House File 425 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 425 BY RUNNING-MARQUARDT A BILL FOR An Act relating to certain law enforcement officer uniforms and 1 accessories. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2355YH (2) 84 aw/sc
H.F. 425 Section 1. Section 80.18, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 80.18 Expenses and supplies —— reimbursement. 3 1. The commissioner shall provide peace officers of the 4 department when on duty, with suitable uniforms, subsistence, 5 arms, equipment, quarters, and other necessary supplies, and 6 also the expense and means of travel and boarding, according 7 to rules adopted by the commissioner, and as may be provided 8 by appropriation. 9 2. The department may expend moneys from the support 10 allocation of the department as reimbursement for replacement 11 or repair of personal items of the department’s peace officers 12 or employees damaged or destroyed during a peace officer’s or 13 employee’s course of employment. However, the reimbursement 14 shall not exceed the greater of one hundred fifty dollars or 15 the amount agreed to under the collective bargaining agreement 16 for each item. The department shall adopt rules in accordance 17 with chapter 17A to administer this paragraph subsection . 18 3. The department may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 19 17A to permit the retention of uniforms or accessories, or 20 both, by a peace officer of the Iowa state patrol upon the 21 peace officer’s retirement or service-related disability. 22 Sec. 2. Section 331.657, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 2. The standard uniforms and accessories required by 25 the sheriff for the proper outfitting of the sheriff and the 26 sheriff’s full-time deputies under this section shall be 27 provided by the county. The uniforms and accessories issued 28 to the sheriff and the sheriff’s deputies remain the property 29 of the county. The board may, however, by ordinance permit 30 the retention of such uniforms or accessories, or both, by the 31 sheriff and sheriff’s deputies upon the sheriff’s or deputy’s 32 retirement or service-related disability. 33 Sec. 3. Section 362.10, Code 2011, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -1- LSB 2355YH (2) 84 aw/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 425 362.10 Police officers and fire fighters. 1 1. The maximum age for a police officer, marshal, or fire 2 fighter employed for police duty or the duty of fighting fires 3 is sixty-five years of age. This section shall not apply to 4 volunteer fire fighters. 5 2. The city council may by ordinance permit chiefs of 6 police and police officers employed by the city to retain 7 their uniforms or accessories, or both, upon retirement or 8 service-related disability. 9 EXPLANATION 10 This bill expressly permits certain government agencies and 11 political subdivisions of the state to allow law enforcement 12 officers of that agency or subdivision to retain their 13 uniforms and service accessories upon their retirement or 14 service-related disability. 15 The bill allows for the department of public safety to 16 adopt rules permitting certain peace officers to retain their 17 uniforms and service accessories upon their retirement or 18 service-related disability. Only a peace officer within the 19 department who is a member of the division of state patrol may 20 be permitted to retain such items. 21 The bill allows a county board of supervisors to adopt an 22 ordinance permitting sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to retain 23 their uniforms and service accessories upon their retirement 24 or service-related disability. 25 The bill allows a city council to adopt an ordinance 26 permitting police officers to retain their uniforms and 27 service accessories upon their retirement or service-related 28 disability. 29 -2- LSB 2355YH (2) 84 aw/sc 2/ 2