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IA Code § 400.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.5 - Rooms and supplies.

400.5 Rooms and supplies.   The council shall provide suitable rooms in which the commission may hold its meetings and supply the commission with all necessary equipment and a qualified shorthand reporter or an electronic voice recording device to enable it to properly perform its duties.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5693; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.5; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.5]  93 Acts, ch 147, §1
IA Code § 400.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.6 - Applicability — exceptions.

400.6 Applicability — exceptions.   This chapter applies to permanent full-time police officers and fire fighters in cities having a population of more than eight thousand, and to all appointive permanent full-time employees in cities having a population of more than fifteen thousand except:   1. Persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices and members of boards and commissions and the clerk to the civil service commission.   2. The city clerk, chief deputy city clerk, city attorneys, city treasurer, city assessor, city auditor, professional city engineers licensed in this state, and city health officer.   3. The city manager or city administrator and assistant city managers or assistant city administrators.   4. The head and principal assistant of each department and the head of each division. This exclusion does not apply to assistant fire chiefs and to assistant police chiefs in cities with police departments of two hundred fifty or fewer members. However, sections 400.13 and 400.14 apply to police and fire chiefs.   5. The principal secretary to the city manager or city administrator, the principal secretary to the mayor, and the principal secretary to each of the department heads.   6. Employees of boards of trustees or commissions established pursuant to state law or city ordinances.   7. Employees whose positions are funded by state or federal grants or other temporary revenues. However, a city may use state or federal grants or other temporary revenue to fund a position under civil service if the position is a permanent position which will be maintained for at least one year after expiration of the grants or temporary revenues.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5694; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.6]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10103, 10201; 86 Acts, ch 1138, §3; 88 Acts, ch 1058, §1; 97 Acts, ch 162, §3
IA Code § 400.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.7 - Preference by service.

400.7 Preference by service.   1. An employee regularly serving in or holding a position when the position becomes subject to this chapter or when the position is reclassified by the city shall retain the position and have full civil service rights in the position under any of the following conditions:   a. The employee meets the minimum qualifications established for the position and has completed the required probationary period for the position.   b. The employee has served satisfactorily in the position for a period equal to the probationary period of the position, and passes a qualifying noncompetitive examination for the position but does not meet the minimum qualifications established for the position.   2. An employee who has not completed the required probationary period but who otherwise meets the minimum qualifications established for the position or who passes a qualifying noncompetitive examination for the position shall receive full civil service rights in the position upon the completion of the probationary period.   3. Appointments made after the time this chapter becomes applicable in a city are subject to this chapter.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5695; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.7; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.7]  86 Acts, ch 1138, §4; 97 Acts, ch 162, §4; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180  Referred to in §28D.6, 400.17
IA Code § 400.8A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.8A - Guidelines for ongoing fitness for police officers and fire fighters.

400.8A Guidelines for ongoing fitness for police officers and fire fighters.   The board of trustees of the fire and police retirement system established by section 411.5, in consultation with the medical board established in section 411.5, shall establish and maintain protocols and guidelines for ongoing wellness and fitness for police officers and fire fighters while in service. The board of trustees may change the protocols and guidelines at any time the board so determines. The protocols and guidelines shall be established by the board of trustees for the consideration of cities covered by this chapter and may be applied by a city for the purpose of determining continued wellness and fitness for members of the city’s police and fire departments. However, the protocols and guidelines shall not be applied to members of a police or fire department of a city who are covered by chapter 20 except through the collective bargaining process as provided under chapter 20. The medical board established in section 411.5 shall provide to cities and fire and police departments assistance regarding the possible implementation and operation of the protocols and guidelines for ongoing wellness and fitness provided by this section. For purposes of this section, “wellness and fitness” means the process by which police officers and fire fighters maintain fitness for duty.  2000 Acts, ch 1077, §85
IA Code § 400.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.10 - Veterans preferences.

400.10 Veterans preferences.   1. In all examinations and appointments under this chapter, other than promotions and appointments of chief of the police department and chief of the fire department, veterans who are citizens and residents of the United States, shall have five percentage points added to the veteran’s grade or score attained in qualifying examinations for appointment to positions and five additional percentage points added to the grade or score if the veteran has a service-connected disability or is receiving compensation, disability benefits, or pension under laws administered by the United States department of veterans affairs. An honorably discharged veteran who has been awarded the Purple Heart incurred in action shall be considered to have a service-connected disability. However, the percentage points shall be given only upon passing the exam and shall not be the determining factor in passing. Veteran’s preference percentage points shall be applied once to the final scores used to rank applicants for selection for an interview. For purposes of this section, “veteran” means as defined in section 35.1 except that the requirement that the person be a resident of this state shall not apply.   2. If a veteran entitled to preference pursuant to this section has been honorably discharged between forty-five days before and sixty days after an examination is administered pursuant to section 400.8, the commission may allow the veteran to be subject to examination up to ninety days following the date the original examination was administered and if appropriate shall add the veteran’s name to the list for original appointment pursuant to section 400.11, subsection 1.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5697; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.10; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.10]  85 Acts, ch 50, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1238, §36; 99 Acts, ch 180, §17; 2009 Acts, ch 26, §15; 2009 Acts, ch 150, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 179, §128; 2014 Acts, ch 1116, §58  Referred to in §35C.1  Veterans preference law, chapter 35C
IA Code § 400.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.12 - Seniority — extinguishment — reestablishment.

400.12 Seniority — extinguishment — reestablishment.   1. For the purpose of determining the seniority rights of civil service employees, seniority shall be computed, beginning with the date of appointment to or employment in any positions for which they were certified or otherwise qualified and established as provided in this chapter, but shall not include any period of time exceeding sixty days in any one year during which they were absent from the service except for disability.   2. In the event that a civil service employee has more than one classification or grade, the length of the employee’s seniority rights shall date in the respective classifications or grades from and after the time the employee was appointed to or began employment in each classification or grade. In the event that an employee has been promoted from one classification or grade to another, the employee’s civil service seniority rights shall be continuous in any department grade or classification that the employee formerly held.   3. A list of all civil service employees shall be prepared and posted in the city hall by the civil service commission on or before July 1 of each year, indicating the civil service standing of each employee as to the employee’s seniority.   4. Unless otherwise provided in a collective bargaining agreement, a city council may extinguish the seniority rights, including but not limited to seniority accrued, provided pursuant to this section to all civil service employees who are not employed or appointed as a fire fighter or police officer, fire chief or police chief, or assistant fire chief or assistant police chief. A city council may subsequently reestablish seniority rights extinguished pursuant to this section for all employees who are not employed or appointed as a fire fighter or police officer, fire chief or police chief, or assistant fire chief or assistant police chief. Seniority rights reestablished in this way may include, but are not required to include, accrual of seniority for employment prior to the reestablishment of such rights.  [C39, §5698.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.12; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.12]  2017 Acts, ch 2, §55, 64; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §400.13
IA Code § 400.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.13 - Chief of police and chief of fire department.

400.13 Chief of police and chief of fire department.   1. The chief of the fire department and the chief of the police department shall be appointed from the chiefs’ civil service eligible lists. Such lists shall be determined by original examination open to all persons applying, whether or not members of the employing city. The chief of a fire department shall have had a minimum of five years’ experience in a fire department, or three years’ experience in a fire department and two years of comparable experience or educational training. The chief of a police department shall have had a minimum of five years’ experience in a public law enforcement agency, or three years’ experience in a public law enforcement agency and two years of comparable experience or educational training. A chief of a police department or fire department shall maintain civil service rights as determined by section 400.12.   2. Any person who becomes chief of police or chief of the fire department shall be allowed to transfer all rights the person may have acquired under chapter 410 or 411, including employer contributions during the person’s years of service in a city, employee contributions, and interest, to the retirement system of the city that hires the person as chief. Such person shall also transfer the number of years served as seniority toward other benefits provided by the city which hires the person. If a chief of a police or fire department is relieved of that position, the person shall be entitled to remain in the department for which the person was chief at a position commensurate with the person’s civil service status, even if this means that the city must create a position for the person to fill until a regular position becomes vacant.   3. In cities under the commission plan of government the superintendent of public safety, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint the chief of the fire department and the chief of the police department. In cities under a council-manager form of government the city manager shall make the appointments with the approval of the city council, and in all other cities the appointments shall be made as provided by city ordinance or city charter.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5699; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.13; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.13]  86 Acts, ch 1171, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76  Referred to in §372.4, 400.6
IA Code § 400.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.14 - Civil service status of chiefs.

400.14 Civil service status of chiefs.   A police officer under civil service may be appointed chief of police and a fire fighter under civil service may be appointed chief of the fire department without losing civil service status, and shall retain, while holding the office of chief, the same civil service rights that the officer or fire fighter may have had immediately previous to appointment as chief, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend to such individual any civil service right upon which the individual may retain the position of chief.  [C27, 31, 35, §5699-a1; C39, §5699.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.14; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.14]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §208  Referred to in §400.6  Section amended
IA Code § 400.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.15 - Appointing powers.

400.15 Appointing powers.   1. All appointments or promotions to positions within the scope of this chapter other than those of chief of police and chief of fire department shall be made:   a. In cities under the commission form of government, by the superintendents of the respective departments, with the approval of the city council.   b. In cities under the city manager plan, by the city manager.   c. In all other cities, with the approval of the city council.   d. In the police and fire departments, by the chiefs of the respective departments.   2. All such appointments or promotions shall promptly be reported to the clerk of the commission by the appointing officer. An appointing authority may transfer an employee, other than police officers and fire fighters, from one department to the same civil service classification in another department, and such employee shall retain the same civil service status.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5698; C39, §5699.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.15]  97 Acts, ch 162, §8; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §51
IA Code § 400.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.16 - Qualifications.

400.16 Qualifications.   All appointive officers and employees of cities shall be selected with reference to their qualifications and fitness and for the good of the public service, and without reference to their political faith or party allegiance.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5700; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.16; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.16]
IA Code § 400.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.18 - Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension.

400.18 Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension.   1. A person holding civil service rights as provided in this chapter shall not be removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended arbitrarily, but may be removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended due to any act or failure to act by the employee that is in contravention of law, city policies, or standard operating procedures, or that in the judgment of the person having the appointing power as provided in this chapter, or the chief of police or chief of the fire department, is sufficient to show that the employee is unsuitable or unfit for employment.   2. An employee who is removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended may request a hearing before the civil service commission to review the appointing authority’s, police chief’s, or fire chief’s decision to remove, discharge, demote, or suspend the employee.   3. The city shall have the burden to prove that the act or failure to act by the employee was in contravention of law, city policies, or standard operating procedures, or is sufficient to show that the employee is unsuitable or unfit for employment.   4. A person subject to a hearing has the right to be represented by counsel at the person’s expense or by the person’s authorized collective bargaining representative.   5. A collective bargaining agreement to which a bargaining unit that has at least thirty percent of members who are public safety employees as defined in section 20.3 is a party shall provide additional procedures not inconsistent with this section for the implementation of this section.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5702; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.18]  2009 Acts, ch 111, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §57, 64  Referred to in §411.1
IA Code § 400.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.19 - Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of subordinates.

400.19 Removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of subordinates.   The person having the appointing power as provided in this chapter, or the chief of police or chief of the fire department, may, upon presentation of grounds for such action to the subordinate in writing, peremptorily remove, discharge, demote, or suspend a subordinate then under the person’s or chief’s direction due to any act or failure to act by the employee that is in contravention of law, city policies, or standard operating procedures, or that in the judgment of the person or chief is sufficient to show that the employee is unsuitable or unfit for employment.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5703; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.19; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.19]  86 Acts, ch 1138, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §58, 64  Referred to in §411.1
IA Code § 400.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.20 - Appeal.

400.20 Appeal.   The removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension of a person holding civil service rights may be appealed to the civil service commission within fourteen calendar days after the removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5704; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.20; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.20]  86 Acts, ch 1138, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §59, 64  Referred to in §80F.1  Internal investigations and rights of peace officers and public safety and emergency personnel, see §80F.1
IA Code § 400.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.21 - Notice of appeal.

400.21 Notice of appeal.   If the appeal be taken by the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended, notice of the appeal, signed by the appellant and specifying the ruling appealed from, shall be filed with the clerk of the commission. If the appeal is taken by the person making such removal, discharge, demotion, or suspension, such notice shall also be served upon the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5705; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.21; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.21]  2017 Acts, ch 2, §60, 64; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §52; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §125
IA Code § 400.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.22 - Charges.

400.22 Charges.   Within fourteen calendar days from the service of the notice of appeal, the person or body making the ruling appealed from shall file with the body to which the appeal is taken a written specification of the charges and grounds upon which the ruling was based. If the charges are not filed, the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended may present the matter to the body to whom the appeal is to be taken by affidavit, setting forth the facts, and the body to whom the appeal is to be taken shall immediately enter an order reinstating the person removed, discharged, demoted, or suspended for want of prosecution.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5706; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.22; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.22]  86 Acts, ch 1138, §8; 2017 Acts, ch 2, §61, 64
IA Code § 400.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.23 - Time and place of hearing.

400.23 Time and place of hearing.   Within ten days after such specifications are filed, the commission shall fix the time, which shall be not less than five nor more than twenty days thereafter, and place for hearing the appeal and shall notify the parties in writing of the time and place so fixed, and the notice shall contain a copy of the specifications so filed.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5707; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.23; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.23]
IA Code § 400.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.24 - Oaths — books and papers.

400.24 Oaths — books and papers.   The presiding officer of the commission or the council, as the case may be, shall have power to administer oaths in the same manner and with like effect and under the same penalties as in the case of magistrates exercising criminal or civil jurisdiction. The council or commission shall cause subpoenas to be issued for such witnesses and the production of such books and papers as either party may designate. The subpoenas shall be signed by the chairperson of the commission or mayor, as the case may be.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5708; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.24; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.24]
IA Code § 400.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.25 - Contempt.

400.25 Contempt.   In case a witness is duly subpoenaed and refuses to attend, or in case a witness appears and refuses to testify or to produce required books or papers, the official body hearing the appeal shall, in writing, report such refusal to the district court of the county, and said court shall proceed with said person or witness as though said refusal had occurred in a proceeding legally pending before said court.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5709; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.25; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.25]  Contempts, chapter 665
IA Code § 400.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 400 - CIVIL SERVICE|Section 400.26 - Public trial.

400.26 Public trial.   The trial of all appeals shall be public, and the parties may be represented by counsel or by the parties’ authorized collective bargaining representative.  [SS15, §1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5710; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §365.26; C75, 77, 79, 81, §400.26]  2009 Acts, ch 111, §7