Senate File 73 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  WIECK


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the revocation or suspension of a law
  2    enforcement officer's certification.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1015SS 82
  5 rh/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80B.11, subsection 8, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    8.  Grounds for revocation or suspension of a law
  1  4 enforcement officer's certification.  However, a law
  1  5 enforcement officer's certification shall not be revoked or
  1  6 suspended in a case where the law enforcement officer is found
  1  7 not guilty in a criminal case and the law enforcement officer
  1  8 is exonerated in any civil proceeding conducted in connection
  1  9 with the criminal offense charged.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill relates to the revocation or suspension of a law
  1 12 enforcement officer's certification.
  1 13    The bill provides that a law enforcement officer's
  1 14 certification shall not be revoked or suspended in a case
  1 15 where the law enforcement officer is found not guilty in a
  1 16 criminal case and the law enforcement officer is exonerated in
  1 17 a civil proceeding conducted in connection with the criminal
  1 18 offense charged.  Code section 80B.11 authorizes the director
  1 19 of the Iowa law enforcement academy, subject to the approval
  1 20 of the Iowa law enforcement academy council, to promulgate
  1 21 rules specifying the grounds for the revocation or suspension
  1 22 of a law enforcement officer's certification.
  1 23    "Law enforcement officer" means an officer appointed by the
  1 24 director of the department of natural resources, a regularly
  1 25 employed member of a police force or other agency or
  1 26 department of the state, county, city, or tribal government
  1 27 who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime
  1 28 and the enforcement of the criminal laws of this state and all
  1 29 individuals, as determined by the Iowa law enforcement academy
  1 30 council, who by the nature of their duties may be required to
  1 31 perform the duties of a peace officer.
  1 32 LSB 1015SS 82
  1 33 rh:nh/je/5