House File 470 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY WHITAKER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to reserve certified peace officers and training
2 requirements.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 2436YH 83
5 rh/nh/14
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 80D.3, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer
1 4 who has received basic training as a peace officer and has
1 5 been certified by the academy pursuant to chapter 80B and
1 6 rules adopted pursuant to chapter 80B may prior to July 1,
1 7 2007, shall be exempted from completing the minimum training
1 8 course at the discretion of the appointing authority. A
1 9 person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer who has
1 10 received basic training as a peace officer and who has been
1 11 certified by the academy pursuant to chapter 80B and rules
1 12 adopted pursuant to chapter 80B on or after July 1, 2007, may
1 13 be exempted from completing the minimum training course at the
1 14 discretion of the appointing authority. However, such a
1 15 person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer shall
1 16 meet mandatory in=service training requirements established by
1 17 academy rules if the person has not served as an active peace
1 18 officer within one hundred eighty days of appointment as a
1 19 reserve peace officer.
1 20 EXPLANATION
1 21 This bill provides that a person appointed to serve as a
1 22 reserve peace officer who has received basic training as a
1 23 peace officer and who has been certified by the Iowa law
1 24 enforcement academy prior to July 1, 2007, shall be exempted
1 25 from completing the minimum training course. A person
1 26 appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer who has received
1 27 basic training as a peace officer and who has been certified
1 28 by the academy on or after July 1, 2007, may be exempted from
1 29 completing the minimum training course at the discretion of
1 30 the appointing authority.
1 31 LSB 2436YH 83
1 32 rh/nh/14