HF 485 (LSB 2281HV (1) 87)

HOUSE FILE 485

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 264)

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing city council members to serve a city’s volunteer fire department without compensation in any position or capacity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 372.13, subsection 10, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   10.  A council member, during the term for which that member is elected, is not precluded from holding the office of chief of the volunteer fire department if the fire department serves an area with a population of not more than two thousand or from serving the volunteer fire department without compensation in any other position or capacity. A person holding the office of chief of such a volunteer fire department at the time of the person’s election to the city council may continue to hold the office of chief of the fire department during the city council term for which that person was elected.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows city council members to serve a city’s volunteer fire department without compensation in any position or capacity.