1. The commissioner shall provide peace officers of the department when on duty, with suitable uniforms, subsistence, arms, equipment, quarters, and other necessary supplies, and also the expense and means of travel and boarding, according to rules adopted by the commissioner, and as may be provided by appropriation.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 80.18

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of public safety. See Iowa Code 80.1A
  • Department: means the department of public safety. See Iowa Code 80.1A
  • Peace officer: means a peace officer of the department as defined in section 97A. See Iowa Code 80.1A
 2. The department may expend moneys from the support allocation of the department as reimbursement for replacement or repair of personal items of the department’s peace officers or employees damaged or destroyed during a peace officer‘s or employee’s course of employment. However, the reimbursement shall not exceed the greater of one hundred fifty dollars or the amount agreed to under the collective bargaining agreement for each item. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A to administer this subsection.