House Study Bill 10 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BALTIMORE) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the discharge of a firearm near buildings or 1 feedlots by certified law enforcement officers for training 2 purposes and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1519YC (3) 85 av/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 481A.123, Code 2013, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. This section does not apply to the 3 discharge of a firearm for the purpose of developing and 4 retaining the shooting proficiency of certified law enforcement 5 officers on premises owned by the state, a county, or a 6 municipality, and operated by a law enforcement agency, which 7 are not open to the general public and which were in operation 8 for that purpose prior to January 1, 1980. 9 EXPLANATION 10 This bill provides that the statutory prohibition against 11 discharging a firearm within 200 yards of a building inhabited 12 by people or domestic livestock or within 200 yards of a 13 feedlot without the owner’s consent, does not apply to the 14 discharge of a firearm for the purpose of developing and 15 retaining the shooting proficiency of certified law enforcement 16 officers on certain premises. The premises must be owned by 17 the state, a county, or a municipality, operated by a law 18 enforcement agency, and not open to the general public, and 19 must have been in operation for that purpose prior to January 20 1, 1980. 21 A violation of the bill’s provisions is punishable with a 22 scheduled fine of $25. 23 -1- LSB 1519YC (3) 85 av/nh 1/ 1