400.1 - APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION.

        400.1  APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION.         1.  In cities having a population of eight thousand or over and      having a paid fire department or a paid police department, the mayor,      one year after a regular city election, with the approval of the      council, shall appoint three civil service commissioners.  The mayor      shall publish notice of the names of persons selected for appointment      no less than thirty days prior to a vote by the city council.      Commissioners shall hold office, one until the first Monday in April      of the second year, one until the first Monday in April of the third      year, and one until the first Monday in April of the fourth year      after such appointment, whose successors shall be appointed for a      term of four years.  In cities having a population of more than      seventy thousand, the city council may establish, by ordinance, the      number of civil service commissioners at not less than three.         2.  For the purpose of determining the population of a city under      this chapter, the federal census conducted in 1980 shall be used.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [SS15, § 1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5689; C46, 50, 54,      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 365.1; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.1] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         92 Acts, ch 1118, §1; 95 Acts, ch 114, §3; 97 Acts, ch 162, § 1,      9; 98 Acts, ch 1100, §55; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §108, 115; 2007 Acts,      ch 127, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 111, §1