House File 762 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
                                           SAFETY

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 470)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to reserve certified peace officers and training
  2    requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2436HV 83
  5 rh/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 80D.3, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  A person appointed to serve as a reserve peace officer
  1  4 who has received basic training as a peace officer and has
  1  5 been certified by the academy pursuant to chapter 80B and
  1  6 rules adopted pursuant to chapter 80B may met the minimum
  1  7 training course requirement of one hundred fifty hours
  1  8 obtained at a community college or other facility selected by
  1  9 the individual and approved by the law enforcement agency
  1 10 prior to July 1, 2007, shall be exempted from completing the
  1 11 minimum training course at the discretion of the appointing
  1 12 authority.  However, such a person appointed to serve as a
  1 13 reserve peace officer shall meet mandatory in=service training
  1 14 requirements established by academy rules if the person has
  1 15 not served as an active peace officer within one hundred
  1 16 eighty days of appointment as a reserve peace officer.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill provides that a person appointed to serve as a
  1 19 reserve peace officer who has met the minimum training course
  1 20 requirement of 150 hours obtained at a community college or
  1 21 other facility selected by the individual and approved by the
  1 22 law enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2007, shall be
  1 23 exempted from completing the minimum training course at the
  1 24 discretion of the appointing authority.
  1 25 LSB 2436HV 83
  1 26 rh/nh/14