SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 551
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JOHNSON.
Pre-filed December 1, 1997, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 12, 1998, and referred to the Committee on Elections, Pensions and Veterans' Affairs.
Reported from the Committee February 2, 1998, with recommendation that the bill do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Taken up February 17, 1998. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S2490.01P
AN ACT
To repeal section 247.180, RSMo Supp. 1997, relating to elections, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 247.180, RSMo Supp. 1997, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 247.180, to read as follows:
247.180. 1. Regular elections and elections held for the purposes of section 247.130 shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June or on any election day specified in section 115.123, RSMo. Such elections shall be conducted by the appropriate election authority pursuant to chapter 115, RSMo.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the number of candidates is no greater than the number of directors to be elected, no election shall be held, and the candidates shall assume the responsibilities of their offices at the same time and in the same manner as if they had been elected.