H.B. 232
         SHERIFF QUALIFICATIONS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 13, 2007 3:20 pm



Representative Paul Ray proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Line 14 :    

             14          .    requires sheriffs
{   and candidates for sheriff   } to be certified as a correctional officer;

    
  . requires sheriffs to pass any physical fitness test that the sheriff's office requires other officers to pass, allowing six months to pass a test that a sheriff failed to pass;      


2.    Page 2, Lines 38 through 40b
    House Committee Amendments
    1-22-2007 :
    

             38          (b) [be] qualified to be certified as
{   :

             39          (i)  
}
a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103
{   ; and

             40          (ii) a correctional officer, as defined in Section 53-13-104 H. , or as a correctional
             40a      manager as established by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Division created under
             40b      Section 53-6-103 .H  
}
.

3.    Page 2, Line 52
    House Committee Amendments
    1-22-2007 :
    

             52     
{   and   }


4.    Page 2, Lines 54a through 55
    House Committee Amendments
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             54a      of office
{   .   }        ; and

    (d) pass any physical fitness test that the sheriff's office requires other officers to pass.  

             55          (3)
{   The   }        (a) Subject to Subsection (3)(b), the       county legislative body shall declare the office of sheriff to be vacant if at any


5.    Page 2, Line 56
    House Committee Amendments
    1-22-2007 :
    

             56      time the incumbent sheriff fails to meet the legal qualifications for office under Subsection (2).


    
  (b) A county legislative body may not declare a vacancy under Subsection (3)(a) based on a sheriff's failure to pass a physical fitness test under Subsection (2)(d) if the sheriff passes the test within six months after failing to pass it.      


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