House File 281HOUSE FILE BY FORD Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring the training and certification of designated 2 security personnel working at commercial establishments with a 3 liquor control license or wine or beer permit. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2251HH 82 6 ec/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 123.32, subsection 4, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. SECURITY EMPLOYEE TRAINING. A local authority, as a 1 4 condition of obtaining and holding a license or permit for 1 5 on=premises consumption, mayshall require a designated 1 6 security employee as defined in section 123.3 to be trained 1 7 and certified in security methods. The training shall include 1 8 but is not limited to mediation techniques, civil rights or 1 9 unfair practices awareness as provided in section 216.7, and 1 10 providing instruction on the proper physical restraint methods 1 11 used against a person who has become combative. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill provides that local authorities shall require 1 14 that designated security personnel working at establishments 1 15 with a liquor control license or beer or wine permit be 1 16 trained and certified in security methods as a condition of 1 17 granting the liquor control license or beer or wine permit. 1 18 Current law allows, but does not require, the local authority 1 19 to require the training. 1 20 LSB 2251HH 82 1 21 ec:nh/je/5