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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
NATIONAL
GUARD,
BY
AUTHORIZING
A
MORALE,
WELFARE,
AND
RECREATION
ACTIVITY
AND
ESTABLISHING
PROCEDURES
CONCERNING
NOTIFICATION
OF
CIVILIAN
AUTHORITIES
REGARDING
CERTAIN
CRIMINAL
OFFENSES
COMMITTED
BY
MEMBERS
OF
THE
NATIONAL
GUARD.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
29A.12A
Morale,
welfare,
and
recreation
activity.
1.
The
adjutant
general
may
establish
a
morale,
welfare,
and
recreation
activity
in
the
department
of
public
defense,
for
the
purposes
of
supporting
the
readiness
and
resilience
of
members
of
the
national
guard.
The
adjutant
general
shall
prescribe
regulations
governing
the
operation
of
the
morale,
welfare,
and
recreation
activity.
2.
An
obligation
created
under
this
section
shall
not
be
a
charge
against
the
state
of
Iowa
and
all
obligations
of
the
activity
shall
be
paid
from
the
operations
of
the
activity.
3.
There
is
no
liability
to
the
state
of
Iowa
under
this
section.
Members
of
the
governing
body
of
the
activity
shall
not
be
held
to
any
personal
or
individual
liability
for
any
action
taken
by
them
under
this
chapter.
Sec.
2.
Section
29B.116A,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
A
commander,
who
is
made
aware
of
an
allegation
that
an
offense
under
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
or
“b”
,
has
been
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committed
by
a
member
of
the
state
military
forces
against
another
member
of
the
state
military
forces
while
both
are
subject
to
this
code,
shall
notify
local
,
without
delay,
the
civilian
law
enforcement
authorities
without
delay
agency
having
primary
jurisdiction
over
the
alleged
offense
.
Upon
notification,
the
agency
shall
promptly
assign
a
case
number
to
the
allegation
and
shall
share
with
the
national
guard
the
results
of
any
investigation
or
inform
the
national
guard
of
the
reasons
for
not
conducting
an
investigation.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
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2201,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor