HCS SB 136 -- ELECTION DEADLINES

SPONSOR:  Goode (Deeken)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Elections by a vote of 12 to 0.

This substitute makes several changes to deadlines relating to
elections.  In its main provisions, the substitute:

(1)  Changes the deadline for the first meeting after the
election of the city council each year in third class cities from
the third to the fourth Tuesday in April;

(2)  Changes the opening filing date for an office in a political
subdivision or special district from the fifteenth Tuesday to the
sixteenth Tuesday prior to an election; and

(3)  Changes the deadline for the first meeting after an annual
election for school boards in seven-director districts from seven
to 14 days after the election.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that these changes will allow more
time for candidates to file and newly elected officials to meet
in certain school districts and cities.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Deeken; Missouri
Municipal League; Missouri Council of School Administrators;
Missouri School Boards Association; Cooperating School Districts
of St. Louis; Cooperating School Districts of Kansas City; and
Office of the Secretary of State.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Julie Jinkens McNitt, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:13 am