HSB 10 (LSB 1519YC (3) 85)

HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BALTIMORE)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the discharge of a firearm near buildings or feedlots by certified law enforcement officers for training purposes and providing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 481A.123, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  This section does not apply to the discharge of a firearm for the purpose of developing and retaining the shooting proficiency of certified law enforcement officers on premises owned by the state, a county, or a municipality, and operated by a law enforcement agency, which are not open to the general public and which were in operation for that purpose prior to January 1, 1980.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that the statutory prohibition against discharging a firearm within 200 yards of a building inhabited by people or domestic livestock or within 200 yards of a feedlot without the owner’s consent, does not apply to the discharge of a firearm for the purpose of developing and retaining the shooting proficiency of certified law enforcement officers on certain premises. The premises must be owned by the state, a county, or a municipality, operated by a law enforcement agency, and not open to the general public, and must have been in operation for that purpose prior to January 1, 1980.
   A violation of the bill’s provisions is punishable with a scheduled fine of $25.