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House Journal: Page 1819: Monday, April 20, 1998

H-9193

 1     Amend House File 2269, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, line 26, by striking the word
 4   "disciplining" and inserting the following:
 5   "restraining".
 6     2.  Page 2, by striking line 13 and inserting the
 7   following:
 8     "1.  An employee of an accredited public school
 9   district, accredited nonpublic school, or area
10   education agency may intervene in a fight or".
11     3.  Page 2, by inserting after line 22 the
12   following:
13     "2.  A person who is not an employee of an
14   accredited public school district, accredited
15   nonpublic school, or area education agency may
16   intervene in a fight or physical struggle, as
17   described in subsection 1, in the absence of such an
18   employee or at the request of such an employee,
19   utilizing the degree and force of intervention
20   reasonably necessary, in the opinion of the
21   nonemployee, to restore order and protect the safety
22   of the individuals involved in the altercation and
23   others in the vicinity of the altercation.  However, a
24   person who intervenes in the absence of an employee of
25   an accredited public school district, accredited
26   nonpublic school, or area education agency shall
27   report the intervention and all relevant information
28   regarding the situation as soon as reasonably possible
29   to such an employee.
30     3.  A person who intervenes in a fight or physical
31   struggle pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 shall be immune
32   from any civil or criminal liability which might
33   otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of such
34   reasonable force, and shall be awarded reasonable
35   monetary damages against a party bringing a civil
36   action if determined in the action to have been
37   wrongfully accused, as specified in section 280.21,
38   subsection 3."
39     4.  Title page, lines 1 and 2, by striking the
40   words "between school employees and" and inserting the
41   following:  "with".
42     5.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
43   and correcting internal references as necessary.
Rants of Woodbury offered the following amendment H-9304, to the
Senate amendment H-9193, filed by him from the floor and moved
its adoption:

H-9304

 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-9193, to House File

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