| 12 | | - | Section A. Chapter 71, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto |
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| 13 | | - | one new section, to be known as section 71.235, to read as |
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| 14 | | - | follows: |
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| 15 | | - | 71.235. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to |
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| 16 | | - | the contrary, no person shall be mayor of any city with five |
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| 17 | | - | thousand inhabitants or less unless he or she be at least |
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| 18 | | - | thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and a |
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| 19 | | - | resident of the county in which a city with five thousand |
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| 20 | | - | inhabitants or less is located at the time of and for two |
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| 21 | | - | years next preceding his or her election. When two or more |
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| 22 | | - | persons shall have an equal number of votes for the office |
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| 23 | | - | of mayor, the matter shall be determined by the council. |
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| 12 | + | Section A. Sections 77.230 and 79.080, RSMo, are repealed 1 |
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| 13 | + | and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 2 |
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| 14 | + | sections 77.230 and 79.080, to read as follows:3 |
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| 15 | + | 77.230. No person shall be mayor unless he or she be 1 |
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| 16 | + | at least thirty years of age, a ci tizen of the United States 2 |
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| 17 | + | and a resident of the county in which such city is located 3 |
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| 18 | + | at the time of and for two years next preceding his or her 4 |
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| 19 | + | election. When two or more persons shall have an equal 5 |
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| 20 | + | number of votes for the office of mayor, the matter shall be 6 |
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| 21 | + | determined by the council. 7 |
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| 22 | + | 79.080. No person shall be mayor unless he or she be 1 |
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| 23 | + | at least twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United 2 |
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| 24 | + | States and a resident of the county in which such city is 3 |
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| 25 | + | located at the time of and for at least one year next 4 |
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| 26 | + | preceding his or her election. 5 |
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