House
Study
Bill
58
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
WAGNER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
determination
of
city
population
for
1
purposes
of
civil
service
commissions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
400.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
For
the
purpose
of
determining
the
population
of
a
city
3
under
this
chapter
,
the
most
recent
decennial
federal
census
4
conducted
in
1980
shall
be
used.
5
Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
6
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
7
EXPLANATION
8
Code
section
400.1
currently
requires
a
city
having
a
9
population
of
8,000
or
more
according
to
the
federal
census
10
conducted
in
1980
and
having
a
paid
fire
department
or
a
paid
11
police
department,
to
appoint
a
civil
service
commission.
Code
12
chapter
400
also
establishes
several
other
powers
and
duties
of
13
cities
based
on
population
as
determined
by
the
federal
census
14
conducted
in
1980.
15
This
bill
requires
the
most
recent
decennial
federal
census
16
to
be
used
in
determining
the
population
of
a
city.
17
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
18
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
19
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
20
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
21
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
22
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
23
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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