Bill Text: IA HF701 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the purchase of certain law enforcement equipment.(Formerly HSB 236.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-21 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 611. [HF701 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF701-Introduced.html
House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
701
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
236)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
purchase
of
certain
law
enforcement
1
equipment.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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701
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
12K.1
Noncompliant
armament
——
1
purchase
with
public
moneys
prohibited.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
3
a.
“Armament”
means
body
armor
or
other
protective
equipment
4
used
by
a
peace
officer.
5
b.
“Law
enforcement
agency”
means
a
state-level
or
6
county-level
department,
agency,
or
office
that
employs
peace
7
officers.
8
c.
“Peace
officer”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
9
801.4.
10
d.
“Public
moneys”
means
moneys
deriving
from
tax
revenues
11
that
are
appropriated
to,
granted
to,
or
transferred
to
a
law
12
enforcement
agency.
“Public
moneys”
does
not
include
privately
13
funded
grants,
gifts,
or
donations.
14
2.
A
law
enforcement
agency
shall
not
use
public
moneys
to
15
purchase
or
otherwise
acquire
armament
unless
such
armament
16
has
been
certified
as
compliant
with
the
most
recently
adopted
17
standards
of
the
national
institute
of
justice.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
prohibits
a
law
enforcement
agency
from
using
22
public
moneys
to
purchase
or
otherwise
acquire
armament
23
unless
such
armament
has
been
certified
as
compliant
with
the
24
most
recently
adopted
standards
of
the
national
institute
25
of
justice.
The
bill
defines
“armament”,
“law
enforcement
26
agency”,
“peace
officer”,
and
“public
moneys”
for
purposes
of
27
the
bill.
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