instituted to enforce such compliance.
Unless such employer comply with the provisions of the law within
fifteen days after the giving of such notice, the workers'
compensation commissioner shall report such failure to the attorney
general, whose duty it shall be to bring an action in a court of
equity to enjoin the further violation. Upon decree being entered
for a temporary or permanent injunction, a violation shall be a
contempt of court and punished as provided for contempt of court in
other cases. Section History: Early Form
[C31, 35, § 1477-c4; C39, § 1477.8; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 87.19] Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1061, § 11; 2005 Acts, ch 168, §17, 23
Contempts, generally, chapter 665