Amendment H-8220 to HF 2560
Relating to and making appropriations involving state government entities involved with agriculture, natural resources, and environmental protection, and making related statutory changes, and including effective date provisions
Adopted · March 23, 2022
Filed March 22, 2022 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds "park ranger" to a list of job titles and requires the department of natural resources to create a working group to study how to most effectively use its full-time officers. The working group will look at whether these employees should be classified as park rangers or conservation officers and must submit a report on its findings by January 15, 2023.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 9, line 23, by striking “officer” and inserting “officer, park ranger,”
- Page 27, after line 28 by inserting: “Sec. ___. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL STUDY.
- The department of natural resources shall establish a law enforcement personnel working group to study issues involving the use of full-time officers of the department appointed pursuant to section 456A.13 as full-time officers, other than supervisory personnel, and who have the same powers as conferred on peace officers for the enforcement of laws in this state. The working group shall consider issues regarding the most effective and efficient use of such full-time officers, including their position classification as park ranger or conservation officer.
- The members of the working group shall include all of the following: a. The director of the department of natural resources, or a designee of the director. b. Full-time employees of the department of natural resources appointed by the director who are affected by the issues considered by the working group. c. Four members of the general assembly, who shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members, with two from the senate and two from the house of representatives and not more than one member from each chamber being from the same political party. The two senators shall be designated one member each by the president of the senate, after consultation with the majority leader of the senate, and by the minority leader of the senate. The two representatives shall be designated one member each by the speaker of the house of representatives, after consultation with the majority leader of the house of representatives, and by the minority leader of the house of representatives. d. Staffing services shall be provided by the department of natural resources.
- The working group shall prepare and submit a report regarding its findings and recommendations to the legislative services agency, the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on agriculture and natural resources, and the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and house committees on appropriations, not later than January 15,
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- By renumbering as necessary.