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91A.9 GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
COMMISSIONER.
1. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions
of this chapter. The commissioner may hold hearings and investigate
charges of violations of this chapter.
2. The commissioner may, consistent with due process of law,
enter any place of employment to inspect records concerning wages and
payrolls, to question the employer and employees, and to investigate
such facts, conditions, or matters as are deemed appropriate in
determining whether any person has violated the provisions of this
chapter. However, such entry by the commissioner shall only be in
response to a written complaint.
3. The commissioner may employ such qualified personnel as are
necessary for the enforcement of this chapter. Such personnel shall
be employed pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
4. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the United States
department of labor, develop a database of the employers in this
state utilizing special certificates issued by the United States
secretary of labor as authorized under 29 U.S.C. § 214, and shall
maintain the database.
5. The commissioner shall promulgate, pursuant to chapter 17A,
any rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 91A.9] Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §163; 2009 Acts, ch 136, §2
