400.3 - OPTIONAL APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION -- ABOLISHING COMMISSION.

        400.3  OPTIONAL APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSION --      ABOLISHING COMMISSION.         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.         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 ordinance shall      not take effect until the ordinance has been submitted to the voters      at a regular 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.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [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] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         2002 Acts, ch 1134, §109, 115