Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 257

Water Conservancy Districts

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Section 257.160.1

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August 28, 2015

Regular elections of trustees, when held--number of trustees, how selected, terms, qualifications, vacancies filled, how--removal.

257.160. 1. The time for election of trustees of the board of the

conservancy district shall be on primary election days, except as provided

herein for the first board election.



2. There shall be eight trustees selected to constitute the board of the

conservancy district. They shall be selected as follows:



(1) Six shall be elected, each to represent one of the six election

districts of the conservancy district and to be elected by voters within his

election district.



(2) Within sixty days after the first board election or succeeding

elections for trustees, as the case might be, the governor, by and with the

advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one trustee to represent

election districts one, two and three, one trustee to represent election

districts four, five and six.



(3) Trustees elected or appointed to the first board from election

districts one, two and three shall hold office until the next primary

election. Trustees from election districts four, five and six shall hold

office until the second biennial primary election after their selection as

members of the first board of trustees. Thereafter the terms of office of

all eight trustees are for four years, election or appointment as provided

herein to occur at the time of each primary election at which the respective

previous terms of office expire.



(4) Candidates for election to the board of trustees shall be citizens of

the United States, voters within their respective election districts for one

year next preceding the election, and at least thirty years of age. In

addition to possessing such qualifications, trustees appointed by the

governor shall have previously demonstrated a broad knowledge and interest in

the fields of natural resources, agriculture, forestry, or business and

industry, and shall, wherever possible, come from a different area within

their respective election districts from that of the elected trustees.



3. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein to the contrary, trustees

whose terms of office expire shall hold office until their successors are

elected or appointed, as the case may be, and until such successors are

qualified.



4. In event of the vacancy of the office of any trustee, for whatever

reason, before expiration of the term for the office, the following procedure

shall govern:



(1) In the case of an elected trustee or a court appointed trustee, the

court shall appoint a qualified person to serve until the next election, at

which time there shall be elected a trustee to fill the unexpired term, if

any, in the manner provided for the regular election of trustees.



(2) In the case of a trustee appointed by the governor, the governor

shall appoint a qualified person to serve until the next election, at which

time the unexpired term, if any, shall be filled by appointment following the

election as herein provided for. A qualified person for vacancy appointments

shall be the same as provided in the case of appointments by the governor as

otherwise provided in this chapter.



5. (1) Any elected trustee, or any other officer of any district, not a

trustee, may be removed for cause after a hearing upon a motion filed in the

original case in which the district was organized.



(2) Any court appointed trustee may be removed by the court.



(3) Any trustee appointed by the governor may be removed by the governor.



(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 16, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)







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