Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to the determination of city population for purposes of civil service commissions
Topics:Cities & counties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Instead of using only the 1980 census, cities will now use the most recent census to figure out their population size. This change affects how cities determine if they need to have certain departments or commissions. If a city's population was at least 8,000 in any census since 1980, that specific census will be used to decide their requirements.1
Read the official explanation
1 currently requires a city having a population of 8,000 or more according to the federal census conducted in 1980 and having a paid fire department or a paid police department, to appoint a civil service commission. Code chapter 400 also establishes other powers and duties of cities based on population as determined by the federal census conducted in 1980. This bill requires the most recent decennial federal census to be used in determining the population of a city. The bill, however, provides that if a city had a population of 8,000 or more according to any decennial federal census conducted during or after 1980, the most recent decennial federal census in which the city’s population was 8,000 or more shall be used for determining the population of the city for any purpose under Code chapter 400. 3.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.