City of Waverly v. Iowa Department of Job Service

WOLLE, Justice.

The pivotal question of law in this judicial review proceeding is whether two 1971 amendments to Iowa Code chapter 410 should be given retroactive effect. Prior to 1971, chapter 410 mandated that the city of Waverly and certain other Iowa cities provide a disability and pension fund for police and fire personnel. The district court, reviewing a declaratory ruling of the Iowa Department of Job Service (department), held that the amendments should not be given retroactive effect. That ruling sustained Waverly’s contention that its police and fire personnel had continuously been…