House File 627 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  JOCHUM and MURPHY

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 2790SS
                                        BY CONNOLLY)



    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the residency requirements for city civil
  2    service employees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2790HH 81
  5 ec/pj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 400.17, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Employees shall not be required to be a resident of the
  1  4 city in which they the employees are employed, but they shall
  1  5 become a resident of the state at the time such appointment or
  1  6 employment begins and shall remain a resident of the state
  1  7 during employment.  Cities may set reasonable maximum
  1  8 distances outside of the corporate limits of the city that
  1  9 police officers, fire fighters and other critical municipal
  1 10 employees may live.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill strikes a requirement that city civil service
  1 13 employees must reside within this state during their civil
  1 14 service employment.
  1 15 LSB 2790HH 81
  1 16 ec:rj/pj/5