In cities having a population of less than eight thousand, the city council may, by ordinance, adopt the provisions of this chapter in which case it shall either appoint such commission or provide, by ordinance, for the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties of the commission by the council. Where the city council exercises the powers of the commission the term "commission" as used in this chapter shall mean the city council.
If the city council appoints a commission, the city council may, by ordinance, abolish the commission, and the commission shall stand abolished sixty days from the date of the ordinance and the powers and duties of the commission shall revert to the city council except whenever a city having a population of less than eight thousand provides for the appointment of a civil service commission, the city council may by ordinance abolish such office, but the ordinance shall not take effect until the ordinance has been submitted to the voters at a regular city election and approved by a majority of the voters at such election. The ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks preceding the date of the election in a newspaper published in and having a general circulation in the city. If a newspaper is not published in such city, publication may be made in any newspaper having general circulation in the county.
[SS15, § 1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5691; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 365.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.3]
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §109, 115
2002 amendment to unnumbered paragraph 2 takes effect January 1, 2003, and applies to elections held on or after that date; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §115
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