Senate File 216 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON and HORN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for candidate physical ability tests for fire
  2    fighter applicants under the statewide fire and police
  3    retirement system.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2127XS 82
  6 ec/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 400.8, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The commission, when necessary under the rules,
  1  4 including minimum and maximum age limits, which shall be
  1  5 prescribed and published in advance by the commission and
  1  6 posted in the city hall, shall hold examinations for the
  1  7 purpose of determining the qualifications of applicants for
  1  8 positions under civil service, other than promotions, which
  1  9 examinations shall be practical in character and shall relate
  1 10 to matters which will fairly test the mental and physical
  1 11 ability of the applicant to discharge the duties of the
  1 12 position to which the applicant seeks appointment.  The
  1 13 physical examination of applicants for appointment to the
  1 14 positions of police officer, police matron, or fire fighter
  1 15 shall be held in accordance with medical protocols established
  1 16 by the board of trustees of the fire and police retirement
  1 17 system established by section 411.5 and shall be conducted in
  1 18 accordance with the directives of the board of trustees.  In
  1 19 addition, applicants for appointment to the position of fire
  1 20 fighter covered under the fire and police retirement system
  1 21 established by section 411.5 shall, prior to appointment, pay
  1 22 for and successfully complete the candidate physical ability
  1 23 test established by international organizations representing
  1 24 fire chiefs and fire fighters and conducted by an organization
  1 25 licensed by such international organizations to conduct the
  1 26 test in the state.  However, the prohibitions of section
  1 27 216.6, subsection 1, paragraph "d", regarding tests for the
  1 28 presence of the antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus
  1 29 shall not apply to such examinations.  The board of trustees
  1 30 may change the medical protocols at any time the board so
  1 31 determines.  The physical examination of an applicant for the
  1 32 position of police officer, police matron, or fire fighter
  1 33 shall be conducted after a conditional offer of employment has
  1 34 been made to the applicant.  An applicant shall not be
  1 35 discriminated against on the basis of height, weight, sex, or
  2  1 race in determining physical or mental ability of the
  2  2 applicant.  Reasonable rules relating to strength, agility,
  2  3 and general health of applicants shall be prescribed.  The
  2  4 costs of the physical examination required under this
  2  5 subsection shall be paid from the trust and agency fund of the
  2  6 city.
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill requires that fire fighter applicants for
  2  9 appointment as a fire fighter covered by the statewide fire
  2 10 and police retirement system created under Code chapter 411
  2 11 pay for and successfully complete a candidate physical ability
  2 12 test.  The bill provides that the test be the one established
  2 13 by international organizations representing fire chiefs and
  2 14 fire fighters and shall be conducted by an organization
  2 15 licensed by the international organizations to conduct the
  2 16 test statewide.
  2 17 LSB 2127XS 82
  2 18 ec:sc/es/88