SENATE FILE 128

BY  BOLKCOM

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting the carrying of weapons in state and municipal buildings and providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  724.4D  Carrying weapons in state and municipal buildings.
   1.  A person who goes armed with, carries, or transports a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, in a state building or a municipal building commits a serious misdemeanor. 
   2.  For the purposes of this section:
   a.  “Municipal building” means a building owned or leased by a city or county, or an agency or department of a city or county. 
   b.  “State building” means a building owned by or leased by the state, or an agency or department of the state. 
   3.  Subsection 1 does not apply to the following:
   a.  A person listed under section 724.4, subsection 4, paragraphs“b” through “d”, “j”, or “k”.
   b.  A person who has been specifically authorized by the state or municipality to go armed, carry, or transport a firearm in the state or municipal building, including for purposes of conducting an instructional program regarding firearms.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that a person who goes armed with, carries, or transports a firearm of any kind, whether concealed or not, in a state building or a municipal building commits a serious misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875.
   For purposes of the bill, “state building” means a building owned by or leased by the state, or an agency or department of the state, and a “municipal building” means a building owned or leased by a city or county, or an agency or department of a city or county.
   The bill does not apply to a peace officer, when the officer’s duties require the person to carry weapons; a member of the armed forces of the United States or of the national guard or person in the service of the United States, when the weapons are carried in connection with the person’s duties; a correctional officer, when the officer’s duties require, serving under the authority of the department of corrections; a law enforcement officer from another state when the officer’s duties require the officer to carry the weapon and the officer is in this state for the extradition or other lawful removal of a prisoner from this state, pursuit of a suspect in compliance with Code chapter 806, or activities in the capacity of a law enforcement officer with the knowledge and consent of the chief of police of the city or the sheriff of the county in which the activities occur or of the commissioner of public safety; a person engaged in the business of transporting prisoners under a contract with the department of corrections or a county sheriff, a similar agency from another state, or the federal government; or a person who has been specifically authorized by the state, city, or county to go armed, carry, or transport a firearm in the state or municipal building, including for purposes of conducting an instructional program regarding firearms.