House File 470 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 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

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  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