IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the general election to be held on November 6, 2018, seven questions to amend the Jackson County Charter, with an effective date.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5102, June 11, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Greg Grounds, County Legislator
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BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section 1. There are hereby submitted to the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri for approval or disapproval seven questions to amend the 2010 Jackson County Charter, as set forth in this Ordinance, at the general election to be held in Jackson County, Missouri, on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2018.
Section 2. Subject to the approval of the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the general election to be held on November 6, 2018, the 2010 Jackson County Charter is hereby amended with amended sections to read as follows:
ARTICLE II.
COUNTY LEGISLATURE
Section 6. The members of the County Legislature shall be elected for terms of four years commencing on January 1, following their election, except for the first members of the County Legislature elected in the year 1972, who shall serve two-year terms. No member may serve more than two consecutive full terms commencing on or after January 1, 2019.
Section 12. All ordinances passed by the County Legislature shall within five days thereafter be presented to the County Executive. If the County Executive approves the ordinance he or she shall sign it, and the ordinance shall thereupon be deemed enacted, but if not, the County Executive shall return it with his or her objections to the County Legislature, which shall enter the objections on its journal, and proceed to reconsider it, except that the County Executive shall have no authority to object to any ordinance passe...
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