IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE repealing section 9305., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Drug Commission, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new section relating to the same subject.
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ORDINANCE NO. 4948, December 5, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III and Scott Burnett, County Legislators
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BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Section 9305., Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 9305., to read as follows:
9305. Drug Commission.
A Drug Commission shall be established and organized as follows:
9305.1 Composition
The County Executive shall appoint, as members of the Commission, nine residents of Jackson County from among those recommended by the County Legislature or from among those citizens known by the County Executive to be interested in serving on the Commission. One member shall be appointed from each of the six legislative districts and three members shall be appointed from the County at large. The at-large members shall represent the professional fields of law, substance abuse, and public health/health care, with one member appointed from each field. Three members shall serve initial terms of two years, three members shall serve initial terms of three years, and three members shall serve initial terms of four years. Members of the initial Drug Commission shall be eligible for reappointment to one four-year term each. Successor members of the Commission shall serve terms of four years, or for the unexpired terms of their predecessors, and are also eligible for reappointment [to one four-year term each]. The County Executive shall designate one member to serve as the Commission Chair.
9305.2 Ex Officio Members.
The Prosecuting Attorney, the Chief of the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department, and the Chair of the Jackson County Dr...
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