House File 901 - Enrolled PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 901 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 CONCERNING THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF DESIGNATED 1 5 SECURITY PERSONNEL WORKING AT COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS 1 6 WITH A LIQUOR CONTROL LICENSE OR WINE OR BEER PERMIT AND 1 7 PROVIDING FOR FEES. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. Section 123.32, subsection 4, Code 2007, is 1 12 amended to read as follows: 1 13 4. SECURITY EMPLOYEE TRAINING. A local authority, as a 1 14 condition of obtaining and holding a license or permit for 1 15 on=premises consumption, may require a designated security 1 16 employee as defined in section 123.3 to be trained and 1 17 certified in security methods. The training shall include but 1 18 is not limited tomediationde=escalation techniques, anger 1 19 management techniques, civil rights or unfair practices 1 20 awareness as provided in section 216.7, recognition of fake or 1 21 altered identification, information on laws applicable to the 1 22 serving of alcohol at a licensed premises, use of force and 1 23 techniques for safely removing patrons, andproviding1 24 instruction on the proper physical restraint methods used 1 25 against a person who has become combative. 1 26 Sec. 2. PILOT PROJECT == ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL == 1 27 SECURITY EMPLOYEE TRAINING == FEES == REPORT. 1 28 1. On and after January 1, 2009, and notwithstanding any 1 29 other provision of law to the contrary, a local authority 1 30 located in a county with a population as of the most recent 1 31 decennial census in excess of three hundred thousand persons, 1 32 shall require a licensee or permittee, as provided in chapter 1 33 123, of a premises with an occupancy of at least two hundred 1 34 persons to have at least one designated security employee, as 1 35 defined in section 123.3, who shall be designated as the 2 1 supervising security person, who is trained and certified in 2 2 security methods as provided in this section, on the premises 2 3 during an event for which an admission or a cover charge of at 2 4 least five dollars is charged or collected to enter the 2 5 premises or attend a performance or program on the premises 2 6 while alcoholic beverages are served or made available to 2 7 patrons. However, a designated security employee who is a 2 8 certified peace officer shall be exempt from the requirement 2 9 to be trained and certified through a program conducted by the 2 10 division of labor services as provided in this section. 2 11 2. a. The labor commissioner of the division of labor 2 12 services of the department of workforce development shall 2 13 establish and conduct an eight=hour security and safety 2 14 certification training program for designated security 2 15 employees. The commissioner shall assess a fee of not more 2 16 than fifty dollars to a person participating in the training 2 17 and issue a certificate to the designated security employee 2 18 upon successful completion of the training program. 2 19 b. The training program shall include but is not limited 2 20 to the following: 2 21 (1) De=escalation techniques. 2 22 (2) Anger management techniques. 2 23 (3) Use of force and techniques for safely removing 2 24 patrons. 2 25 (4) Recognition of fake or altered identification. 2 26 (5) Information on laws applicable to the serving of 2 27 alcohol at a licensed premises. 2 28 (6) Disaster preparedness. 2 29 (7) Communications skills and report writing. 2 30 (8) Civil rights or unfair practices awareness as provided 2 31 in section 216.7. 2 32 (9) Instruction on the proper physical restraint methods 2 33 used against a person who has become combative. 2 34 3. Fees assessed pursuant to this section of this Act 2 35 shall be retained by the commissioner and shall be considered 3 1 repayment receipts as defined in section 8.2, and shall be 3 2 used to offset the cost of conducting the training. 3 3 Notwithstanding section 8.33, repayment receipts collected by 3 4 the commissioner for security employee training that remain 3 5 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year 3 6 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure 3 7 for the purpose designated until the close of the succeeding 3 8 fiscal year. 3 9 4. The labor commissioner of the division of labor 3 10 services of the department of workforce development and the 3 11 administrator of the alcoholic beverages division of the 3 12 department of commerce shall jointly submit a written report 3 13 to the general assembly by January 1, 2011, concerning the 3 14 effectiveness of the pilot project and any recommendations for 3 15 legislative action to expand or modify the pilot project. 3 16 5. This section of this Act is repealed June 30, 2011. 3 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 PATRICK J. MURPHY 3 21 Speaker of the House 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 25 JOHN P. KIBBIE 3 26 President of the Senate 3 27 3 28 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 29 is known as House File 901, Eighty=second General Assembly. 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 MARK BRANDSGARD 3 34 Chief Clerk of the House 3 35 Approved , 2008 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 CHESTER J. CULVER 4 5 Governor