331.204 - MEMBERSHIP REDUCED -- VOTE -- NEW MEMBERS.
331.204 MEMBERSHIP REDUCED -- VOTE -- NEW MEMBERS. 1. In a county having a five-member board, 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 reduce the number of supervisors to three. 2. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor of the reduction to three members, the membership of the board shall remain at five until the first day in January which is not a Sunday or holiday following the next general election, at which time the terms of the five members shall expire. 3. At the next general election following the one at which the proposition to reduce the membership of the board to three is approved, the membership of the board shall be elected according to the supervisor representation plan in effect in the county. If the supervisor representation plan includes equal-population districts, the districts shall be designated by December 15 of the year preceding the year of the next general election by the temporary county redistricting commission. The districts shall be drawn in the manner provided under sections 331.209 and 331.210. One member of the board shall be elected to a two-year term and the remaining two members shall be elected to four-year terms. The length of the 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 [C73, § 299; C97, § 410; SS15, § 410; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5108--5110; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 331.3, 331.6, 331.7; S81, § 331.204; 81 Acts, ch 117, § 203; 82 Acts, ch 1091, § 3, ch 1104, § 30]
Section History: Recent Form 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 36; 94 Acts, ch 1179, §20; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53 Referred to in § 331.209, 331.210A, 331.238, 331.248, 331.261