Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
65.610. Abolition of township organization — procedure. — 1. Upon the petition of at least ten percent of voters at the last general election of any county having heretofore adopted township organization, praying therefor, the county commission shall submit the question of the abolition of township organization to the voters of the county at a general or special election. The question shall include a countywide tax levy for road and bridge purposes. The total vote for governor at the last general election before the filing of the petition where a governor was elected shall be used to determine the number of voters necessary to sign the petition. If the petition is filed six months or more prior to a general election, the proposition shall be submitted at a special election to be ordered by the county commission within sixty days after the petition is filed; if the petition is filed less than six months before a general election, then the proposition shall be submitted at the general election next succeeding the filing of the petition. The election shall be conducted, the vote canvassed and the result declared in the same manner as provided by law in respect to elections of county officers. The clerk of the county commission shall give notice that a proposition for the abolition of township organization form of county government in the county is to be voted upon by causing a copy of the order of the county commission authorizing such election to be published at least once each week for three successive weeks, the last insertion to be not more than one week prior to the election, in some newspaper published in the county where the election is to be held, if there is a newspaper published in the county and, if not, by posting printed or written handbills in at least two public places in each election precinct in the county at least twenty-one days prior to the date of election. The clerk of the county commission shall provide the ballot which shall be printed and in substantially the following form:
If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition shall vote for the abolition thereof the township organization form of county government shall be declared to have been abolished; and township organization shall cease in said county; and except as provided in section 65.620 all laws in force in relation to counties not having township organization shall immediately take effect and be in force in such county.
2. No election or any proposal for either the adoption of township organization or for the abolition of township organization in any county shall be held within two years after an election is held under this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14023, A.L. 1963 p. 121, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1291 merged with S.B. 592)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12346; 1919 § 13259; 1909 § 11745
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VI - County, Township and Political Subdivision Government
Chapter 65 - Township Organization Counties
Section 65.020 - Adoption, abolishment — vote necessary.
Section 65.030 - Proposition submitted — election held, when — form of ballot.
Section 65.040 - Abstract of returns.
Section 65.110 - Officers to be chosen.
Section 65.130 - List of the officers elected.
Section 65.140 - Officers — notification of election.
Section 65.150 - Eligibility for office.
Section 65.160 - Oath — shall assume office, when.
Section 65.170 - Certificate — acceptance.
Section 65.180 - Refusal to serve — forfeiture.
Section 65.183 - Removal of township officers, procedure.
Section 65.190 - Failure to take oath — forfeiture.
Section 65.200 - Vacancies in office — how filled.
Section 65.210 - Warrant of appointment — notification to appointee.
Section 65.220 - Resignations, how accepted.
Section 65.230 - Compensation of officers.
Section 65.250 - No fee for oath.
Section 65.260 - Powers of townships.
Section 65.270 - Corporate power, limitations of.
Section 65.280 - Proceedings by or against township — conveyances.
Section 65.290 - Board of directors — duties.
Section 65.295 - Board may expend one-fourth of revenue on city streets.
Section 65.300 - Board of directors — meetings.
Section 65.310 - Board of directors — president.
Section 65.320 - Claims against township — procedure.
Section 65.330 - Audited accounts to be on file.
Section 65.340 - Claims against township, collection.
Section 65.350 - Board compelled to allow appeal, when.
Section 65.360 - Township charges.
Section 65.370 - Moneys to be collected, how.
Section 65.380 - Estimate of expenses.
Section 65.390 - Division of townships into road districts.
Section 65.400 - Missouri products — purchase of.
Section 65.410 - Clerk — general powers and duties.
Section 65.420 - Township clerk to be clerk of township board.
Section 65.440 - Copies of papers to be evidence in courts of record.
Section 65.450 - Procurement of books and stationery.
Section 65.460 - Township trustee, collector.
Section 65.470 - Trustee to receive and pay over moneys — suits on default.
Section 65.480 - Action to enforce penalties and forfeitures — employment of counsel.
Section 65.490 - Township funds, how paid out — school district funds, duties of trustees.
Section 65.500 - Accounts — annual settlement — report to board.
Section 65.510 - All books and papers to be delivered to successors.
Section 65.520 - Treasurer to settle annually with board for school funds — certified copy.
Section 65.530 - Township boundaries and new townships, how changed and constituted.
Section 65.540 - Creation of new township — duties of county clerk.
Section 65.550 - Proceedings in case of neglect or refusal to organize.
Section 65.560 - Failure of appointed officers to qualify — annexation of townships.
Section 65.570 - Division of township — disposition of property.
Section 65.580 - Meetings to carry this law into effect, how called.
Section 65.590 - Debts of divided township, how charged.
Section 65.600 - County collector and assessor — tenure upon adoption of township organization.
Section 65.610 - Abolition of township organization — procedure.
Section 65.620 - Abolition of township government — effect.
Section 65.650 - Township zoning, submitted to the voters, when — township plan, formulated.
Section 65.652 - Planning commission, established when, members, terms, compensation, chairman.
Section 65.657 - Ballot, form — majority vote required.
Section 65.660 - Commission, powers — may collect fee, adopt rules — records, commission to keep.
Section 65.662 - Master plan developed, purpose — contents — procedure to adopt.
Section 65.665 - Improvements, must be approved by commission, exceptions.
Section 65.667 - Regulations of commission, scope, commission may change, how.
Section 65.670 - Subdivision plats, must be approved, when, exceptions.
Section 65.672 - County commission may establish setback lines from roads, how.
Section 65.675 - Board of adjustment, established when, powers.
Section 65.677 - Building regulations, unincorporated areas, township board to regulate, when.
Section 65.680 - Division of unincorporated territory into districts, purposes.
Section 65.682 - Zoning commission, appointed when, powers, duties.
Section 65.685 - Change in prescribed use of land, hearing required.
Section 65.692 - Regulations, change of by township board, procedure, hearing required.
Section 65.695 - Regulations more restrictive than private restrictions, regulations control.
Section 65.700 - Termination of township zoning, procedure, effect.
Section 65.702 - Sawmill or planing mill included in agricultural or horticultural classification.
Section 65.710 - Home-based work — limitation on zoning restrictions.