Bill Text: IA HF2292 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to carrying weapons on school grounds by a certified peace officer with a professional permit to carry weapons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 232. [HF2292 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2292-Introduced.html

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House File 2292 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  HALL

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to carrying weapons on school grounds by a
  2    certified peace officer with a professional permit to carry
  3    weapons.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 724.4B, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A person listed under section 724.4, subsection 4,
  1  4 paragraphs "b" through "f" or "j", or a certified peace officer
  1  5 as specified in section 724.6, subsection 1.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 724.6, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
  1  7 to read as follows:
  1  8    1.  A person may be issued a permit to carry weapons when
  1  9 the person's employment in a private investigation business
  1 10 or private security business licensed under chapter 80A, or a
  1 11 person's employment as a peace officer, correctional officer,
  1 12 security guard, bank messenger or other person transporting
  1 13 property of a value requiring security, or in police work,
  1 14 reasonably justifies that person going armed. The permit shall
  1 15 be on a form prescribed and published by the commissioner of
  1 16 public safety, shall identify the holder, and shall state
  1 17 the nature of the employment requiring the holder to go
  1 18 armed. A permit so issued, other than to a peace officer,
  1 19 shall authorize the person to whom it is issued to go armed
  1 20 anywhere in the state, only while engaged in the employment,
  1 21 and while going to and from the place of the employment. A
  1 22 permit issued to a certified peace officer shall authorize that
  1 23 peace officer to go armed anywhere in the state, including a
  1 24 school as provided in section 724.4B, at all times. Permits
  1 25 shall expire twelve months after the date when issued except
  1 26 that permits issued to peace officers and correctional officers
  1 27 are valid through the officer's period of employment unless
  1 28 otherwise canceled. When the employment is terminated, the
  1 29 holder of the permit shall surrender it to the issuing officer
  1 30 for cancellation.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 34    This bill relates to carrying weapons on school grounds by
  1 35 a certified peace officer with a professional permit to carry
  2  1 weapons. The bill provides that a certified peace officer
  2  2 who possesses a professional permit to carry weapons does not
  2  3 commit the criminal violation of unlawfully carrying weapons on
  2  4 school grounds under Code section 724.4B.  Under current law, a
  2  5 peace officer while acting within the official duties of the
  2  6 officer may possess a weapon on school grounds. A person who
  2  7 commits the offense of unlawfully carrying weapons on school
  2  8 grounds commits a class "D" felony.
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