SF 319 (LSB 1787SV (4) 88)

RELATING TO PEACE OFFICERS AND RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS  WHO PROVIDE STREET OR HIGHWAY DRIVING INSTRUCTION. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  To be qualified to provide street or highway driving instruction, a person shall be certified by the department and authorized by the board of educational examiners.  However, if the person is a peace officer, as defined in section 801.4, subsection 11, paragraph “a”, “b”, “c”, or “h”, with five or more years of experience as a peace officer, or a retired peace officer who holds a driver’s license that is valid for more than two years from the date of issuance, the person shall not be required to be authorized by the board of educational examiners. A person shall not be required to hold a current Iowa teacher or administrator license at the elementary or secondary level or to have satisfied the educational requirements for an Iowa teacher license at the elementary or secondary level in order to be certified by the department or authorized by the board of educational examiners to provide street or highway driving instruction.  For purposes of this subparagraph division, “retired peace officer” means a person retired under chapter 97A or 411, or section 97B.49B 
or 97B.49C, after service as a peace officer, as defined in section 801.4, subsection 11, paragraph “a”, “b”, “c”, or “h”.

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CHARLES SCHNEIDER
President of the Senate

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LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 319, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2019

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor