(Des Moines, IA) — The Iowa Legislature has sent the governor a bill that gives local officials a chance at getting a temporary court order to immediately shut down bars that are the site of frequent fights and gunfire.
The bill would let city and county attorneys sue a bar for creating a public safety nuisance and get a temporary injunction that would close the bar until after the conclusion of a trial.
Representative Cindy Winckler of Davenport says the current process of revoking the state liquor license to get the bar closed takes too much time.
