331.256 - JOINING EXISTING MULTICOUNTY CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT.

        331.256  JOINING EXISTING MULTICOUNTY CONSOLIDATED      GOVERNMENT.         A county may join an existing multicounty consolidated government      by resolution of the board of supervisors or upon petition of      eligible electors of the county equal in number to at least      twenty-five percent of the persons who voted at the last general      election for the office of governor or president of the United      States, whichever is fewer.  Within fifteen days after receiving a      valid petition, the board of the petitioning county shall adopt a      resolution in favor of participation and shall immediately forward      the resolution to the legislative body of the multicounty      consolidated government.  If a majority of the multicounty      consolidated board of supervisors approves the resolution, the      question of joining the multicounty consolidated government shall be      submitted to the electorate of the petitioning county within sixty      days after approval of the resolution.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 256, §31         Referred to in § 331.231, 331.257