S-3087

   Amend Senate File 454 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 400.8, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The commission shall establish the guidelines for conducting the examinations under subsection 1 of this section. The commission shall hire persons with expertise to prepare and administer the examinations approved by the commission. It may also hire persons with expertise to consult in the preparation of such examinations if the persons so hired are employed to aid personnel of the commission in assuring that a fair examination is conducted. A fair examination shall explore the competence of the applicant in the particular field of examination.  An applicant who has successfully completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or another training facility certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy does not need to retake a civil service examination upon changing employment from one Iowa law enforcement agency to another Iowa law enforcement agency, or upon becoming employed by more than one Iowa law enforcement agency simultaneously, if the applicant has previously passed a civil service examination when the applicant was initially hired as a certified peace officer and if, without a break of not more than one hundred eighty days from prior law enforcement service, the applicant is hired by another Iowa law enforcement agency.>
   2.  Title page, line 2, by striking <city>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SCOTT WEBSTER