File #: 5093    Version: 0 Name: Questions for August 7th ballot
Type: Ordinance Status: vetoed
File created: 4/26/2018 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 4/30/2018 Final action: 5/18/2018
Title: AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the primary election to be held on August 7, 2018, six questions to amend the Jackson County Charter.
Sponsors: Greg Grounds
Indexes: JACKSON COUNTY CHARTER, PRIMARY ELECTION, QUALIFIED VOTERS
Attachments: 1. 5093veto.pdf
Corrected
May 9, 2018
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE submitting to the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the primary election to be held on August 7, 2018, six questions to amend the Jackson County Charter.


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ORDINANCE NO. 5093, April 30, 2018

INTRODUCED BY Greg Grounds, County Legislators


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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, six questions to amend the 2010 Jackson County Charter, as set forth in this Ordinance, at the primary election to be held in Jackson County, Missouri, on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday in August, 2018.

Section 2. Subject to the approval of the qualified voters of Jackson County, Missouri, at the primary election to be held on August 7, 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 13. A member of the County Legislature shall forfeit his or her office if he or she:

1. Ceases to be a qualified voter of the county;

2. Removes his or her residence from the county or the district, or district-at-large from which he or she was elected;

3. Holds any other federal, state, county or municipal elective office;

4. Absents himself from more than four consecutive regular meetings of the County Legislature, unless excused by resolution of the County L...

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