Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 162

School Districts

←162.481

Section 162.491.1

162.492→

August 28, 2015

Directors may be nominated by petition, when--contents of petition, certain districts--no petition required, Buchanan County.

162.491. 1. Directors for urban school districts, other than those

districts containing the greater part of a city of over one hundred thirty

thousand inhabitants, may be nominated by petition to be filed with the

secretary of the board and signed by a number of voters in the district

equal to ten percent of the total number of votes cast for the director

receiving the highest number of votes cast at the next preceding biennial

election, except as provided in subsection 4 of this section.



2. This section shall not be construed as providing the sole method

of nominating candidates for the office of school director in urban

districts which do not contain the greater part of a city of over three

hundred thousand inhabitants.



3. A director for any urban school district containing a city of

greater than one hundred thirty thousand inhabitants and less than three

hundred thousand inhabitants may be nominated as an independent candidate

by filing with the secretary of the board a petition signed by five hundred

registered voters of such school district.



*4. In any urban school district located in a county of the first

classification with more than eighty-three thousand but fewer than

ninety-two thousand inhabitants and with a home rule city with more than

seventy-six thousand but fewer than ninety-one thousand inhabitants as the

county seat, a candidate for director shall file a declaration of candidacy

with the secretary of the board and shall not be required to submit a

petition.



(L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-49, A.L. 1965 p. 283, A.L. 1967 p. 232, A.L. 1978

H.B. 971, A.L. 1987 H.B. 463, A.L. 2015 H.B. 63, A.L. 2015 S.B.

104)



(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.470)



Effective 4-08-15 (H.B. 63)



8-28-15 (S.B. 104)



*Revisor's note: H.B. 63, effective 4-08-15, contained the following

language for subsection 4 which was amended by S.B. 104,

effective 8-28-15:



"4. In any urban school district located in a home rule city with

more than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine

thousand inhabitants, a candidate for director shall file a

declaration of candidacy with the secretary of the board and

shall not be required to submit a petition."





2015

2015



2015



162.491. 1. Directors for urban school districts, other than those

districts containing the greater part of a city of over one hundred thirty

thousand inhabitants, may be nominated by petition to be filed with the

secretary of the board and signed by a number of voters in the district

equal to ten percent of the total number of votes cast for the director

receiving the highest number of votes cast at the next preceding biennial

election, except as provided in subsection 4 of this section.



2. This section shall not be construed as providing the sole method

of nominating candidates for the office of school director in urban

districts which do not contain the greater part of a city of over three

hundred thousand inhabitants.



3. A director for any urban school district containing a city of

greater than one hundred thirty thousand inhabitants and less than three

hundred thousand inhabitants may be nominated as an independent candidate

by filing with the secretary of the board a petition signed by five hundred

registered voters of such school district.



4. In any urban school district located in a home rule city with more

than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine thousand inhabitants,

a candidate for director shall file a declaration of candidacy with the

secretary of the board and shall not be required to submit a petition.



2015



162.491. 1. Directors for urban school districts, other than those

districts containing the greater part of a city of over one hundred thirty

thousand inhabitants, may be nominated by petition to be filed with the

secretary of the board and signed by a number of voters in the district

equal to ten percent of the total number of votes cast for the director

receiving the highest number of votes cast at the next preceding biennial

election, except as provided in subsection 4 of this section.



2. This section shall not be construed as providing the sole method

of nominating candidates for the office of school director in urban

districts which do not contain the greater part of a city of over three

hundred thousand inhabitants.



3. A director for any urban school district containing a city of

greater than one hundred thirty thousand inhabitants and less than three

hundred thousand inhabitants may be nominated as an independent candidate

by filing with the secretary of the board a petition signed by five hundred

registered voters of such school district.



4. In any urban school district located in a home rule city with more

than seventy-one thousand but fewer than seventy-nine thousand inhabitants,

a candidate for director shall file a declaration of candidacy with the

secretary of the board and shall not be required to submit a petition.



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