House File 474 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BUKTA


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act modifying the maximum probationary period for police
  2    dispatchers and fire fighters.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2205YH 83
  5 md/sc/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 400.8, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  All appointments to such positions shall be conditional
  1  4 upon a probation period of not to exceed six months, and in
  1  5 the case of police dispatchers and fire fighters a probation
  1  6 period not to exceed twelve twenty=four months.  In the case
  1  7 of police patrol officers, if the employee has successfully
  1  8 completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or
  1  9 another training facility certified by the director of the
  1 10 Iowa law enforcement academy before the initial appointment as
  1 11 a police patrol officer, the probationary period shall be for
  1 12 a period of up to nine months and shall commence with the date
  1 13 of initial appointment as a police patrol officer.  If the
  1 14 employee has not successfully completed training at the Iowa
  1 15 law enforcement academy or another training facility certified
  1 16 by the director of the law enforcement academy before initial
  1 17 appointment as a police patrol officer, the probationary
  1 18 period shall commence with the date of initial employment as a
  1 19 police patrol officer and shall continue for a period of up to
  1 20 nine months following the date of successful completion of
  1 21 training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or another
  1 22 training facility certified by the director of the Iowa law
  1 23 enforcement academy.  A police patrol officer transferring
  1 24 employment from one jurisdiction to another shall be employed
  1 25 subject to a probationary period of up to nine months.
  1 26 However, in cities with a population over one hundred
  1 27 seventy=five thousand, appointments to the position of fire
  1 28 fighter shall be conditional upon a probation period of not to
  1 29 exceed twenty=four months.  During the probation period, the
  1 30 appointee may be removed or discharged from such position by
  1 31 the appointing person or body without the right of appeal to
  1 32 the commission.  A person removed or discharged during a
  1 33 probationary period shall, at the time of discharge, be given
  1 34 a notice in writing stating the reason or reasons for the
  1 35 dismissal.  A copy of such notice shall be promptly filed with
  2  1 the commission.  Continuance in the position after the
  2  2 expiration of such probationary period shall constitute a
  2  3 permanent appointment.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill amends Code section 400.8, relating to civil
  2  6 service employees, by increasing the maximum probationary
  2  7 period for police dispatchers and fire fighters from 12 to 24
  2  8 months.  Under current law, only those fire fighters employed
  2  9 by a city with a population over 175,000 are subject to a
  2 10 maximum probationary period of 24 months.
  2 11 LSB 2205YH 83
  2 12 md/sc/5