Text: SF02157 Text: SF02159 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 341A.12, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 No person in the classified civil service who has been 1 4 permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under 1 5 provisions of this chapter shall be removed, suspended, or 1 6 demoted except for cause, and only upon written accusation of 1 7 the county sheriff, which shall be served upon the accused, 1 8 and a duplicate filed with the commission. Any person so 1 9 removed, suspended, or reduced in rank or grade may, within 1 10 ten days after presentation to the person of the order of 1 11 removal, suspension, or reduction, appeal to the commission 1 12 from such order. The commission shall, within two weeks from 1 13 the filing ofsuchthe appeal, hold a hearing thereon, and 1 14 fully hear and determine the matter, and either affirm, 1 15 modify, or revokesuchthe order. The appellant shall be 1 16 entitled to appeal personally, produce evidence, andto have1 17 be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent. The 1 18 finding and decision of the commission shall be certified to 1 19 the sheriff, and shall be enforced and followed by the 1 20 sheriff, but under no condition shall the employee who has 1 21 appealed to the commission be permanently removed, suspended, 1 22 or reduced in rank untilsuchthe finding and decision of the 1 23 commission is certified to the sheriff pursuant to the rules 1 24 of civil procedure. 1 25 Sec. 2. Section 400.26, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 26 follows: 1 27 400.26 PUBLIC TRIAL. 1 28 The trial of all appeals shall be public, and the parties 1 29 may be represented by counsel or other duly authorized agent. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 This bill provides that a city or county employee who files 1 32 an appeal to a city or county civil service commission is 1 33 entitled to be represented by a duly authorized agent or by 1 34 legal counsel. Currently, such employees are only entitled to 1 35 be represented by legal counsel. 2 1 LSB 5922SS 79 2 2 av/pj/5
Text: SF02157 Text: SF02159 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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