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House File 137

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 341A.11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The tenure of every deputy sheriff holding an office or
  1  4 position of employment under the provisions of this chapter
  1  5 shall be conditional upon a probationary period of not more
  1  6 than twelve eighteen months, and where such deputy sheriff
  1  7 attends the law enforcement academy or a regional training
  1  8 facility certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement
  1  9 academy, a probationary period of not more than six months,
  1 10 during which time the appointee may be removed or discharged
  1 11 by the sheriff.  Thereafter, the deputy sheriff may be removed
  1 12 or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted, or reduced in
  1 13 rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other privileges
  1 14 for any of the following reasons:
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 400.8, subsection 3, Code 1997, is amended
  1 16 to read as follows:
  1 17    3.  All appointments to such positions shall be conditional
  1 18 upon a probation probationary period of not to exceed six
  1 19 months, and in the case of police patrol officers, police
  1 20 dispatchers, and fire fighters a probation probationary period
  1 21 not to exceed twelve months.  However, appointments to
  1 22 positions of police patrol officers shall be conditional upon
  1 23 a probationary period of not to exceed eighteen months, and in
  1 24 cities with a population over one hundred seventy-five
  1 25 thousand, appointments to the position of fire fighter shall
  1 26 be conditional upon a probation probationary period of not to
  1 27 exceed twenty-four months.  During the probation probationary
  1 28 period, the appointee may be removed or discharged from such
  1 29 position by the appointing person or body without the right of
  1 30 appeal to the commission.  A person removed or discharged
  1 31 during a probationary period shall, at the time of discharge,
  1 32 be given a notice in writing stating the reason or reasons for
  1 33 the dismissal.  A copy of such notice shall be promptly filed
  1 34 with the commission.  Continuance in the position after the
  1 35 expiration of such probationary period shall constitute a
  2  1 permanent appointment.  
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    The bill provides for the extension of the probationary
  2  4 employment period for police patrol officers and for deputy
  2  5 sheriffs from 12 to 18 months.  
  2  6 LSB 1518HH 77
  2  7 tj/jj/8.1
     
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