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House Study Bill 101

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 372.4, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
  1  2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The mayor shall appoint a council member as mayor pro tem,
  1  4 and shall appoint and dismiss the marshal or chief of police
  1  5 except where an intergovernmental agreement makes other
  1  6 provisions for police protection or as otherwise provided in
  1  7 section 400.13.  However, the appointment and dismissal of the
  1  8 marshal or chief of police are subject to the consent of a
  1  9 majority of the council.  Other officers must be selected as
  1 10 directed by the council.  The mayor is not a member of the
  1 11 council and may shall not vote as a member of the council.  
  1 12                           EXPLANATION
  1 13    This bill provides that the marshal or chief of police of a
  1 14 city with a mayor-council form of government, and without
  1 15 civil service or an intergovernmental agreement providing
  1 16 another method of selection, shall be appointed and dismissed
  1 17 by the mayor with the consent of a majority of the city
  1 18 council.  Under current law, the mayor of a city with a mayor-
  1 19 council form of government, and without civil service or an
  1 20 intergovernmental agreement providing another method of
  1 21 selection, appoints the marshal or chief of police without
  1 22 consent of the council.  
  1 23 LSB 2025HC 79
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