Bill > HB1446

This bill aims to incentivize cities and counties to increase the employment of commissioned law enforcement officers. It allows counties and cities to impose a 0.10% sales and use tax, with the revenue used solely for employing additional commissioned law enforcement officers. However, if a city or county already has a higher rate of commissioned officers per capita than the national average, the revenue can be used for broader criminal justice purposes. The bill also requires the state's Criminal Justice Training Commission to provide up to 25 basic law enforcement training classes per fiscal year, with sufficient funding from the legislature.