EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 315
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BLACK.
0683S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 262.217, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the state
fair commission.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 262.217, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 262.217, 2
to read as follows:3
262.217. Effective September 1, 1995, there is created 1
a "State Fair Commission" whose domicile for the purposes of 2
sections 262.215 to 262.280 shall be the department of 3
agriculture of this state. The commission shall consist of 4
[nine] twelve members, [two of whom shall be activ e farmers, 5
two of whom shall be either current members or past 6
presidents of county or regional fair boards, ] one of whom 7
shall be the director of the department of agriculture [, one 8
of whom shall be employed in agribusiness, and three at - 9
large members who shall be Missouri residents ]. The 10
director of the department of agriculture [shall be the 11
chairman of the commission until January 31, 1997, and ] 12
shall not be counted against membership from a congressional 13
district[, at which time]. The [chairman] chair shall be 14
elected from among the members of the commission by the 15
commission members. Such officer shall serve for a term of 16
two years. Commissioners shall be reimbursed for their 17
actual and necessary expenses incurred when attending 18 SB 315 2
meetings of the commission, to be paid from appropriations 19
made therefor. Commissioners shall be appointed by the 20
governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. [The 21
county fair association in the state may submit to the 22
governor a list of nominees for appointment, three from each 23
congressional district, for those commission members who are 24
required to be current members or past presidents of county 25
fair boards. Not more than four commissioners excluding the 26
director of agriculture shall be memb ers of the same 27
political party.] Each commissioner shall be a resident of 28
the state for five years prior to [his] the commissioner's 29
appointment. The eight initial commissioners shall be 30
appointed as follows: two shall be appointed for terms of 31
one year, two for terms of two years, two for terms of three 32
years and two for terms of four years. Their successors 33
shall be appointed for terms of four years. A commissioner 34
shall continue to serve until [his] a successor is appointed 35
and qualified. Whenever any vacancy occurs on the 36
commission, the governor shall fill the vacancy by 37
appointment for the remainder of the term of the 38
commissioner who was replaced. There shall be no more than 39
[two] three commission members from any congressional 40
district. 41