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
  5 md/sc/5

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
  1 24 md/sc/5