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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 37.9, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  In cities having a population of
  1  4 more than one hundred thousand, the city council may
  1  5 establish, by ordinance, the number of commission members at
  1  6 not less than five.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 37.15, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1  8 follows:
  1  9    37.15  EX OFFICIO MEMBER.
  1 10    In case any such If a memorial hall or building shall be is
  1 11 a city hall, coliseum, or auditorium, the mayor of such the
  1 12 city may be an ex officio voting member of the commission
  1 13 heretofore provided for, in which case there shall be selected
  1 14 but four commissioners as otherwise provided, and such four,
  1 15 together with the mayor, shall constitute a commission of five
  1 16 created in section 37.9.
  1 17    Sec. 3.  Section 400.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
  1 18 is amended to read as follows:
  1 19    In cities having a population of eight thousand or over,
  1 20 having a paid fire department or a paid police department, the
  1 21 mayor, one year after each regular municipal election, with
  1 22 the approval of the council, shall appoint three civil service
  1 23 commissioners who shall hold office, one until the first
  1 24 Monday in April of the second year, one until the first Monday
  1 25 in April of the fourth year, and one until the first Monday in
  1 26 April of the sixth year after such appointment, whose
  1 27 successors shall be appointed for a term of six years.  In
  1 28 cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand,
  1 29 the city council may establish, by ordinance, the number of
  1 30 civil service commissioners at not less than three.
  1 31    Sec. 4.  Section 403.15, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  1 32 amended to read as follows:
  1 33    2.  If the urban renewal agency is authorized to transact
  1 34 business and exercise powers pursuant to the this chapter, the
  1 35 mayor or chairperson of the board, as applicable, by and with
  2  1 the advice and consent of the local governing body, shall
  2  2 appoint a board of commissioners of the urban renewal agency,
  2  3 which board shall consist of five commissioners.  In cities
  2  4 having a population of more than one hundred thousand, the
  2  5 city council may establish, by ordinance, the number of
  2  6 commissioners at not less than five.  The term of office of
  2  7 each such commissioner shall be one year.
  2  8    Sec. 5.  Section 403A.5, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1995,
  2  9 is amended to read as follows:
  2 10    If the municipal housing agency is authorized to transact
  2 11 business and exercise powers hereunder, the mayor, by and with
  2 12 the advice and consent of the local governing body, shall
  2 13 appoint a board of commissioners of the municipal housing
  2 14 agency which board shall consist of five commissioners.  The
  2 15 term of office for three of the commissioners originally
  2 16 appointed shall be two years and the term of office for two of
  2 17 the commissioners originally appointed shall be one year.
  2 18 Thereafter the term of office for each commissioner shall be
  2 19 two years.  In cities having a population of more than one
  2 20 hundred thousand, the city council may establish, by
  2 21 ordinance, the number of commissioners at not less than five.  
  2 22                           EXPLANATION
  2 23    This bill authorizes cities with a population of more than
  2 24 100,000 to increase the membership of certain city boards and
  2 25 commissions, the membership of which is specified by state
  2 26 law.  These boards and commissions include the veterans
  2 27 memorial building commission, civil service commission,
  2 28 commission for an urban renewal agency, and commission for a
  2 29 municipal housing agency.  This bill allows these larger
  2 30 cities the option of appointing more than three or five
  2 31 members to these boards and commissions.  
  2 32 LSB 1791SV 76
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