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MO Rev Stat § 78.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.360 - Removal from office.

Effective - 28 Aug 1953   78.360. Removal from office. — All persons under civil service shall be subject to removal from office or employment by the council for misconduct or failure to perform their duties under such rules and regulations as it may adopt, and the chief of police, chief of the fire department or any superintendent or foreman in charge of municipal work may peremptorily suspend or discharge any subordinate then under his direction for neglect of duty or disobedience of his orders, but shall within twenty-four hours thereafter report such suspension or discharge and reason therefor to the superintendent of his department, who shall thereupon affirm or revoke such discharge or suspension according to the facts. Such employee or the officer discharging or suspending him may within five days of such ruling appeal therefrom to the council, which shall fully hear and determine the matter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7069, A.L. 1953 p. 268)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6919; 1919 § 8386
MO Rev Stat § 78.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.370 - General powers and duties.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   78.370. General powers and duties. — The council shall have the power to enforce the attendance of witnesses, the production of books and papers and power to administer oaths in the same manner and with like effect and under the same penalties as in the case of associate circuit judges exercising criminal or civil jurisdiction under the statutes of Missouri. Said commissioners shall make annual report to the council and it may require a special report from said commission at any time; and said council may prescribe such rules and regulations for the proper conduct of the business of the said commission as shall be found expedient and advisable, including restrictions on appointments, promotions, removals for cause, roster of employees, certification of records to the auditor, and restrictions on payment to persons improperly employed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7069, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6919; 1919 § 8386  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 78.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.380 - Provisions to apply to whom.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.380. Provisions to apply to whom. — The provisions of sections 78.310 to 78.390 shall apply to all appointive officers and employees of such city except those specially named in section 78.070, commissioners of any kind (laborers whose occupation requires no special skill or fitness), election officials and mayor's secretary, and assistant attorney, where such officers are appointed; provided, however, that existing employees heretofore appointed or employed and who are performing their duties in a satisfactory manner may retain their positions without further examination, subject, however, to the approval of the council. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7069)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6919; 1919 § 8386
MO Rev Stat § 78.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.390 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.390. Penalties. — The council of such city shall have the power to pass ordinances imposing suitable penalties for the punishment of persons violating any of the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 relating to the civil service commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7069)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6919; 1919 § 8386
MO Rev Stat § 78.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.400 - Laws applicable — territorial limits not to change.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.400. Laws applicable — territorial limits not to change. — All laws governing cities of the third class and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 shall apply to and govern cities organized under said sections. All bylaws, ordinances and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in any such city under its former organization shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the council elected under the provisions of said sections. The territorial limits of such city shall remain the same as under its former organization and all rights and property of every description which were vested in any city under its former organization shall vest in the same under the organization herein contemplated, and no right or liability either in favor of or against it existing at the time and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change, unless otherwise provided for in sections 78.010 to 78.420. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7058)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6908; 1919 § 8375
MO Rev Stat § 78.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.430 - Third class city may adopt city manager form of government — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   78.430. Third class city may adopt city manager form of government — procedure. — 1. Any city of the third class, or any city with a population entitling it to become a city of the third class, may become organized under the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640 by proceeding in the following manner: Upon petition of voters residing in the city equal in number to twenty-five percent of the votes cast for all candidates for mayor in the last preceding election, the mayor shall by proclamation submit the question of organizing under sections 78.430 to 78.640.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the city of ______ organize under sections 78.430 to 78.640, RSMo, providing for the city manager form of government?  3. The election thereon shall be conducted, votes canvassed, and results declared in the same manner as provided for by law in respect to other city elections of cities of the third class. If a majority of votes cast on the question is in favor of adopting the optional form of government provided for herein, the city clerk shall transmit to the secretary of state and to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located, duplicate copies of a certificate stating that the question was adopted. The city shall then proceed to organize under sections 78.430 to 78.640, by nomination of candidates and election of councilmen as herein provided. The elections shall be held at the next municipal election following the date of adoption of sections 78.430 to 78.640. If the plan is not adopted, the question of adopting the plan shall not be resubmitted to the voters of the city for adoption for at least one year thereafter, and then the question of adoption may be resubmitted upon a like petition, proclamation and notice as provided above. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7080, A.L. 1957 p. 240, A.L. 1961 p. 198, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6930
MO Rev Stat § 78.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.440 - Laws shall apply, when — limits of city to remain same.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.440. Laws shall apply, when — limits of city to remain same. — All laws governing any city under its former organization and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640 shall apply to and govern such city after it adopts the form of government herein provided, or all bylaws, ordinances and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in any such city under its former organization shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the council elected under the provisions of said sections. The territorial limits of such city shall remain the same as under its former organization, and all rights and property of every description which were vested in any city under its former organization shall vest in the same, under the organization herein contemplated, and no right or liability either in favor of or against it existing at the time, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change unless otherwise provided for herein. The operation of any of said sections governing cities of the third class, which may be inconsistent with the provisions of said sections, shall be suspended in those cities adopting the said sections. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7094)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6944
MO Rev Stat § 78.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.450 - City may abandon plan — procedure — election — form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   78.450. City may abandon plan — procedure — election — form of ballot. — 1. Any city which has operated pursuant to the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.630 may abandon the form of organization provided for in sections 78.430 to 78.630, by proceeding as follows: upon the petition of registered voters residing in the city numbering not less than twenty-five percent of the votes cast in the city in the last gubernatorial election, the question shall be submitted whether the city shall continue operating pursuant to sections 78.430 to 78.630, in the manner provided for the adoption of sections 78.430 to 78.630. Each petition shall contain, in addition to the printed names and signatures of each petitioner:  (1) The street and house number of each petitioner;  (2) The age of the petitioner;  (3) An accompanying affidavit of one or more of the voters of the city. The affidavit shall state:  (a) That the signers of the petition were, at the time of signing, voters of the city; and  (b) The number of signers of the petition at the time of the making of the affidavit.  2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the city manager form of government for the city of ______ be continued?  3. If a majority of the votes cast are against the continuation of the city manager form of government, then the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.630 and all amendments thereto cease to be effective in the city and the city shall resume the form of government it abandoned when it adopted the plan provided for in sections 78.430 to 78.630, and shall organize thereunder; except that any third class city, desiring to vote on the question to determine whether or not to remain organized under the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.630, may at the same time submit the question as to what form of government it shall adopt, if there is more than one other form provided for third class cities; but the change of form or organization shall not become effective until the next municipal election thereafter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7095, A.L. 1957 p. 281, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, S.B. 594, A.L. 2001 H.B. 498)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6945
MO Rev Stat § 78.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.460 - Council to consist of five members — term — vacancies, how filled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   78.460. Council to consist of five members — term — vacancies, how filled. — The council shall consist of five members, and all persons now eligible for the position of councilman under the laws governing cities of the third class shall be eligible to serve as councilmen under sections 78.430 to 78.640. The term of councilmen shall be three years, except that of the first council elected after the adoption of sections 78.430 to 78.640, one member shall serve for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. Those councilmen receiving the highest number of votes at the first municipal election shall serve for the three-year term, those receiving the next highest shall serve for the two-year term, and the other for the one-year term. In counties of the first class with a charter form of government which have a population of at least nine hundred thousand inhabitants should a vacancy occur in the office of councilman by death, resignation or otherwise, a special election may be called by the council for the purpose of filling the vacancy, and the person elected at such special election shall serve only for the unexpired term or until his successor is elected and qualified. In all other counties should a vacancy occur in the office of councilman by death, resignation or otherwise, the council shall select a successor who shall serve until the next regular election. All councilmen shall be elected at large. They shall qualify and their terms of office shall begin on the first Monday after their election. The terms of office of the mayor and councilmen or aldermen in such city, in office at the beginning of the terms of office of the council first elected under the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640, including all boards and commissions, shall cease and determine and the terms of office of all other city officers, whether elective or appointive, in force in such city except as herein provided shall cease and determine as soon as the council shall by resolution declare, except that the council may continue the board of public works, and the library, hospital and park boards for such time or times after organizing under sections 78.430 to 78.640 as the interests of the city in its judgment may require. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7081, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6931
MO Rev Stat § 78.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.470 - Candidates may be nominated by primary election, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   78.470. Candidates may be nominated by primary election, exception. — Except as provided in section 78.530, candidates to be voted for at all general and special municipal elections at which the officers are to be elected under the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640 shall be nominated by a primary election, and no other names shall be placed upon the general ballot except those nominated as herein prescribed. The primary for such nominations shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February preceding the election, and the judges of the election appointed for general or special election shall be the judges of the primary election, so far as possible. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7082, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6932
MO Rev Stat § 78.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.480 - Statement of candidacy if running in primary election, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   78.480. Statement of candidacy if running in primary election, exception. — 1. Except as provided in section 78.530, any person desiring to become a candidate for councilman shall file with the city clerk a statement of such candidacy in substantially the following form:    State of Missouri, )    ) ss.   County of ______ )   I, ______, being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ______ street, city of ______, county of ______, state of Missouri; that I am a qualified voter therein; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of councilman to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on ______ Tuesday of ______, 20______, and am eligible therefor, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination by primary election for such office, and that I will serve as such officer, if elected.   (Signed) ______________________________   Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me on this ______ day of ______, 20______   (Signed) ______________________________    2. The ballots shall be in substantially the following form:   Warning: Voting for more than the total number of candidates to be chosen for any one office will invalidate this ballot.   OFFICIAL PRIMARY BALLOT   Candidates for nomination for councilmen of ______ at primary election.    FOR COUNCILMEN   Vote for (number to be elected)    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    3. The names of candidates receiving the highest number of votes for councilmen, equal to twice the number to be elected, if there be so many running, shall be placed upon the official ballot for councilmen at the municipal election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7082, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6932
MO Rev Stat § 78.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.510 - Primary shall not be required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   78.510. Primary shall not be required, when. — The primary election as provided for by sections 78.470 to 78.500 shall not be required if upon the expiration of the time for filing of statements with the city clerk of persons desiring to become a candidate for councilman, as provided for by sections 78.470 to 78.500, the number of such persons shall not exceed a number equal to twice the number to be elected at the general or special election. Within forty-eight hours after the expiration of the time for filing of such statements with the city clerk the council shall canvass the statements filed to determine from the number of statements filed whether this section shall be applicable. In the event that it is determined that the provisions shall be applicable the council shall, by ordinance, provide that a primary election under the provisions of sections 78.470 to 78.500 shall not be held and that the names of the persons filing statements shall be printed on the municipal election ballots as the nominees for councilman as provided for by sections 78.520 to 78.540; provided, however, that the names of such persons appearing on such ballot shall appear thereon in the order that they were filed with the city clerk. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 410 § 7082a, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
MO Rev Stat § 78.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.520 - General election — official ballot for use following a primary election.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   78.520. General election — official ballot for use following a primary election. — 1. Except as provided in section 78.530, the city clerk shall thereupon cause the official ballots to be printed, and upon the ballots the names of the candidates shall be arranged in the order of their vote received at the primary election, and above the names of the candidates shall appear the words "Vote for (number to be elected)".  2. The ballots shall be in substantially the following form:   Warning: Voting for more than the total number of candidates to be elected to any office will invalidate this ballot.    OFFICIAL BALLOT   Candidates for councilmen of ______ at general election.   FOR COUNCILMEN   Vote for (number to be elected)     ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______   ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7083, A.L. 1963 p. 130, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6933
MO Rev Stat § 78.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.530 - City elections, alternative procedure eliminating primary elections.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983, 2 histories   78.530. City elections, alternative procedure eliminating primary elections. — 1. As an alternative to conducting city elections as provided by sections 78.470 to 78.520, the city council may provide by ordinance for the elimination of the primary election and the conduct of city elections as provided in this section.  2. Any person desiring to become a candidate for councilman shall file with the city clerk a statement of such candidacy in substantially the following form:    State of Missouri, )    ) ss.   County of ______ )   I, ______, being first duly sworn, say that I reside at ______ street, city of ______, county of ______, state of Missouri; that I am a qualified voter therein; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of councilman to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on ______ Tuesday of ______, 20______, and am eligible therefor, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for such office, and that I will serve as such officer, if elected.    (Signed) ____________________________________   Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me ______ on this ______ day of ______, 20______    (Signed) ____________________________________    3. The city clerk shall thereupon cause the official ballots to be printed, and upon the ballots the names of the candidates shall appear in the order that their statements of candidacy were filed with the city clerk, and above the names of the candidates shall appear the words "Vote for (number to be elected)".  4. The ballots shall be in substantially the following form:   Warning: Voting for more than the total number of candidates to be elected to any office will invalidate this ballot.    OFFICIAL BALLOT   Candidates for councilmen of ______ at general election.   FOR COUNCILMEN   Vote for (number to be elected)    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______    ☐ ______(Name of candidate)______   ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 234)
MO Rev Stat § 78.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.540 - Conduct of election — council to establish voting precincts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   78.540. Conduct of election — council to establish voting precincts. — 1. If a person elected fails to qualify within thirty days after his election, the office shall be filled as if there were a vacancy in such office, as herein provided.  2. No informalities in conducting municipal elections shall invalidate the same, if they have been conducted fairly and in substantial conformity to the requirements of these sections.  3. The council shall by ordinance, resolution or otherwise, divide the city into as many voting precincts as it may deem necessary to afford all the voters a convenient opportunity of exercising the right of franchise in all municipal elections to be held in the city, and each of said precincts shall be deemed a ward within the purview of the general and primary election laws of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7083, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6933