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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3183 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3183, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment | ||||||
| 4 | No. 1, on page 3, line 11, after "times.", by inserting "The | ||||||
| 5 | Attorney General may, at the Attorney General's discretion, | ||||||
| 6 | resolve an investigation by mutual agreement prior to or after | ||||||
| 7 | initiating an action."; and | ||||||
| 8 | on page 3, line 21, after "counsel.", by inserting "An | ||||||
| 9 | employer may refuse to grant the Attorney General access to | ||||||
| 10 | non-publicly accessible areas of the employer's premises | ||||||
| 11 | unless the Attorney General obtains an administrative | ||||||
| 12 | inspection warrant for the inspection of the premises under | ||||||
| 13 | subsection (c-35)."; and | ||||||
| 14 | on page 4, by replacing lines 22 through 24 with "20 days after | ||||||
| 15 | the date of service of the subpoena, at any time before the | ||||||
| 16 | return date specified in the subpoena, or within a longer | ||||||
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| 1 | period as may be"; and | ||||||
| 2 | on page 5, line 11, by replacing "witness comply" with | ||||||
| 3 | "witness to comply"; and | ||||||
| 4 | on page 5, by replacing lines 14 through 16 with "of court if | ||||||
| 5 | the witness fails to comply with the order. The Attorney | ||||||
| 6 | General may recover reasonable fees and expenses incurred in | ||||||
| 7 | obtaining the order. If the witness is held in contempt of | ||||||
| 8 | court, the Attorney General may seek a writ of attachment or an | ||||||
| 9 | equivalent"; and | ||||||
| 10 | by replacing line 15 on page 6 through line 4 on page 7 with | ||||||
| 11 | the following: | ||||||
| 12 | "affirmation showing an inspection is reasonable, may | ||||||
| 13 | issue warrants for the purpose of conducting | ||||||
| 14 | administrative inspections and seizures of property | ||||||
| 15 | appropriate to the inspections. For the purposes of the | ||||||
| 16 | issuance of an administrative inspection warrant, an | ||||||
| 17 | inspection is reasonable if a valid public interest in the | ||||||
| 18 | effective enforcement of any statute enforced by the | ||||||
| 19 | Worker Protection Unit sufficiently justifies | ||||||
| 20 | administrative inspection of the employer's premises or | ||||||
| 21 | records. | ||||||
| 22 | (2) An administrative inspection warrant shall be | ||||||
| 23 | issued only after receipt of an affidavit of a person | ||||||
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| 1 | having knowledge of the facts alleged that establishes the | ||||||
| 2 | grounds for issuing the administrative inspection warrant. | ||||||
| 3 | If the circuit judge is satisfied that there are | ||||||
| 4 | reasonable grounds for issuance of an administrative | ||||||
| 5 | inspection warrant, the judge shall". | ||||||