SENATE FILE 177

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 15)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2011-03-08)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy and the membership of the Iowa law enforcement academy council and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 80B.5, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   80B.5  Administration.
   The administration of this chapter shall be vested in the office of the governor. A director of the academy and such shall be appointed by the governor from a slate of nominees submitted to the governor by the Iowa law enforcement academy council. The council shall submit a slate of up to three nominees for the position to the governor for the governor’s consideration. The nominees shall be chosen by the affirmative vote of a majority of council members upon the basis of their qualifications and without regard to political affiliation. The slate of nominees may include the current director. The governor may reject any slate of nominees submitted by the council. If the governor rejects a slate of nominees, the council shall submit another slate of nominees to the governor in the same manner as the original slate of nominees was submitted. The director shall serve for a four-year term beginning on January 1 of an even-numbered year in which a general election for the office of governor will not take place. A vacancy in this position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointee. An appointee filling a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the original term. Other staff as may be necessary for it the academy to function shall be employed pursuant to the Iowa merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV.
   Sec. 2.  Section 80B.6, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  There is created the An Iowa law enforcement academy council which shall consist is created consisting of the followingseventhirteen voting members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, to terms of four years commencing as provided in section 69.19:
   a.  Three residents of the state.
   b.  A sheriff of a county with a population of fifty thousand persons or more who is a member of the Iowa state sheriffs and deputies association.
 
   c.  A sheriff of a county with a population of less than fifty thousand persons who is a member of the Iowa state sheriffs and deputies association.
   d.  A deputy sheriff of a county who is a member of the Iowa state sheriffs and deputies association.
   e.  A member of the Iowa peace officers association.
   f.  A member of the Iowa state police association.
   g.  A member of the Iowa police chiefs association.
   c.h.  A police officer who is a member of a police department of a city with a population larger than of fifty thousand persons or more.
   d.i.  A police officer who is a member of a police department of a city with a population of less than fifty thousand persons.
   e.j.  A member of the department of public safety.
   k.  A member of the office of motor vehicle enforcement of the department of transportation.
   Sec. 3.  POSITION ABOLISHED.  The position of the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy, subject to the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, is abolished on December 31, 2011.
   Sec. 4.  APPLICABILITY.  Section 1 of this Act applies to the appointment of the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy for terms beginning on or after January 1, 2012.