331.203 - MEMBERSHIP INCREASED -- VOTE.

        331.203  MEMBERSHIP INCREASED -- VOTE.         1.  The board may by resolution, or shall upon petition of the      number of eligible electors of the county as specified in section      331.306, submit to the registered voters of the county at a general      election a proposition to increase the number of supervisors to five.         2.  If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor      of the increase to five members, the board shall be increased to five      members effective on the first day in January which is not a Sunday      or holiday following the next general election.  The five-member      board shall be elected according to the supervisor representation      plan in effect in the county.         a.  If plan "one" as defined in section 331.206 is in effect,      two additional supervisors shall be elected at the next general      election, one for a two-year term and one for a four-year term.         b.  If plan "two" or plan "three" as defined in section      331.206 is in effect, the temporary county redistricting commission      shall divide the county into five equal-population districts by      December 15 of the year preceding the year of the next general      election and at that general election, five board members shall be      elected, two for initial terms of two years and three for four-year      terms.  The districts shall be drawn in the manner provided under      sections 331.209 and 331.210.  The terms of the three incumbent      supervisors shall expire on the date that the five-member board      becomes effective.         c.  The length of term for which a person is a candidate and      the date when the term begins shall be indicated on the ballot.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [R60, § 303; C73, § 294, 299; C97, § 410; SS15, § 410; C24, 27,      31, 35, 39, § 5107; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79,      81, § 331.2; S81, § 331.203; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 202; 82 Acts, ch      1091, § 2, ch 1104, § 29] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1119, § 35; 94 Acts, ch 1179, §19; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53         Referred to in § 331.201, 331.209, 331.210A, 331.238, 331.248,      331.261