In cities having a population of eight thousand or over, having a paid fire department or a paid police department, the mayor, one year after each regular municipal election, with the approval of the council, shall appoint three civil service commissioners who shall hold office, one until the first Monday in April of the second year, one until the first Monday in April of the fourth year, and one until the first Monday in April of the sixth year after such appointment, whose successors shall be appointed for a term of six years.
For the purpose of determining the population of a city under this section, the federal census conducted in 1980 shall be used. This paragraph is void effective July 1, 2001.
[SS15, § 1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5689; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 365.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.1]
92 Acts, ch 1118, §1
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