House File 310 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 51)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to civil service employment residency
2 requirements.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1510HV 83
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 400.17, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code
1 2 2009, 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 However, cities may set a
1 8 reasonable maximum distances distance outside of the corporate
1 9 limits of the city, or a reasonable maximum travel time, that
1 10 police officers, fire fighters, and other critical municipal
1 11 employees may live from their place of employment.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 Under current law, an employee under civil service is
1 14 required to be a resident of the state. This bill eliminates
1 15 the state residency requirement. Under current law, cities
1 16 may set reasonable maximum distances outside the corporate
1 17 limits of the city that police officers, fire fighters, and
1 18 other critical employees may live. The bill instead allows
1 19 cities to set a reasonable maximum distance outside of the
1 20 corporate limits of the city, or a reasonable maximum travel
1 21 time, that police officers, fire fighters, and other critical
1 22 employees may live from their place of employment.
1 23 LSB 1510HV 83
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