SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 856
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR O'LAUGHLIN.
4324S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 77.230 and 79.080, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating
to residency requirements for mayors of certain cities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 77.230 and 79.080, RSMo, are repealed 1
and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 2
sections 77.230 and 79.080, to read as follows:3
77.230. No person shall be mayor unless he or she be 1
at least thirty years of age, a ci tizen of the United States 2
and a resident of the county in which such city is located 3
at the time of and for two years next preceding his or her 4
election. When two or more persons shall have an equal 5
number of votes for the office of mayor, the matter shall be 6
determined by the council. 7
79.080. No person shall be mayor unless he or she be 1
at least twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United 2
States and a resident of the county in which such city is 3
located at the time of and for at least one year next 4
preceding his or her election. 5