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 a 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, 9; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §55
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