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Senate
File
311
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Enrolled

Senate
File
311

AN
ACT

RELATING
TO
CITY
CIVIL
SERVICE
EMPLOYEES
AND
RELATED
PROCEDURES

AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
Section
364.3,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding

the
following
new
subsection:

NEW
SUBSECTION

.
20.
A
city
with
a
civil
service
commission

established
under
chapter
400
shall
not
adopt,
enforce,
or

otherwise
administer
an
ordinance,
motion,
resolution,
or

amendment,
or
use
any
other
means,
to
establish
a
board
or

other
entity
for
the
purpose
of
citizen
review
of
the
conduct

of
officers
as
defined
under
section
80F.1,
subsection
1,

paragraph
“f”
.

Sec.
2.
Section
400.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended

to
read
as
follows:

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

Senate
File
311,
p.
2

of
four
years.
In
cities
having
a
population
of
more
than

seventy

fifty
thousand,
the
city
council
may
shall
establish,

by
ordinance,
the
number
of
civil
service
commissioners
at
not

less
than
three
five
but
not
more
than
seven
.

Sec.
3.
Section
400.12A,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
amended

by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:

NEW
PARAGRAPH

.
c.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed

to
change
the
maximum
number
of
persons
on
the
hiring
list

referenced
in
section
400.11,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
for
a

position
to
be
filled
to
be
greater
than
forty.

Sec.
4.
Section
400.18,
subsections
1
and
3,
Code
2025,
are

amended
to
read
as
follows:

1.
A
person
holding
civil
service
rights
as
provided
in

this
chapter
shall
not

only
be
removed,
discharged,
demoted,

or
suspended
arbitrarily,
but
may
be
removed,
discharged,

demoted,
or
suspended
due
to
any
act
or
failure
to
act
by

with
just
cause
and
upon
a
finding
by
a
preponderance
of
the

evidence
that
an
act
or
failure
to
act
by
the
employee
that
is

in
contravention

violation
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

rules,
or
that
the
employee
is
physically
or
mentally
unfit
as

determined
under
guidelines
established
pursuant
to
section

400.8A
.
This
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
modify
the

rights,
requirements,
or
procedures
provided
in
section
400.8A

or
other
rights,
requirements,
or
procedures
provided
by
law.

3.
The
city
shall
have
the
burden
to
prove
that
the
act
or

failure
to
act
by
the
employee
was
in
contravention

violation

of
law,
city
policies,
or
standard
operating
procedures,
or
is

sufficient
to
show
that
the
employee
is
unsuitable
or
unfit
for

employment

department
rules
not
in
conflict
with
any
collective

bargaining
agreement
or
law
.
For
purposes
of
this
chapter,

the
city
shall
establish
each
element
of
the
charges
specified

under
section
400.22
by
a
preponderance
of
the
evidence.
The

city
shall
have
the
burden
to
prove
that
the
punishment
imposed

upon
the
employee
is
proportionate,
reasonable,
and
just
in
the

totality
of
the
circumstances
under
the
factors
provided
in

Senate
File
311,
p.
3

section
400.27,
subsection
1,
paragraph

“b”
.

Sec.
5.
Section
400.19,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as

follows:

400.19
Removal
Peremptory
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
reasonable
and
just

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

violation
of
law,
city
policies,
or
standard

operating
procedures,
or
that
in
the
judgment
of
the
person
or

chief
department
rules,
and
is
sufficient
deemed
reasonably

anticipated
to
be
detrimental

to
show
that
the
employee
is

unsuitable
or
unfit
for
employment
public
.
This
section

shall
not
be
construed
to
modify
the
rights,
requirements,

or
procedures
provided
in
section
400.8A
or
other
rights,

requirements,
or
procedures
provided
by
law.

Sec.
6.
NEW
SECTION
.
400.22A
Exculpatory
evidence.

A
person
sh