Missouri Laws 321.714 – Certification of petition by election authority, content, election to be ..
1. If the election authority finds the signatures on the petition, together with the supplementary petition sections if any, to be sufficient, it shall submit its certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition to the fire protection district board prior to its next meeting. The certificate shall contain:
(1) The name of the member whose recall is sought;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 321.714
- board: as used in this chapter shall mean the board of directors of a fire protection district. See Missouri Laws 321.010
- fire protection district: is a political subdivision which is organized and empowered to supply protection by any available means to persons and property against injuries and damage from fire and from hazards which do or may cause fire, and which is also empowered to render first aid for the purpose of saving lives, and to give assistance in the event of an accident or emergency of any kind. See Missouri Laws 321.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) The number of signatures required by law;
(3) The total number of signatures on the petition;
(4) The number of valid signatures on the petition.
2. Following the fire protection board’s receipt of the certificate, the county election authority shall order an election to be held on one of the election days specified in section 115.123. The election shall be held not less than forty-five days nor more than one hundred twenty days after the fire protection district board receives the petition. Nominations hereunder shall be made by filing a statement of candidacy with the election authority.
3. At any time prior to forty-two days before the election, the member sought to be recalled may offer his resignation. If his resignation is offered, the recall question shall be removed from the ballot and the office declared vacant. The member who resigned may not fill the vacancy which shall be filled as provided by law.