House File 51 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK


    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 1510YH 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 or state in which they are employed, but they shall
  1  5 become a resident of the state at.  Cities may set reasonable
  1  6 maximum distances outside of the corporate limits of the city,
  1  7 whether inside or outside of the state, that employees may
  1  8 live.  At the time such appointment or employment begins and
  1  9 shall remain a resident of the state during employment the
  1 10 employee shall live within the distances designated by the
  1 11 city.  Cities may set reasonable maximum distances outside of
  1 12 the corporate limits of the city that police officers, fire
  1 13 fighters and other critical municipal employees may live.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    Under current law, an employee under civil service is
  1 16 required to be a resident of the state.  This bill eliminates
  1 17 the state residency requirement.  The bill instead allows
  1 18 cities to set reasonable maximum distances outside of the
  1 19 corporate limits of the city that employees may live.
  1 20 LSB 1510YH 83
  1 21 md/sc/5