455B.307B Illegal dumping enforcement officer.

1. For purposes of this section, “officer” means the illegal dumping enforcement officer in a county.

2. The board of supervisors of each county may annually appoint an illegal dumping enforcement officer for the county. The board of supervisors may appoint the officer from recommendations by the county board of health or may select a person outside the recommendations made by the county board of health. The board of supervisors shall appoint a person who is a citizen of the United States, is of good moral character, and has not previously been convicted of a felony.

3. An illegal dumping enforcement officer shall take an oath of office prescribed by the board of supervisors. An officer’s appointment shall be effective March 1 and shall continue for a term at the discretion of the board of supervisors.

4. An illegal dumping enforcement officer, subject to direction and control by the county board of supervisors, shall only be empowered to enforce the provisions of sections 455B.307A and 455B.363 and local littering ordinances. An officer shall not have the duty to enforce any other traffic or criminal laws of the state, county, or a municipality. An officer may enter upon any public land in the county, excluding land within the limits of cities, unless otherwise authorized by a city, and any private property with the permission of the landowner at any time for the performance of the officer’s duties, and may hire the labor and equipment necessary subject to the approval of the board of supervisors.

5. A person shall not willfully obstruct, resist, impede, or interfere with an illegal dumping enforcement officer in connection with the officer’s enforcement of sections 455B.307A and 455B.363 and local littering ordinances. A person shall not willfully retaliate or discriminate in any manner against an officer as a reprisal for any act or omission of the officer. A person violating this subsection is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.

2004 Acts, ch 1128, §1