Senate Amendment 3371


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 588 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 38, by inserting after line 32 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 262.13, Code 2007, is amended
     1  5 to read as follows:
     1  6    262.13  SECURITY OFFICERS AT INSTITUTIONS AS PEACE
     1  7 OFFICERS.
     1  8    a.  The board may authorize any institution under
     1  9 its control to commission one or more of its employees
     1 10 as special security officers.  Special security
     1 11 officers shall have the powers, privileges, and
     1 12 immunities of regular peace officers when acting in
     1 13 the interests of the institution by which they are
     1 14 employed.  The board shall provide as rapidly as
     1 15 practicable for the adequate training of such special
     1 16 security officers at the Iowa law enforcement academy
     1 17 or in an equivalent training program, unless they have
     1 18 already received such training.
     1 19    b.  The board shall require institutions of higher
     1 20 learning under its control to provide that individuals
     1 21 employed as security officers by the institutions
     1 22 carry a firearm while performing security duties.  An
     1 23 individual who is employed as a security officer at an
     1 24 institution shall meet all of the following
     1 25 requirements:
     1 26    (1)  File with the sheriff of the county in which
     1 27 the institution is located evidence that the
     1 28 individual has successfully completed an approved
     1 29 firearms training program under section 724.9.
     1 30    (2)  Possess a permit to carry weapons issued by
     1 31 the sheriff of the county in which the institution is
     1 32 located under sections 724.6 through 724.11.
     1 33    (3)  File with the sheriff of the county in which
     1 34 the institution is located a sworn affidavit from the
     1 35 employer outlining the nature of the duties to be
     1 36 performed and justification of the need to go armed.>
     1 37 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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