Senate Study Bill 1232 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            JUDICIARY BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON KREIMAN)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the Iowa law enforcement academy and minimum
  2    entrance requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2423XC 82
  5 rh/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80B.11, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Minimum entrance requirements, course of study,
  1  4 attendance requirements, and equipment and facilities required
  1  5 at approved law enforcement training schools.  Minimum age
  1  6 requirements for entrance to an approved law enforcement
  1  7 training schools school shall include requirements that a
  1  8 person be eighteen years of age and a citizen of the United
  1  9 States or an alien who has been lawfully admitted into the
  1 10 United States for permanent residence and who intends to
  1 11 become a citizen of the United States within eight years of
  1 12 commencing employment with a state or local law enforcement
  1 13 agency.  Minimum course of study requirements shall include a
  1 14 separate domestic abuse curriculum, which may include, but is
  1 15 not limited to, outside speakers from domestic abuse shelters
  1 16 and crime victim assistance organizations.  Minimum course of
  1 17 study requirements shall also include a sexual assault
  1 18 curriculum.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill relates to the Iowa law enforcement academy and
  1 21 minimum entrance requirements.
  1 22    The bill provides that minimum requirements for entrance to
  1 23 an approved law enforcement training school, which include a
  1 24 minimum age of 18, shall also include a requirement that a
  1 25 person be a citizen of the United States or an alien who has
  1 26 been lawfully admitted into the United States for permanent
  1 27 residence and who intends to become a citizen of the United
  1 28 States within eight years of commencing employment with a
  1 29 state or local law enforcement agency.
  1 30 LSB 2423XC 82
  1 31 rh:rj/je/5