Bill Text: IA SF2258 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the removal powers of mayors, city managers, city councils, and county boards of supervisors regarding certain appointees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Introduced, referred to Local Government. S.J. 288. [SF2258 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2258-Introduced.html
Senate File 2258 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY ZAUN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the removal powers of mayors, city managers, 2 city councils, and county boards of supervisors regarding 3 certain appointees. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5823XS (4) 87 js/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.321, subsection 3, Code 2018, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Except as otherwise provided by state law,aany person 1 4 appointed as provided in subsection 1 may be removed by the 1 5 board at any time by written order. The order shall give the 1 6 reasons and be filed in the office of the auditor, and a copy 1 7 shall be sent by certified mail to the person removed who, 1 8 upon request filed with the auditor within thirty days of the 1 9 date of mailing the copy, shall be granted a public hearing 1 10 before the board on all issues connected with the removal. 1 11 The hearing shall be held within thirty days of the date the 1 12 request is filed unless the person removed requests a later 1 13 date. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 372.15, Code 2018, is amended to read as 1 15 follows: 1 16 372.15 Removal of appointees. 1 17 Except as otherwise provided by state or city law, all 1 18 persons appointed to city office may be removed by the mayor, 1 19 city manager, or the city council, or by the officer or body 1 20 making the appointment, but every such removal shall be by 1 21 written order. The order shall give the reasons, be filed 1 22 in the office of the city clerk, and a copy shall be sent by 1 23 certified mail to the person removed who, upon request filed 1 24 with the clerk within thirty days of the date of mailing the 1 25 copy, shall be granted a public hearing before the council 1 26 on all issues connected with the removal. The hearing shall 1 27 be held within thirty days of the date the request is filed, 1 28 unless the person removed requests a later date. 1 29 Sec. 3. Section 388.4, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 1 30 following new subsection: 1 31 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The mayor, city manager, or the city 1 32 council may remove a member of a board or commission providing 1 33 utility or other services at any time pursuant to section 1 34 372.15. 1 35 EXPLANATION 2 1 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 2 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 3 This bill affects the removal process for certain local 2 4 government entity appointees. 2 5 Current law allows only a city officer or body that made an 2 6 appointment to a city office to remove an appointee. 2 7 The bill allows a mayor, city manager, or the city council 2 8 to also remove an appointee holding a city office. The bill 2 9 includes an appointee to a board or commission providing 2 10 utility or other services as an individual that a mayor, city 2 11 manager, or the city council may remove. 2 12 The bill also allows a county board of supervisors to remove 2 13 at any time an appointee to any county=operated board in an 2 14 analogous procedure as that conducted in a city. LSB 5823XS (4) 87 js/rj
