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IA Code § 341A.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.8 - Bases of appointments and promotions.

341A.8 Bases of appointments and promotions.   All appointments to and promotions to classified civil service positions in the office of county sheriff shall be made solely on merit, efficiency, and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examinations and impartial investigations, and no person in the classified civil service shall be reinstated in or transferred, suspended, or discharged from any such place, position, or employment contrary to the provisions of this chapter.   Whenever possible, vacancies shall be filled by promotion. Promotion shall be made from among deputy sheriffs qualified by competitive examination, training and experience to fill the vacancies and whose length of service entitles them to consideration. The commission shall for the purpose of certifying to the sheriff the list of deputy sheriffs eligible for promotion, rate the qualified deputy sheriffs on the basis of their service record, experience in the work, seniority, and military service ratings. Seniority shall be controlling only when other factors are equal. The names of not more than the ten highest on the list of ratings shall be certified. The certified eligible list for promotion shall hold preference for promotion until the beginning of a new examination, but in no case shall such preference continue longer than two years following the date of certification, after which said list shall be canceled and no promotion to such grade shall be made until a new list has been certified eligible for promotion. The sheriff shall appoint one of the ten certified persons.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.8]  Referred to in §341A.9
IA Code § 341A.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.9 - Appointment as of effective date.

341A.9 Appointment as of effective date.   All persons holding a position on August 15, 1973, which is deemed classified by section 341A.7 are eligible for a permanent appointment under civil service to the offices or positions currently held if they qualify for appointment pursuant to section 341A.8, and every such person shall be inducted permanently into civil service in the office or position of employment which the person then holds. The commission shall designate a permanent rank for those persons as chief deputy on August 15, 1973, and such persons shall be inducted permanently into civil service in that rank.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.9]
IA Code § 341A.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.10 - Citizenship.

341A.10 Citizenship.   An applicant for any position under civil service shall be a citizen of the United States who can read and write the English language, and shall meet the minimum requirements of the Iowa law enforcement academy for a law enforcement officer.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.10]
IA Code § 341A.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.11 - Probationary period — permanent status.

341A.11 Probationary period — permanent status.   The tenure of every deputy sheriff holding an office or position of employment under the provisions of this chapter shall be conditional upon a probationary period. If the employee has successfully completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or a regional training facility certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy prior to initial appointment as a deputy sheriff, the probationary period shall be for a period of up to nine months and shall commence with the date of initial appointment as a deputy sheriff. If the employee has not successfully completed training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or a regional training facility certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy prior to initial appointment as a deputy sheriff, the probationary period shall commence with the date of initial employment as a deputy sheriff and shall continue for a period of up to nine months following the date of successful completion of training at the Iowa law enforcement academy or a regional training facility certified by the director of the Iowa law enforcement academy. During the probationary period, the appointee may be removed or discharged by the sheriff without the right of appeal to the commission. Each deputy sheriff who transfers from one jurisdiction to another shall be employed subject to a probationary period of up to nine months. After the probationary period, the deputy sheriff may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted, or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other privileges for any of the following reasons:   1. Incompetency, inefficiency, or inattention to or dereliction of duty.   2. Dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee, or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public, or any other willful failure to properly conduct oneself, or any willful violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules to be adopted hereunder.   3. Mental or physical unfitness for the position held.   4. Dishonest, disgraceful, or prejudicial conduct.   5. Drunkenness or habitual use of intoxicating liquor, or use of narcotics, or any other habit-forming drug, liquid, preparation or controlled substance.   6. Conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.   7. Any other act or failure to act or to follow reasonable regulations prescribed by the sheriff which in the judgment of the commission is sufficient to show the offender to be unsuitable or unfit for employment.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.11]  98 Acts, ch 1124, §2
IA Code § 341A.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.12 - Discipline — hearing — appeals.

341A.12 Discipline — hearing — appeals.   1. No person in the classified civil service who has been permanently appointed or inducted into civil service under provisions of this chapter shall be removed, suspended, or demoted except for cause, and only upon written accusation of the county sheriff, which shall be served upon the accused, and a duplicate filed with the commission. Any person so removed, suspended, or reduced in rank or grade may, within ten days after presentation to the person of the order of removal, suspension or reduction, appeal to the commission from such order. The commission shall, within two weeks from the filing of such appeal, hold a hearing thereon, and fully hear and determine the matter, and either affirm, modify, or revoke such order. The appellant shall be entitled to appear in person, produce evidence, and to have counsel. The finding and decision of the commission shall be certified to the sheriff, and shall be enforced and followed by the sheriff, but under no condition shall the employee who has appealed to the commission be permanently removed, suspended, or reduced in rank until such finding and decision of the commission is certified to the sheriff pursuant to the rules of civil procedure.   2. The county or the accused may appeal from the commission’s finding and decision to the district court of the county where the accused resides. Such appeal shall be taken by serving upon the commission within thirty days after the entry of its finding and decision, a written notice of appeal, stating the grounds thereof, and demanding that a certified transcript of the record and of all papers on file in the office of the commission affecting or relating to its finding and decision, be filed by the commission with the court. The commission shall, within ten days after the filing of the notice make, certify, and file such transcript with the court. The court shall proceed to hear and determine the appeal in a summary manner. Such hearing shall be confined to the determination of whether the finding and decision of the commission to affirm, modify, or revoke the order of the sheriff was made in good faith and for cause, and no appeal shall be taken except upon such grounds. The decision of the district court may be appealed to the supreme court.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.12]  2007 Acts, ch 58, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §46  Referred to in §80F.1  Internal investigations and rights of peace officers and public safety and emergency personnel, see §80F.1
IA Code § 341A.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.13 - Vacant positions filled.

341A.13 Vacant positions filled.   Whenever a position in the classified service is to be filled, the sheriff shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission shall certify the names and addresses of the ten candidates standing highest on the eligibility list for the class or grade for the position to be filled. The sheriff shall appoint one of the ten persons so certified, and the appointment shall be deemed permanent.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.13]  Referred to in §341A.6A
IA Code § 341A.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.14 - Payroll certified.

341A.14 Payroll certified.   No treasurer, auditor, or other officer, or employee of any county subject to this chapter shall approve the payment of or be in any manner involved in paying, auditing, or approving salary, wage, or other compensation for services to any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, unless a payroll, estimate, or account for such salary, wage or other compensation containing the names of the persons to be paid, the amount to be paid to each person, the services on account of which same is paid, and any other information which, in the judgment of the civil service commission should be furnished on such payroll, bears the certificate of the civil service commission, or of its personnel director or other duly authorized agent. The certificate shall state that the persons named therein have been appointed or employed in compliance with the terms of this chapter and the rules of the commission, and that the payroll, estimate, or account is, insofar as known to the commission, a true and accurate statement. The commission shall refuse to certify the pay of any public officer or employee whom it finds to be illegally or improperly appointed, and may further refuse to certify the pay of any public officer or employee who, willfully or through culpable negligence, violates or fails to comply with this chapter or with the rules of the commission.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.14]
IA Code § 341A.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.15 - Leave of absence.

341A.15 Leave of absence.   Leave of absence, without pay, may be granted by any county sheriff to any person under civil service. The sheriff shall give notice of leave to the commission.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.15]  2013 Acts, ch 90, §94
IA Code § 341A.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.16 - Civil suits.

341A.16 Civil suits.   The commission shall initiate and conduct all civil suits necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter and the rules of the commission. The commission shall be represented in such suits by the county attorney. In the case of the combined counties, any one or more of the county attorneys of such combined counties may be selected by the commission to represent it.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.16]  Referred to in §331.756(52)
IA Code § 341A.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.17 - Examination or registration right.

341A.17 Examination or registration right.   A commissioner or any other person shall not, in person or in cooperation with another, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to the person’s right of examination or registration according to the commission rules, or falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examination or proper standing of any person examined, registered, or certified pursuant to this chapter, or aid in so doing, or make any false representation concerning the same, or concerning the person examined. A commissioner or other person shall not furnish any person with special or secret information for the purpose of improving or reducing the prospects or chances of any person who is or will be examined, registered, or certified, or persuade any other person, or permit or aid in any manner any other person to impersonate the person who is or will be examined, registered, or certified, in connection with any examination or registration of application or request to be examined or registered. The right of any person to an appointment or promotion shall not be withheld because of sex, color, creed, national origin, political affiliation or belief, nor shall any person be dismissed, demoted, or reduced in grade for such reason.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.17]  2012 Acts, ch 1023, §157
IA Code § 341A.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.19 - Aid from all county officers and employees.

341A.19 Aid from all county officers and employees.   All officers and employees of each county shall aid in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Rules as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the commission shall afford the commission, its members, and employees, all reasonable facilities and assistance in the inspection of books, documents, and accounts applying or in any way pertaining to all offices, places, positions, and employments subject to civil service. All officers and employees of a county shall produce books, documents, and accounts, and attend and testify, whenever required to do so by the commission or any commissioner.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.19]
IA Code § 341A.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.20 - Budget.

341A.20 Budget.   The county board of supervisors of each county shall provide in the county budget for each fiscal year a sum equal to one-half of one percent of the preceding year’s total payroll of those included under the jurisdiction and scope of this chapter. The funds so provided shall be used for the support of the commission. Any part of the funds not expended for the support of the commission during the fiscal year shall be returned to the county, or counties, according to the ratio of contribution, on the first day of January which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday following the end of the fiscal year.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.20]  83 Acts, ch 123, §156, 209  Referred to in §331.324, 331.427
IA Code § 341A.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 341A - CIVIL SERVICE FOR DEPUTY COUNTY SHERIFFS|Section 341A.21 - Misdemeanor.

341A.21 Misdemeanor.   Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The district court shall have jurisdiction of all such offenses.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.21]
IA Code § 346.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 346 - JOINT COUNTY AND CITY BUILDINGS|Section 346.24 - Limit on indebtedness for general purposes.

346.24 Limit on indebtedness for general purposes.   No county or other political corporation shall become indebted for its general or ordinary purposes to an amount exceeding in the aggregate one and one-fourth percent of the actual value of the taxable property within the corporation. The value of property shall be ascertained by the last tax list previous to the incurring of the indebtedness. Indebtedness incurred by a county solely for poor relief purposes is not for its general or ordinary purposes.  [S13, §1306-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §6238; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §407.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, §346.24]
IA Code § 346A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 346A - COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS|Section 346A.1 - Definitions.

346A.1 Definitions.   When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Board” means the board of supervisors of the county.   2. “Health center” means a building or buildings, together with necessary equipment, furnishings, facilities, accessories and appurtenances and the site or sites therefor used primarily for the purposes of providing centralized locations, at which a county may:   a. Provide those health, welfare and social services which such a county is presently or hereafter authorized or required by law to provide;   b. Lease space in such building or buildings to other public corporations, public agencies and private nonprofit agencies which provide health, welfare and social services.   3. “Project” means the acquisition by purchase or construction of health centers, additions thereto and facilities therefor, the reconstruction, completion, equipment, improvement, repair or remodeling of health centers, additions thereto and facilities therefor, and the acquisition of property therefor of every kind and description, whether real, personal or mixed, by gift, purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise and the improvement of the property. “Project” also means the use of funds for the provision of health services by local boards of health pursuant to chapter 137 and the provision of health, welfare or social services which a county is permitted or required by law to provide.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §346A.1; 82 Acts, ch 1156, §1]  83 Acts, ch 12, §1, 4  Referred to in §331.441, 346A.2
IA Code § 346A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 346A - COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS|Section 346A.2 - Authorized in certain counties.

346A.2 Authorized in certain counties.   Counties may undertake and carry out any project as defined in section 346A.1, and the boards may operate, control, maintain and manage health centers and additions to and facilities for health centers. The boards may appoint committees, groups, or operating boards as they deem necessary and advisable to facilitate the operation and management of health centers, additions and facilities. A board may lease space in any health center to other public corporations, public agencies and private nonprofit agencies engaged in furnishing health, welfare and social services which lease shall be on terms and conditions the board deems advisable. All contracts for the construction, reconstruction, completion, equipment, improvement, repair or remodeling of any buildings, additions or facilities shall be let in accordance with section 331.341, subsection 1.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §346A.2; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1060; 82 Acts, ch 1156, §2]  83 Acts, ch 12, §2, 4; 83 Acts, ch 123, §157, 209
IA Code § 347.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS|Section 347.9 - Trustees — appointment — terms of office.

347.9 Trustees — appointment — terms of office.   1. When it has been determined by the voters of a county to establish a county public hospital, the board shall appoint five or seven trustees chosen from among the resident citizens of the county with reference to their fitness for office. The appointed trustees shall hold office until the following general election, at which time their successors shall be elected, three for a term of four years and the remainder for a term of two years, and they shall determine by lot their respective terms, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for regular terms of four years each.   2. Upon approval of a majority of the current board of trustees, the board may reduce an existing seven-member board to a five-member board. The board shall establish how to reduce the number of trustees on the board and shall provide for a staggered election cycle for election to the five-member board, which election shall be for a term of four years. However, the manner of reducing the number of trustees shall ensure that the current trustees on the seven-member board may continue to hold office through the end of their respective terms.   3. Notwithstanding subsections 1 and 2, trustees in a county with a population of at least four hundred thousand shall serve for a term of six years. A trustee elected to a term of four years in or after January 2018 shall instead serve a term of six years.  [S13, §409-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.9]  86 Acts, ch 1200, §3; 99 Acts, ch 36, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 65, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 110, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1033, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §1, 2; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §183  Referred to in §331.321  For special provisions relating to elections held in 2022 in which more than seventy percent of trustee positions on a board are on the ballot, see  2019 Acts, ch 148, §4  Subsections 1 and 3 amended
IA Code § 347.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT|Chapter 347 - COUNTY HOSPITALS|Section 347.9A - Trustee eligibility — conflict of interest.

347.9A Trustee eligibility — conflict of interest.   1. The following persons shall not be eligible to serve as a trustee for a county public hospital:   a. A person or spouse of a person with medical or special staff privileges in the county public hospital.   b. A person or spouse of a person who receives direct compensation in an amount greater than one thousand five hundred dollars in a calendar year from the county public hospital.   2. The transactions of a hospital trustee or a hospital trustee’s spouse shall be limited as follows:   a. A conflict of interest transaction is a transaction with the hospital in which a hospital trustee or a hospital trustee’s spouse has a direct interest of less than or equal to one thousand five hundred dollars or indirect interest in any amount. A conflict of interest transaction is not voidable on the basis of the conflict of interest if all of the following are true:   (1) The material facts of the transaction and the interest of the trustee or the trustee’s spouse were disclosed or known to the board of hospital trustees.   (2) The board of hospital trustees authorized, approved, or ratified the transaction. A conflict of interest transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested trustees at a meeting where a quorum is present and where three or more trustees are disinterested in the conflict of interest transaction.   (3) The transaction was fair to the hospital at the time of the transaction.   b. For the purposes of this section, a trustee has an indirect interest in a transaction if either of the following is true:   (1) Another entity in which the trustee or the trustee’s spouse has a material interest or in which the trustee or the trustee’s spouse is a general partner is party to the transaction.   (2) Another entity of which the trustee or the trustee’s spouse is a director, officer, or trustee is a party to the transaction.   3. This section does not prohibit a licensed health care practitioner from serving as a hospital trustee if the practitioner’s sole use of the county hospital is to provide health care service to an individual with an intellectual disability as defined in section 4.1.  2009 Acts, ch 110, §7; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §127  Referred to in §331.321