§ 400.3 — Optional appointment of commission — abolishing commission

Iowa § 400.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 400: CIVIL SERVICE

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1. In cities having a population of less than eight thousand, the city council may, by
ordinance, adopt the provisions of this chapter in which case it shall either appoint such
commission or provide, by ordinance, for the exercise of the powers and performance of the
duties of the commission by the council. Where the city council exercises the powers of the
commission the term “commission” as used in this chapter shall mean the city council.
2. If the city council appoints a commission, the city council may, by ordinance, abolish
the commission, and the commission shall stand abolished sixty days from the date of the
ordinance and the powers and duties of the commission shall revert to the city council except
whenever a city having a population of less than eight thousand provides for the appointment
of a civil service commission, the city council may by ordinance abolish such office, but the
ordinanceshallnottakeeffectuntiltheordinancehasbeensubmittedtothevotersataregular
city election and approved by a majority of the voters at such election. The ordinance shall
be published once each week for two consecutive weeks preceding the date of the election in
a newspaper published in and having a general circulation in the city. If a newspaper is not
published in such city, publication may be made in any newspaper having general circulation
in the county.

Legislative History

[SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5691; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.3]