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2020 LA H.B. 577

Title - AN ACT To enact R.S. 33:2494(C)(5) and 2554(C)(3), relative to municipal fire and police civil service in the cities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville,to provide relative to the certification and appointment of eligible persons in the police departments of those municipalities,and to provide for related matters.

Law Number - 2020 LA H.B. 577

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Relates to municipal fire and police civil service in the cities of Broussard, Carencro, Scott, and Youngsville,provides for the certification and appointment of eligible persons in the police departments of those municipalities.

2020 UT S 210

Title - Body Camera Amendments

Law Number - 2020 UT S 210

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Modifies the list of circumstances in which an officer may deactivate a body-worn camera,defines terms,requires a police officer to document reasons why the officer failed to comply with requirements related to body-worn cameras,and allows a presiding jud...

Modifies the list of circumstances in which an officer may deactivate a body-worn camera,defines terms,requires a police officer to document reasons why the officer failed to comply with requirements related to body-worn cameras,and allows a presiding judge to provide an adverse inference instruction to a jury of a criminal trial if an officer failed to comply with requirements related to body-worn cameras, under specified circumstances.

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2020 WV S 706

Title - LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.

Law Number - 2020 WV S.B. 706

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AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-29-3 and §30-29-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as 2 amended, all relating to the duties of the law-enforcement training and certification 3 subcommittee,providing for a minimum of 800 classroom hours for a law-enfo...

AN ACT to amend and reenact §30-29-3 and §30-29-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
2 amended, all relating to the duties of the law-enforcement training and certification
3 subcommittee,providing for a minimum of 800 classroom hours for a law-enforcement
4 academy,clarifying that the required classroom hours shall be accumulated on the basis
5 of a full-time curricula,authorizing the law-enforcement training and certification
6 subcommittee to deny an application for the establishment of a new law-enforcement
7 academy if it is determined that no need exists,requiring that a person seeking certification
8 complete the approved law-enforcement training academy within 18 consecutive months
9 of the commencement of employment as a law-enforcement officer,authorizing
1 0 extensions of such requirement,requiring graduates of state law-enforcement academies
11 successfully complete an entry level law-enforcement examination promulgated by the
12 law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee prior to certification,establishing
13 time frames for completion of training requirements,and making technical corrections.

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2020 UT H 82

Title - Governmental Immunity Act of Utah

Law Number - 2020 UT H 82

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Amends the Governmental Immunity Act,modifies a provision relating to a governmental entity’s obligation to provide information to a claimant after the filing of a notice of claim.

2020 LA S.C.R. 24

Title - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To commend Shirley Wills on her many years of exemplary civic activism as a community leader and as a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, and to congratulate her on the occasion of her seventy-fifth birthday.

Law Number - 2020 LA S.C.R. 24

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Commends Shirley Wills on her many years of exemplary civic activism as a community leader and member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury, and congratulates her on the occasion of her 75th birthday.

2020 ID S.B. 1408

Title - AN ACT RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION TO THE IDAHO STATE POLICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021

Law Number - 2020 ID S.B. 1408

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Makes an appropriation to the State Police for the upcoming fiscal year.

2020 LA H.C.R. 11

Title - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To urge and request the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice (LCLE) to adopt certain rules and standards for bulletproof vests for peace officers with regard to rifle plates, soft armor and carriers, reuse policy, and repurposing policy.

Law Number - 2020 LA H.C.R. 11

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Requests the Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice to adopt certain rules and standards for bulletproof vests for peace officers.

2020 LA S.B. 183

Title - AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:428(A) and (F), and to enact R.S. 18:428(G) and 1309(A)(5),relative to law enforcement assistance at polling places under certain circumstances,to provide for law enforcement officers to assist in preserving order,to provide for the protection of election officials,and to provide for related matters.

Law Number - 2020 LA S.B. 183

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Relates to law enforcement assistance at polling places,provides for law enforcement officers to assist in preserving order,provides for the protection of election officials.

2020 LA H.B. 13

Title - AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 11:157(A)(1), relative to the Firefighters’ Retirement System and the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System,to provide relative to employee membership in the systems,and to provide for related matters.

Law Number - 2020 LA H.B. 13

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Provides for the Firefighters’ Retirement System and the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System,provides for employee membership in the Systems.

2020 LA H.B. 18

Title - AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2220(G), 2221(C) and (E)(1)(a), 2225(A)(1), 2225.4(B), and 2227(B)(1)(b), (G), and (J) and to enact R.S. 11:2225(G), relative to the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System,to provide relative to employer and employee contributions and the reporting thereof,to provide for suspension of benefit payments and extension of Deferred Retirement Option Plan participation period under certain circumstances,to provide with regard to interest and penalties for delinquent contributions,and to provide for related matters.

Law Number - 2020 LA H.B. 18

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Relates to the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System,provides for the suspension of benefit payments and for an extension of the Deferred Retirement Option Plan participation period,provides for interest and penalties for delinquent contributions.

2020 LA H.B. 29

Title - Provides for the reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to information about missing children,provides that entities to which a law enforcement agency is required and permitted to report,provides for the entry of certain information into the National Crime Information Center’s database,provides for the time period within which the entry and reporting occur.

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Provides for the reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to information about missing children,provides that entities to which a law enforcement agency is required and permitted to report,provides for the entry of certain information into the Nat...

Provides for the reporting duties of law enforcement with respect to information about missing children,provides that entities to which a law enforcement agency is required and permitted to report,provides for the entry of certain information into the National Crime Information Center’s database,provides for the time period within which the entry and reporting occur.

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2020 LA H.B. 21

Title - AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 11:2213(11)(b), 2214(A)(2)(a) and (d)(ii) and (B), 2220(B)(1)(a)(i) and (2)(d), 2241.4, 2241.8 (1)(a), and 2242.8 (1)(a) and to enact R.S. 11:2213(12.1) and (21.1), 2214(A)(2)(d)(iv) and (v), 2220(B)(2)(e) and (6) and (J), 2223(G) through (I), 2224(G) and (H), 2241.8 (5), and 2242.8 (5), relative to the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System,to provide for payment of benefits to trusts,to provide relative to age and other limitations on membership,to provide relative to required physical examinations,to provide relative to survivor and disability benefits and beneficiary options,to provide relative to reemployment of retirees,to provide relative to collection of benefits paid in error,and to provide for related matters.

Law Number - 2020 LA H.B. 21

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Relates to the Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System,provides for the payment of benefits to trusts,provides for age and other limitations on membership,provides for required physical examinations,provides for survivor and disability benefits and ...

Relates to the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System,provides for the payment of benefits to trusts,provides for age and other limitations on membership,provides for required physical examinations,provides for survivor and disability benefits and beneficiary options,provides for reemployment of retirees,provides for the collection of benefits paid in error.

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