Bill Text: IA SF177 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: 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. (Formerly SF 15.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Subcommittee reassigned, Baudler, Kressig, and Tjepkes. H.J. 54. [SF177 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SF177-Amended.html
Senate File 177 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 177 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO SF 15) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 8, 2011 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the director of the Iowa law enforcement 1 academy and the membership of the Iowa law enforcement 2 academy council and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 SF 177 (5) 84 je/rj
S.F. 177 Section 1. Section 80B.5, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 80B.5 Administration. 3 The administration of this chapter shall be vested in the 4 office of the governor. A director of the academy and such 5 shall be appointed by the governor from a slate of nominees 6 submitted to the governor by the Iowa law enforcement academy 7 council. The council shall submit a slate of up to three 8 nominees for the position to the governor for the governor’s 9 consideration. The nominees shall be chosen by the affirmative 10 vote of a majority of council members upon the basis of their 11 qualifications and without regard to political affiliation. 12 The slate of nominees may include the current director. The 13 governor may reject any slate of nominees submitted by the 14 council. If the governor rejects a slate of nominees, the 15 council shall submit another slate of nominees to the governor 16 in the same manner as the original slate of nominees was 17 submitted. The director shall serve for a four-year term 18 beginning on January 1 of an even-numbered year in which a 19 general election for the office of governor will not take 20 place. A vacancy in this position shall be filled in the 21 same manner as the original appointee. An appointee filling 22 a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the original term. 23 Other staff as may be necessary for it the academy to function 24 shall be employed pursuant to the Iowa merit system provisions 25 of chapter 8A, subchapter IV . 26 Sec. 2. Section 80B.6, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended 27 to read as follows: 28 1. There is created the An Iowa law enforcement academy 29 council which shall consist is created consisting of the 30 following seven thirteen voting members appointed by the 31 governor , subject to confirmation by the senate , to terms of 32 four years commencing as provided in section 69.19 : 33 a. Three residents of the state. 34 b. A sheriff of a county with a population of fifty thousand 35 -1- SF 177 (5) 84 je/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 177 persons or more who is a member of the Iowa state sheriffs and 1 deputies association . 2 c. A sheriff of a county with a population of less than 3 fifty thousand persons who is a member of the Iowa state 4 sheriffs and deputies association. 5 d. A deputy sheriff of a county who is a member of the Iowa 6 state sheriffs and deputies association. 7 e. A member of the Iowa peace officers association. 8 f. A member of the Iowa state police association. 9 g. A member of the Iowa police chiefs association. 10 c. h. A police officer who is a member of a police 11 department of a city with a population larger than of fifty 12 thousand persons or more . 13 d. i. A police officer who is a member of a police 14 department of a city with a population of less than fifty 15 thousand persons. 16 e. j. A member of the department of public safety. 17 k. A member of the office of motor vehicle enforcement of 18 the department of transportation. 19 Sec. 3. POSITION ABOLISHED. The position of the director 20 of the Iowa law enforcement academy, subject to the merit 21 system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, is abolished on 22 December 31, 2011. 23 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. Section 1 of this Act applies to the 24 appointment of the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy 25 for terms beginning on or after January 1, 2012. 26 -2- SF 177 (5) 84 je/rj 2/ 2
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