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MO Rev Stat § 48.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 48 - County Classification|Section 48.030 - Change in classification, how, when effective.

Effective - 25 May 2010, 2 histories   48.030. Change in classification, how, when effective. — 1. No county shall move from a lower class to a higher class or from a higher class to a lower class until the assessed valuation of the county is such as to place it in the other class for five successive years and until the change has become effective as provided for in this section.  2. No second class county shall become a third class county until the assessed valuation of the county is such as to place it in the third class for at least five successive years.  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, a county may become a first class county at any time after the assessed valuation of the county is such as to be a first class county and the governing body of the county elects to change classifications. The effective date of such change of classification shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section.  4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, any county of the third classification without a township form of government and with more than thirty-eight thousand nine hundred but fewer than thirty-nine thousand inhabitants may become a second class county at any time after the assessed valuation of the county is such as to be a second class county and the governing body of the county elects to change classifications. The effective date of such change of classification shall be at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the election by the governing body of the county.  5. Except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, the change from one classification to another shall become effective at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the next general election after the certification by the state equalizing agency for the required number of successive years that the county possesses an assessed valuation placing it in another class. If a general election is held between the date of the certification and the end of the current fiscal year, the change of classification shall not become effective until the beginning of the county fiscal year following the next succeeding general election. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3, A.L. 1959 H.B. 297, A.L. 1965 p. 95, A.L. 1972 S.B. 271, A.L. 1977 H.B. 38, et al., A.L. 1978 S.B. 743, A.L. 1979 H.B. 583, A.L. 1983 S.B. 63, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 950 & 948, A.L. 2009 H.B. 257, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1806)  Effective 5-25-10
MO Rev Stat § 48.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 48 - County Classification|Section 48.040 - State auditor to notify county officers of change in class.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   48.040. State auditor to notify county officers of change in class. — It shall be the duty of the state auditor, as the supervisor of county audits, to examine annually the assessed valuation figures of the various counties immediately upon the certification of same by the state equalizing agency and to ascertain if any county shall have changed classifications as determined in this chapter. In case it shall be found that any county has met the requirements of reclassification as set forth in this chapter, it shall be the duty of the state auditor within thirty days after said certification to notify officially all county elected officers and the county officials charged with the supervision of elections of the change in status of the county. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 48.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 48 - County Classification|Section 48.050 - Effect of change of class on county offices and officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   48.050. Effect of change of class on county offices and officers. — Any elected county official whose office may be abolished or consolidated with another office as a result of the change of the county from one class to another shall continue to hold the office to which he was elected for the term for which he was elected. Any office which may be established as a result of the change of the county from one class to another shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to the filling of vacancies for such office. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 48.053 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 48 - County Classification|Section 48.053 - Treasurer, term of, how affected by change in county classification (first, second and third class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   48.053. Treasurer, term of, how affected by change in county classification (first, second and third class counties). — The incumbent of the office of county treasurer of a county changing from third classification to second or first classification or from second classification to third classification shall continue to hold office for the term to which he or she was elected. The successor in office shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of the incumbent's term of office to a term of two years and until a successor is elected, as provided in section 54.010, and qualified. ­­-------- (L. 1973 S.B. 226, A.L. 1999 S.B. 139)
MO Rev Stat § 48.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 48 - County Classification|Section 48.060 - Provisions of chapter dependent upon validity of laws fixing compensation for county officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   48.060. Provisions of chapter dependent upon validity of laws fixing compensation for county officers. — The provisions of this chapter, enacted to conform the law of this state to the provisions of Section 8 of Article VI of the Constitution of 1945, are hereby declared to be dependent upon the constitutional authority uniformly to graduate the compensation of county officers within the classes as designated herein pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 of Article VI of the Constitution of 1945. The failure of the general assembly to possess such power shall have the effect of making inoperative the provisions of this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1945 p. 1801 § 3a)
MO Rev Stat § 49.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.010 - County court to be known as county commission — membership of commission — two districts in each county.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   49.010. County court to be known as county commission — membership of commission — two districts in each county. — The county court shall be known as the "county commission" and shall be composed of three members, to be styled "commissioners" of the county, and each county shall be districted by the commissions thereof into two districts, of contiguous territory, as nearly equal in population as practicable, without dividing municipal townships. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2474, A.L. 1945 p. 832, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2072; 1919 § 2568; 1909 § 4075  Effective 1-01-85  CROSS REFERENCE:  Number of members may be reduced, how, Const. Art. VI § 7
MO Rev Stat § 49.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.020 - Election — term of office — residence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   49.020. Election — term of office — residence. — At the general election in the year 1996, and every four years thereafter, the voters of each of the districts shall elect a county commissioner, who shall hold his office for a term of four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified; and at the general election in the year 1882, and every four years thereafter, the presiding commissioner of the county shall be elected by the voters of the county at large, who shall hold his office for the term of four years and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Each commissioner shall be a resident of the county and each commissioner elected from a district shall be a resident of the district from which such commissioner was elected. Each commissioner elected under the provisions of this chapter shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of January immediately after his election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2475, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1992 S.B. 833, A.L. 1995 H.B. 256)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2073; 1919 § 2569; 1909 § 4076
MO Rev Stat § 49.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.050 - Commissioners to be commissioned by governor.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.050. Commissioners to be commissioned by governor. — The clerks of the county commission shall certify to the governor the names of the persons elected as county commissioners, and the governor shall thereupon commission all such persons as commissioners for their respective terms for which they may have been elected. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2478, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2076; 1919 § 2572; 1909 § 4079  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.060 - Vacancy, how certified or filled — inapplicability to constitutional charter counties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   49.060. Vacancy, how certified or filled — inapplicability to constitutional charter counties. — 1. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of a county commissioner, the vacancy shall at once be certified by the clerk of the commission to the governor.  2. If at the time the vacancy occurs there is less than one year remaining in the unexpired term, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in section 105.030, except that the vacancy shall be filled within sixty days.  3. If at the time the vacancy occurs there is one year or more remaining in the unexpired term, it shall be the duty of the governor to fill such vacancy within sixty days by appointing, by and with the advice and consent of the senate subject to the provisions of Article IV, Section 51 of the Missouri Constitution, some eligible person to said office who shall discharge the duties thereof until the next general election, at which time a commissioner shall be chosen for the remainder of the term, who shall hold such office until a successor is duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed.  4. This section shall not apply to any county which has adopted a charter for its own government under Article VI, Section 18 of the Missouri Constitution. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2477, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1816, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1428)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2075; 1919 § 2571; 1909 § 4078
MO Rev Stat § 49.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.070 - Quorum.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.070. Quorum. — A majority of the commissioners of the county commission shall constitute a quorum to do business; a single member may adjourn from day to day, and require the attendance of those absent; when but two commissioners are sitting and they shall disagree in any matter submitted to them, the decision of the presiding commissioner shall stand as the decision of the commission; provided further, when the presiding commissioner is absent and the other two commissioners are present the commission clerk shall designate one of the commissioners present as presiding commissioner during the absence of the regular presiding commissioner, and he shall, during the absence of the regular presiding commissioner, have all of the powers of the regular presiding commissioner. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2493, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2091; 1919 § 2587; 1909 § 4094  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.079 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.079 - County commission to appoint sewer supervisor — compensation and duties, how fixed (certain second class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.079. County commission to appoint sewer supervisor — compensation and duties, how fixed (certain second class counties). — The county commission in all counties of the second class having a population of over thirty thousand inhabitants and containing a part of a city having a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants may appoint a sewer supervisor and fix his compensation. The sewer supervisor shall supervise the construction and extension of sewers within the county and shall have the other duties that the county commission may provide. ­­-------- (L. 1973 H.B. 680 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.093 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.093 - County department officers to inspect and inventory personal property used by department — additional inventory inspected by county clerk — report to be filed and signed by clerk (counties of the third and fourth classification).

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 3 histories   49.093. County department officers to inspect and inventory personal property used by department — additional inventory inspected by county clerk — report to be filed and signed by clerk (counties of the third and fourth classification). — 1. In counties of the third and fourth classification, the county officer or the county officer's designee of each county department shall, annually, on or before the tenth day of October, inspect and inventory all office equipment and machines, road machinery, farm supplies, equipment and produce on hand and all other personal property belonging to the county and used by such department of an individual original value of one thousand dollars or more of whatsoever kind or description. The county officer or the county officer's designee of each county department shall have the discretion to inspect and inventory any office equipment or county property used by such department with an original value of less than one thousand dollars. Such inventory shall list such property by keeping a continuous annual inventory of each item identified by descriptive name, and on manufactured goods the manufacturer's serial number, model, age and estimated market value, and after the first inventory taken pursuant to this section, there shall be attached to subsequent inventories a statement or explanation of any material changes over that of the previous year, showing in particular the disposition of any county property, the reason for its disposal, to whom disposed and the amount received therefor.  2. All remaining property not inventoried by a particular department of such county shall be inventoried by the county clerk of such county in the same manner as items are inventoried pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.  3. The reports required by this section shall be signed by the county clerk. ­­-------- (L. 1999 H.B. 402 § 2, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
MO Rev Stat § 49.097 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.097 - Additional duties of county commissioners (second class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.097. Additional duties of county commissioners (second class counties). — The county commissioners in counties of the second class shall collate and digest, in December of each year, the information received the preceding year in the reports of the various county officers and shall prepare and place on file in the county clerk's office a resume of this information for inspection by the public. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 150 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-1-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.098 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.098 - Additional duties of county commissioners (second, third and fourth class counties).

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.098. Additional duties of county commissioners (second, third and fourth class counties). — For the benefit of the executive branch and members and staff of the general assembly, in determining local needs in appropriation of funds of the state, the county commissioners in all counties of the second, third and fourth class shall file with the office of administration, the oversight division of the committee on legislative research, and the state auditor copies of summarized reports of all funds received from any agency of the United States government. Further, county commissioners, collectively or by designation of the presiding commissioner, shall represent the county on the following regional councils which may encompass their county: Manpower planning; aging; health planning; law enforcement assistance; community action; countywide sewer districts; solid waste management; county planning and zoning; University of Missouri extension; future boards, commissions and councils relating to health, education or welfare of the citizens as established by executive or legislative action of the government of the United States or of the state; and such other councils and organizations relating to operations of counties as from time to time may be created. ­­-------- (L. 1975 S.B. 95 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.101 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.101 - Vacancies, interim county officials appointed, when — expiration.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   49.101. Vacancies, interim county officials appointed, when — expiration. — In the event of a vacancy in the county offices of county clerk, county auditor, and county assessor, whether such vacancy is by reason of death, resignation, removal, refusal to act, or any other reason, the county commission shall appoint an interim county official to discharge the duties of the office until the governor appoints a successor as provided under state law. At the time of the appointment of a replacement by the governor, the interim appointment shall expire. Such interim appointment by the county commission shall provide the interim county official with all of the protections, bonding requirements, tenants, and other provisions relating to such office. ­­-------- (L. 2012 H.B. 1340 )
MO Rev Stat § 49.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.130 - Passports, processing of applications, commission may provide service, when — fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   49.130. Passports, processing of applications, commission may provide service, when — fees. — If the clerk of the court in the circuit in which the county is located does not offer passport service as provided under section 483.537, the county commission may take or process applications for passports or their renewal or may designate by order or ordinance any county officer to provide the service. Fees charged for the service shall be retained by the county office that provides the service. ­­-------- (L. 2015 S.B. 539)
MO Rev Stat § 49.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.140 - County commissioners prohibited from doing certain things.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.140. County commissioners prohibited from doing certain things. — No county commissioner shall, directly or indirectly, become a party to any contract to which the county is a party, or act as a road or bridge commissioner, either general or special, or keeper of any poor person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2491, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2089; 1919 § 2585; 1909 § 4092  Effective 1-01-85  CROSS REFERENCE:  Member of county commission not to act as sales agent, 229.090
MO Rev Stat § 49.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.150 - Penalty for violating section 49.140.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.150. Penalty for violating section 49.140. — Any county commissioner who shall violate any of the provisions of section 49.140 or who shall do any of the acts or enter into any of the contracts prohibited or declared unlawful in said section, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2492, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2090; 1919 § 2586; 1909 § 4093  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.160 - Who shall hold meetings when majority of commissioners are absent.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.160. Who shall hold meetings when majority of commissioners are absent. — If, by reason of sickness, absence from the county or other preventing cause, the commissioners of any county, or a majority of them, are not able to hold any regular meeting, the judge of the probate division of the circuit court shall hold the term of the commission, except that in counties having more than one circuit judge the presiding judge of the circuit court shall designate one of the circuit judges to hold the term of the county commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2443, A. 1949 H.B. 2006, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2052; 1919 § 2548; 1909 § 4062  Effective 1-01-85
MO Rev Stat § 49.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.170 - Terms of commission, when held.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   49.170. Terms of commission, when held. — Four terms of the county commission shall be held in each county annually, at the place of holding commission meetings therein, commencing on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. The county commissions may alter the times for holding their stated terms, giving notice thereof in such manner as to them shall seem expedient; provided, that in counties now containing or that may hereafter contain seventy-five thousand or more inhabitants, and where county commissions are now or may hereafter be held at more places than one and at other places than the county seat, the terms of the commission shall be held monthly and alternately at the county seat and such other place as may be provided for the holding of a meeting, and each monthly term shall commence on the first Monday in each month. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2485, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219, A.L. 2003 H.B. 267)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2083; 1919 § 2579; 1909 § 4086
MO Rev Stat § 49.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government|Chapter 49 - County Commissions and County Buildings|Section 49.180 - Special terms.

Effective - 01 Jan 1985   49.180. Special terms. — The presiding commissioner or any two commissioners of the county commission may order a special term whenever the business and interest of the county require it. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2487, A.L. 1959 S.B. 65, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 2085; 1919 § 2581; 1909 § 4088  Effective 1-01-85