HB 2465 -- Recall of Ambulance District Board Members

Sponsor:  Dieckhaus

This bill establishes a procedure by which an ambulance district
board member may be recalled from office by the registered voters
of the member's election district.  No board member can be
recalled during the first or last 180 days of the member's
current term or if a previous recall election was decided in the
member's favor during the current term.

A notice of intention to circulate a recall petition, including a
short statement of the reasons for the proposed recall, must be
served on the particular board member personally or by certified
mail; and a copy of the notice must be filed with the election
authority.  If the member chooses to file a short answer with the
election authority, the member has seven days to do so and must
serve a copy of the answer to the petitioner personally or by
certified mail.

The person circulating the recall petition must sign an affidavit
attesting to the information in the petition, and the petition
must be filed with the election authority within 180 days after
the filing of the notice of intention.  The number of qualified
signatures needed to recall a board member must be equal to at
least 25% of the number of voters who voted in the most recent
gubernatorial election in the election district.

The election authority has 20 days to certify or reject the
petition signatures.  If the petition is certified to be
insufficient, it may be supplemented by filing additional
qualified signatures within 10 days of the certification.  If the
election authority certifies the petition and any supplements as
sufficient, the certificate will be filed with the ambulance
district board of directors prior to its next meeting.  The
election authority must order a recall election on a statutory
election day, not less than 45 days but not more than 120 days
from the date the ambulance board receives the certified
petition.

If the ambulance district board member being recalled resigns at
any time prior to 42 days before the election, the recall
question will be removed from the ballot and the vacant seat will
be filled as specified by law.  The resigning member cannot fill
the vacancy.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:14 pm