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