House File 281 



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    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 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, may shall 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