724.8A Limitation on authority — nonprojectile high-voltage pulse weapons designed to immobilize — public universities and community colleges.
1. The governing board of a university under the control of the state board of regents as provided in chapter 262 or a community college under the jurisdiction of a board of directors for a merged area as provided in chapter 260C shall not adopt or enforce any policy or rule that prohibits the carrying, transportation, or possession of a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of such a college or university, as long as such a dangerous weapon does not generate a projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, and such a dangerous weapon is not used in the commission of a public offense.
2. This section shall not apply to any policy or rule adopted or enforced by the governing board of a university under the control of the state board of regents as provided in chapter 262 or a community college under the jurisdiction of a board of directors for a merged area as provided in chapter 260C that prohibits persons who have been convicted of a felony from carrying, transporting, or possessing a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of such a university or community college.
3. This section shall not apply to any policy or rule adopted or enforced by the governing board of a university under the control of the state board of regents as provided in chapter 262 that prohibits the carrying, transportation, or possession of a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person inside the buildings or physical structures of any stadium or hospital associated with an institution governed by the state board of regents.
2019 Acts, ch 94, §3; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §376
Referred to in §80A.13, 260C.14A, 262.9D, 724.11
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Section 724.1 - Offensive weapons.
Section 724.1A - Firearm suppressors — certification.
Section 724.1B - Firearm suppressors — penalty.
Section 724.1C - Short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun — penalty.
Section 724.2 - Authority to possess offensive weapons.
Section 724.2A - Peace officer — defined — reserved peace officer included.
Section 724.3 - Unauthorized possession of offensive weapons.
Section 724.4 - Use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime.
Section 724.4A - Weapons free zones — enhanced penalties.
Section 724.4B - Carrying firearms on school grounds — penalty — exceptions.
Section 724.4C - Possession or carrying of dangerous weapons while under the influence.
Section 724.4D - Carrying of dangerous weapons — duty to cooperate — reasonable suspicion.
Section 724.4E - Possession of dangerous weapons and loaded firearms by minors.
Section 724.6 - Professional permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.7 - Nonprofessional permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.8 - Persons ineligible for permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.8B - Persons ineligible to carry dangerous weapons.
Section 724.9 - Firearm safety training.
Section 724.9A - Approval of organizations that may certify handgun safety training instructors.
Section 724.10 - Application for permit to carry weapons — background check required.
Section 724.11 - Issuance of permit to carry weapons.
Section 724.11A - Recognition.
Section 724.12 - Permit to carry weapons not transferable.
Section 724.14 - Nonprofessional permit — change of residence to another county.
Section 724.15 - Acquiring pistols or revolvers.
Section 724.16 - Prohibited transfers of firearms.
Section 724.16A - Trafficking in stolen weapons.
Section 724.17 - Permit to acquire — criminal history check.
Section 724.18 - Procedure for making application for permit to acquire.
Section 724.19 - Issuance of permit to acquire.
Section 724.20 - Validity of permit to acquire pistols or revolvers.
Section 724.21 - Giving false information when acquiring pistol or revolver.
Section 724.22 - Persons under twenty-one — sale, loan, gift, making available — possession.
Section 724.23 - Records kept by commissioner and issuing officers.
Section 724.24 - Purchase or sale of firearms in contiguous states.
Section 724.25 - Felony and antique firearm defined.
Section 724.27 - Offenders’ rights restored.
Section 724.28 - Prohibition of regulation by political subdivisions — exception.
Section 724.28A - Authority to carry firearm — peace officers.
Section 724.29 - Firearm devices.
Section 724.29A - Fraudulent purchase of firearms or ammunition.
Section 724.30 - Reckless use of a firearm.
Section 724.31A - Identifying information — background checks.