Senate File 207 - Introduced SENATE FILE 207 BY SCHNEIDER A BILL FOR An Act relating to peace officers and retired peace officers 1 who provide street or highway driving instruction. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1787XS (4) 88 ns/rh

S.F. 207 Section 1. Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), Code 2019, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 (a) To be qualified to provide street or highway driving 4 instruction, a person shall be certified by the department and 5 authorized by the board of educational examiners. However, if 6 the person is a peace officer or retired peace officer, the 7 person shall not be required to be authorized by the board 8 of educational examiners. A person shall not be required 9 to hold a current Iowa teacher or administrator license at 10 the elementary or secondary level or to have satisfied the 11 educational requirements for an Iowa teacher license at the 12 elementary or secondary level in order to be certified by the 13 department or authorized by the board of educational examiners 14 to provide street or highway driving instruction. For purposes 15 of this subparagraph division, “retired peace officer” means a 16 person retired under chapter 97A or 411, or section 97B.49B or 17 97B.49C, after service as a peace officer. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 Under current law, to be qualified to provide street or 22 highway driving instruction, a person must be certified by 23 the department of transportation (DOT) and authorized by the 24 board of educational examiners. This bill provides that if the 25 person is a peace officer or retired peace officer, the person 26 need not be authorized by the board of educational examiners. 27 Under Code section 321.1, a peace officer is defined as 28 every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to 29 make arrests for violations of traffic regulations, sheriffs 30 and their regular deputies who are subject to mandated law 31 enforcement training, marshals and police officers of cities, 32 peace officer members of the department of public safety, 33 parole officers, probation officers, special security officers 34 employed by board of regents institutions, conservation 35 -1- LSB 1787XS (4) 88 ns/rh 1/ 2

S.F. 207 officers, employees of the DOT that are designated as peace 1 officers by resolution, employees of an aviation authority 2 designated as peace officers by the authority, and persons 3 as may be otherwise so designated by law. The bill defines 4 retired peace officer to mean a person retired under Code 5 chapter 97A or 411, or Code section 97B.49B or 97B.49C, after 6 service as a peace officer. 7 -2- LSB 1787XS (4) 88 ns/rh 2/ 2