H.F. 83 Section 1. Section 400.17, subsection 3, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. Employees shall not be required to be a resident of 3 the city in which they are employed , but they shall become 4 a resident of the state within two years of such appointment 5 or the date employment begins and shall remain a resident 6 of the state during the remainder of employment . However, 7 cities Cities may set a reasonable maximum distance outside 8 of the corporate limits of the city, or a reasonable maximum 9 travel time, that police officers, fire fighters, and other 10 critical municipal city employees may live from their place of 11 employment. Each employee residing outside the state on the 12 date of appointment or on the date employment begins shall take 13 reasonable steps to become a resident of the state as soon as 14 practicable following appointment or beginning of employment. 15 EXPLANATION 16 This bill relates to residency requirements for civil 17 service employees. 18 The bill removes the requirement that civil service 19 employees obtain state residency within two years of 20 appointment to a position with the city, and throughout 21 their employment. The bill further removes the requirement 22 that employees residing outside of the state take reasonable 23 actions to attain Iowa residency as soon as practicable after 24 appointment. 25 Current law allows a city to set distance and travel-time 26 limits for police, fire fighters, and other critical employees 27 who live outside the city. The bill expands this authority to 28 allow a city to set such limits for all nonresident employees. 29 -1- LSB 1568YH (3) 84 aw/sc 1/ 1