331.244 - AMENDMENT TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

        331.244  AMENDMENT TO COUNTY GOVERNMENT.         1.  An amendment to county government organization shall only be      made by submitting the question of amendment to the electors of the      county government pursuant to section 331.236.  To become effective,      a proposed amendment must receive an affirmative vote of a majority      of the electors voting on the question.  An amendment approved by the      electors becomes effective pursuant to section 331.237.         2.  An amendment to a county government organization may be      proposed by initiative upon petition of the number of eligible      electors of the county equal to at least ten percent of the votes      cast at the preceding election for the office of president of the      United States or governor, or by resolution adopted by the governing      body.  The question on amendment of county government organization      shall be submitted to the electors as soon as possible after the      submission of a petition or adoption of a resolution, either at a      general election or at a special election.         3.  This section does not apply to the city-county consolidated      form of government or the community commonwealth form of government.      
         Section History: Recent Form
         88 Acts, ch 1229, §16; 2004 Acts, ch 1066, §12, 31         Referred to in § 373.4