In cities having a population of eight thousand or over and 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 third year, and one until the first Monday in April of the fourth year after such appointment, whose successors shall be appointed for a term of four years. In cities having a population of more than one hundred thousand, the city council may establish, by ordinance, the number of civil service commissioners at not less than three.
For the purpose of determining the population of a city under this chapter, the federal census conducted in 1980 shall be used.
[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; 95 Acts, ch 114, §3; 97 Acts, ch 162, § 1
*Regular municipal elections are held each odd-numbered year but appointment process also provides for initial foreshortened terms, followed by staggered four-year terms; corrective legislative is pending ~I1997 amendment takes effect January 1, 1998; current commissioners may continue to serve unexpired terms until April 6, 1998; 97 Acts, ch 162, § 9
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