Missouri 2022 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB858 Compare Versions

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2	2	SECOND REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 858
4	4	101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY.
6	6	3177S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapter 321, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to fire protection
9	9	districts.
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11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Chapter 321, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
13	13	one new section, to be known as section 321.731, to read as 2
14	14	follows:3
15	15	321.731. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1
16	16	law to the contrary, in any fire protection district which 2
17	17	is located within, or which adjoins a fire protection 3
18	18	district which is located within, in whole or in part, a 4
19	19	street light maintenance district with a registration of 5
20	20	more than one thousand but less than three thousand voters, 6
21	21	or which is wholly located within a street light maintenance 7
22	22	district with a registration o f more than five hundred but 8
23	23	less than one thousand voters, and that is located within a 9
24	24	county with a charter form of government and with more than 10
25	25	nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, the board of 11
26	26	election commissioners sitting as an apportionmen t 12
27	27	commission of such county shall establish one ward for each 13
28	28	district director for the purpose of electing directors of 14
29	29	such districts. In the event of a tie vote for adoption of 15
30	30	an apportionment or re -apportionment of wards, the 16
31	31	chairperson of the affected fire district shall break the 17
32	32	tie. 18 SB 858 2
33	33	2. The ward boundaries shall be drawn by the 19
34	34	commissioners within ninety days after the effective date of 20
35	35	this act, and within six months after each decennial census 21
36	36	is reported to the president of the United States. 22
37	37	3. The commissioners shall apportion the wards by 23
38	38	dividing the population, determined by the preceding 24
39	39	decennial census, of the district by the number of directors 25
40	40	and shall establish each ward so that the population of that 26
41	41	ward shall, as nearly as possible, equal that figure or be 27
42	42	within one percent thereof. Each ward shall be composed of 28
43	43	contiguous territory as compact as may be. 29
44	44	4. All directors elected or appointed in such 30
45	45	districts shall be elected or appointed to re present one of 31
46	46	the wards, beginning with the first general municipal 32
47	47	election or vacancy occurring after the effective date of 33
48	48	this act. Each member shall reside for one year prior to 34
49	49	the date of his or her election in the ward from which he or 35
50	50	she is elected, or in the case of a vacancy, the ward from 36
51	51	which he or she is appointed; and shall forfeit their office 37
52	52	if they remove their residence from the ward. Such vacancy 38
53	53	may be declared, after notice and a hearing, and the office 39
54	54	filled by the remaining members of the board as provided by 40
55	55	law. 41
56	56	5. Elected members of the board in office on the 42
57	57	effective date of this act, shall hold office for the length 43
58	58	of the term for which they were elected, and until their 44
59	59	successors are elected and qual ified, and any members 45
60	60	appointed to fill vacancies in office occurring after the 46
61	61	effective date of this act, shall serve until the next 47
62	62	general municipal election, at which time a successor shall 48
63	63	be elected to serve for the remainder of the term to whi ch 49
64	64	the replaced member was elected. 50 SB 858 3
65	65	6. At the first general municipal election to occur 51
66	66	after the effective date of this act, at which an election 52
67	67	for a fire protection district director is scheduled to be 53
68	68	on the ballot, the elections for the sea ts of any expiring 54
69	69	terms or appointed terms, as provided herein, of at -large 55
70	70	board members shall be filled by persons elected from the 56
71	71	lowest-numbered wards, as those wards are created and 57
72	72	numbered by the apportionment commission. At the second 58
73	73	general municipal election to occur after the effective date 59
74	74	of this act, at which an election for a fire protection 60
75	75	district director is scheduled to be on the ballot, the 61
76	76	elections for the seats of any expiring terms or appointed 62
77	77	terms, as provided herein , of at-large board members, shall 63
78	78	be filled by persons elected from the lowest -numbered wards, 64
79	79	not filled at the prior election. At the third general 65
80	80	municipal election to occur after the effective date of this 66
81	81	act, at which an election for a fire pr otection district 67
82	82	director is scheduled to be on the ballot, the elections for 68
83	83	the seats of any expiring terms or appointed terms, as 69
84	84	provided herein, of at -large board members, shall be filled 70
85	85	by persons elected from the lowest -numbered wards, not 71
86	86	filled at the prior two elections. 72
87	87	7. The law governing fire protection districts shall 73
88	88	continue to apply to any district described in this section, 74
89	89	except as expressly provided in this section. 75
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