SF0169 - Peace officers-retirement credentials.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0505

 

 

 

SENATE FILE NO.  SF0169

 

 

Peace officers-retirement credentials.

 

Sponsored by:  Senator(s) Kunz, Harris, Mockler and Roberts
and Representative(s) Esquibel, Law, Reese,
Rose, Ross and Simons

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to peace officers; providing for the
 2  issuance of an identification card to retired peace
 3  officers; providing for cancellation of the card; providing
 4  penalties; and providing for an effective date.

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 6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 8         Section 1.  W.S. 9-1-709 is created to read:

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10         9-1-709.  Peace officers; retirement credentials.

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12         (a)  The director of the peace officer standards and
13  training commission shall authorize the issuance of a
14  retirement identification card to a retired peace officer
15  upon receipt of an application meeting the requirements of

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 1  subsection (b) of this section and payment of the required
 2  fee.

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 4         (b)  The application for an identification card under
 5  this section shall be signed and verified by the applicant
 6  and shall include:

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 8              (i)  The applicant's name and any other
 9  identifying information the commission may require;

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11              (ii)  Written verification from the employing
12  agency, in a form satisfactory to the director, that the
13  applicant prior to his retirement was employed by a law
14  enforcement unit in this state and was certified as a peace
15  officer in good standing under this act.

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17         (c)  At the request of the director of the peace
18  officer standards and training commission, the department
19  of transportation shall prepare and issue an identification
20  card under this section which shall contain:

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22              (i)  A distinguishing number assigned to the
23  applicant;

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 1              (ii)  The applicant's full legal name and
 2  resident address;

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 4              (iii)  A brief description of the applicant
 5  including sex, height and weight;

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 7              (iv)  The applicant's picture;

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 9              (v)  Information identifying the applicant as a
10  retired peace officer of the state of Wyoming including the
11  name of the law enforcement unit employing the applicant
12  and the highest rank held by the applicant prior to his
13  retirement.

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15         (d)  Identification cards issued under this section
16  shall not expire. The commission shall keep records of data
17  contained in identification cards and may confirm the
18  authenticity of the card to any person.

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20         (e)  Upon submission by the applicant of a verified
21  statement to the peace officers standards and training
22  commission that an identification card issued under this
23  section has been lost, destroyed or mutilated, the person
24  to whom it was issued may obtain a new identification card

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 1  upon furnishing the same documentary evidence required for
 2  issuance of an original identification card and paying the
 3  fee required by subsection (f) of this section.

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 5         (f)  Each applicant for an identification card under
 6  this section shall pay to the commission a fee of ten
 7  dollars ($10.00) which shall be credited to the highway
 8  fund.

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10         (g)  The peace officer standards and training
11  commission shall revoke and cancel an identification card
12  issued under this section upon determining that the card
13  holder has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to
14  or has been convicted of:

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16              (i)  Any felony; or

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18              (ii)  A violation of W.S. 6-4-404, 6-2-501(a),
19  (b), (e) or (f)(i) or 6-2-504(a) or (b) if the defendant
20  and the victim are household members as defined by W.S.
21  35-21-102(a)(iv).

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23         (h)  No person shall:

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 1              (i)  Possess any cancelled, fictitious,
 2  fraudulently altered or fraudulently obtained
 3  identification card issued under this section;

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 5              (ii)  Lend his identification card to any other
 6  person or knowingly permit its use by another;

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 8              (iii)  Display or represent any identification
 9  card not issued to him as being his card;

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11              (iv)  Photograph, photostat, duplicate or in any
12  way reproduce any identification card or facsimile thereof
13  in such a manner that it could be mistaken for a valid
14  identification card issued under this section;

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16              (v)  Procure an identification card under this
17  section by false swearing, fraud or false statement of any
18  kind or in any form.

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20         (j)  Any person who violates any provision of
21  subsection (h) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
22  punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty
23  dollars ($750.00), by imprisonment for not more than ninety
24  (90) days, or both.

 

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 2         Section 2.  W.S. 9-1-701(a)(xii) is amended to read:

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 4         9-1-701.  Definitions.

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 6         (a)  As used in this act:

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 8              (xii)  "This act" means W.S. 9-1-701 through
 9  9-1-708 9-1-709;

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11         Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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13                         (END)

 

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