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Senate
File
2153
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2153
BY
WEBSTER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
a
member
of
the
general
assembly
to
be
1
issued
a
professional
permit
to
carry
weapons.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
724.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraphs
(1)
and
(4),
Code
2026,
are
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
(1)
A
person
may
be
issued
a
permit
to
carry
weapons
when
4
the
person’s
employment
in
a
private
investigation
business
5
or
private
security
business
licensed
under
chapter
80A
,
or
6
a
person’s
employment
as
a
member
of
the
general
assembly,
7
peace
officer,
correctional
officer,
county
attorney,
assistant
8
county
attorney,
security
guard,
bank
messenger
or
other
person
9
transporting
property
of
a
value
requiring
security,
or
in
10
police
work,
reasonably
justifies
that
person
going
armed.
11
(4)
A
person
may
be
issued
a
permit
to
carry
weapons
if
the
12
person
is
a
member
of
the
general
assembly,
county
attorney
,
13
or
an
assistant
county
attorney.
An
application
for
a
permit
14
by
an
assistant
county
attorney
must
be
approved
by
the
county
15
attorney
of
each
county
in
which
the
applicant
serves
prior
to
16
a
permit
to
carry
weapons
being
issued.
An
application
for
a
17
permit
by
a
member
of
the
general
assembly
shall
be
submitted
18
to
the
sheriff
for
the
county
in
which
the
applicant
resides.
19
The
sheriff
of
the
issuing
county
may
require
the
applicant
20
to
complete
a
proficiency
examination
prior
to
issuing
the
21
permit
to
carry
weapons.
The
standards
for
a
proficiency
22
examination
for
a
member
of
the
general
assembly,
county
23
attorney
,
or
assistant
county
attorney
shall
not
exceed
the
24
standards
required
of
a
peace
officer.
The
applicant
shall
pay
25
the
reasonable
costs
associated
with
completing
a
proficiency
26
examination.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
724.6,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
b,
c,
and
d,
28
Code
2026,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
b.
The
permit
shall
be
on
a
form
prescribed
and
published
by
30
the
commissioner
of
public
safety,
shall
identify
the
holder,
31
and
shall
state
the
nature
of
the
employment
requiring
the
32
holder
to
go
armed.
A
permit
so
issued,
other
than
to
a
member
33
of
the
general
assembly,
peace
officer,
county
attorney,
or
34
assistant
county
attorney,
shall
authorize
the
person
to
whom
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it
is
issued
to
go
armed
anywhere
in
the
state,
only
while
1
engaged
in
the
employment,
and
while
going
to
and
from
the
2
place
of
the
employment.
3
c.
A
permit
issued
to
a
member
of
the
general
assembly,
4
certified
peace
officer,
county
attorney,
or
assistant
county
5
attorney
shall
authorize
that
member
of
the
general
assembly,
6
peace
officer,
county
attorney,
or
assistant
county
attorney
to
7
go
armed
anywhere
in
the
state
at
all
times,
including
on
the
8
grounds
of
a
school.
9
d.
Permits
shall
expire
twelve
months
after
the
date
when
10
issued
except
that
permits
issued
to
members
of
the
general
11
assembly,
peace
officers,
county
attorneys,
assistant
county
12
attorneys,
and
correctional
officers
are
valid
through
the
13
holder
of
the
permit’s
period
of
employment
unless
otherwise
14
canceled.
When
the
employment
is
terminated,
the
holder
of
the
15
permit
shall
surrender
it
the
permit
to
the
issuing
officer
for
16
cancellation.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
authorizes
a
member
of
the
general
assembly
21
to
be
issued
a
professional
permit
to
carry
weapons
under
22
the
provisions
of
Code
section
724.6.
The
bill
directs
an
23
application
for
a
permit
by
an
applicant
to
be
submitted
to
the
24
sheriff
for
the
county
in
which
the
applicant
resides.
The
25
sheriff
of
the
issuing
county
may
require
the
applicant,
at
26
the
applicant’s
expense,
to
complete
a
proficiency
examination
27
prior
to
the
permit
to
carry
weapons
being
issued.
28
The
bill
provides
that
a
permit
issued
to
a
member
of
the
29
general
assembly
grants
authorization
to
go
armed
anywhere
in
30
the
state
at
all
times,
including
on
the
grounds
of
a
school.
31
The
bill
provides
that
a
permit
issued
to
a
member
of
32
the
general
assembly
is
valid
through
the
holder
of
the
33
permit’s
period
of
employment
unless
otherwise
canceled.
When
34
the
employment
is
terminated,
the
holder
of
the
permit
is
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required
to
surrender
the
permit
to
the
issuing
officer
for
1
cancellation.
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