91.4 - DUTIES AND POWERS.
91.4 DUTIES AND POWERS.
The duties of said commissioner shall be:
1. To safely keep all records, papers, documents, correspondence,
and other property pertaining to or coming into the commissioner's
hands by virtue of the office, and deliver the same to the
commissioner's successor, except as otherwise provided.
2. To collect, assort, and systematize statistical details
relating to programs of the division of labor services.
3. To issue from time to time bulletins containing information of
importance to the industries of the state and to the safety of wage
earners.
4. To conduct and to cooperate with other interested persons and
organizations in conducting educational programs and projects on
employment safety.
5. The director of the department of workforce development, in
consultation with the labor commissioner, shall, at the time provided
by law, make an annual report to the governor setting forth in
appropriate form the business and expense of the division of labor
services for the preceding year, the number of disputes or violations
processed by the division and the disposition of the disputes or
violations, and other matters pertaining to the division which are of
public interest, together with recommendations for change or
amendment of the laws in this chapter and chapters 88, 88A, 88B, 89,
89A, 89B, 90A, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, and 94A, and section 85.68,
and the recommendations, if any, shall be transmitted by the governor
to the first general assembly in session after the report is filed.
6. The commissioner, with the assistance of the office of the
attorney general if requested by the commissioner, may commence a
civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the
statutes under the commissioner's jurisdiction.
7. The division of labor services may sell documents printed by
the division at cost according to rules established by the labor
commissioner pursuant to chapter 17A. Receipts from the sale shall
be deposited to the credit of the division and may be used by the
division for administrative expenses.
8. Except as provided in chapter 91A, the commissioner may
recover interest, court costs, and any attorney fees incurred in
recovering any amounts due. The recovery shall only take place after
final agency action is taken under chapter 17A, or upon judicial
review, after final disposition of the case by the court. Attorney
fees recovered in an action brought under the jurisdiction of the
commissioner shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
The commissioner is exempt from the payment of any filing fee or
other court costs including but not limited to fees paid to county
sheriffs.
9. The commissioner may establish rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to assess and collect interest on fees, penalties, and other amounts
due the division. The commissioner may delay or, following written
notice, deny the issuance of a license, commission, registration,
certificate, or permit authorized under chapter 88A, 89, 89A, 90A,
91C, or 94A if the applicant for the license, commission,
registration, certificate, or permit owes a liquidated debt to the
commissioner.
10. Serve as an ex officio member of the state fire service and
emergency response council, or appoint a designee to serve as an ex
officio member of such council, to assist the council in the
development of rules relating to fire fighting training standards and
any other issues relating to occupational safety and health standards
for fire fighters. Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 2469, 2470; S13, § 2469, 2470; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39,
§1513; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 91.4]
Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1244, § 15; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 920; 91 Acts, ch 136,
§ 3; 92 Acts, ch 1098, § 6; 93 Acts, ch 180, § 58; 96 Acts, ch 1186,
§ 23; 99 Acts, ch 68, §14, 15; 99 Acts, ch 130, §8; 2000 Acts, ch
1117, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1053, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §117; 2007
Acts, ch 211, §34