FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 214
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MATHEWSON.
Read 1st time January 6, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 20, 1999, and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Economic Development.
Reported from the Committee February 3, 1999, with recommendation that the bill do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Taken up February 11, 1999. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
L1062.01P
AN ACT
To repeal section 79.280, RSMo 1994, relating to certain fourth class cities, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 79.280, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 79.280, to read as follows:
79.280. If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the mayor or the person exercising the duties of the mayor shall cause a special meeting of the board of aldermen to convene where a successor to the vacant office shall be selected by appointment by the mayor with the advice and consent of a majority of the remaining members of the board of aldermen. If the vacancy is in the office of mayor, nominations of a successor may be made by any member of the board of aldermen and selected with the consent of a majority of the members of the board of aldermen. The board of aldermen may adopt procedures to fill vacancies consistent with this section. The successor shall serve until the next regular municipal election. If a vacancy occurs in any office not elective, the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the duties of such office until the first regular meeting of the board of aldermen thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be permanently filled.