400.2 - QUALIFICATIONS -- PROHIBITED CONTRACTS. - Iowa Statutes

400.2 QUALIFICATIONS -- PROHIBITED CONTRACTS. 1. The commissioners must be citizens of Iowa, eligible electors as defined in chapter 39, and residents of the city preceding their appointment, and shall serve without compensation. A person, while on the commission, shall not hold or be a candidate for any office of public trust. However, when a human rights commission has been established by a city, the director of the commission shall ex officio be a member, without vote, of the civil service commission. 2. Civil service commissioners, with respect to the city in which they are commissioners, shall not do any of the following: a. Sell to, or in any manner become parties, directly or indirectly, to any contract to furnish supplies, material, or labor to the city. b. Have an interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or job of work or material or the profits thereof or services to be furnished or performed for the city. 3. A contract entered into in violation of subsection 2 is void. 4. A violation of the provisions contained in subsection 2 is a simple misdemeanor.          Section History: Early Form [SS15, § 1056-a32; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5690; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 365.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 400.2]          Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1138, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 21, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 111, §2