Bill Text: IA HF2570 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing a county attorney to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons. (Formerly HF 2083.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-01 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 938. [HF2570 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2570-Enrolled.html
House
File
2570
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Enrolled
House
File
2570
AN
ACT
AUTHORIZING
A
COUNTY
ATTORNEY
TO
BE
ISSUED
A
PROFESSIONAL
PERMIT
TO
CARRY
WEAPONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
724.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(1)
A
person
may
be
issued
a
permit
to
carry
weapons
when
the
person’s
employment
in
a
private
investigation
business
or
private
security
business
licensed
under
chapter
80A
,
or
a
person’s
employment
as
a
peace
officer,
correctional
officer,
county
attorney,
assistant
county
attorney,
security
guard,
House
File
2570,
p.
2
bank
messenger
or
other
person
transporting
property
of
a
value
requiring
security,
or
in
police
work,
reasonably
justifies
that
person
going
armed.
Sec.
2.
Section
724.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(3)
A
person
may
be
issued
a
permit
to
carry
weapons
if
the
person
is
a
county
attorney
or
an
assistant
county
attorney.
An
application
for
a
permit
by
an
assistant
county
attorney
must
be
approved
by
the
county
attorney
of
each
county
in
which
the
applicant
serves
prior
to
a
permit
to
carry
weapons
being
issued.
The
sheriff
of
the
issuing
county
may
require
the
applicant
to
complete
a
proficiency
examination
prior
to
issuing
the
permit
to
carry
weapons.
The
standards
for
a
proficiency
examination
for
a
county
attorney
or
assistant
county
attorney
shall
not
exceed
the
standards
required
of
a
peace
officer.
The
applicant
shall
pay
the
reasonable
costs
associated
with
completing
a
proficiency
examination.
Sec.
3.
Section
724.6,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
b,
c,
and
d,
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
The
permit
shall
be
on
a
form
prescribed
and
published
by
the
commissioner
of
public
safety,
shall
identify
the
holder,
and
shall
state
the
nature
of
the
employment
requiring
the
holder
to
go
armed.
A
permit
so
issued,
other
than
to
a
peace
officer,
county
attorney,
or
assistant
county
attorney,
shall
authorize
the
person
to
whom
it
is
issued
to
go
armed
anywhere
in
the
state,
only
while
engaged
in
the
employment,
and
while
going
to
and
from
the
place
of
the
employment.
c.
A
permit
issued
to
a
certified
peace
officer
,
county
attorney,
or
assistant
county
attorney
shall
authorize
that
peace
officer
,
county
attorney,
or
assistant
county
attorney
to
go
armed
anywhere
in
the
state
at
all
times,
including
on
the
grounds
of
a
school.
d.
Permits
shall
expire
twelve
months
after
the
date
when
issued
except
that
permits
issued
to
peace
officers
,
county
attorneys,
assistant
county
attorneys,
and
correctional
officers
are
valid
through
the
officer’s
holder
of
the
permit’s
period
of
employment
unless
otherwise
canceled.
When
the
House
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p.
3
employment
is
terminated,
the
holder
of
the
permit
shall
surrender
it
to
the
issuing
officer
for
cancellation.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2570,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor