115.073. Election costs, how paid (Clay, Platte and Jackson counties). - Missouri Statutes

Election costs, how paid (Clay, Platte and Jackson counties).

115.073. 1. In any county containing a portion but not the majorportion of a city which has over three hundred thousand inhabitants, allgeneral expenses related to the conduct of elections and the registration ofvoters shall be paid proportionally from the general revenue of the city andthe general revenue of the county. The city shall pay such proportion as itspopulation within the county is to the total population of the county asdetermined by the last preceding federal decennial census. The annual generaloperating expenditures from the general revenue funds of the city and anycounty of the first classification with more than seventy-three thousand sevenhundred but less than seventy-three thousand eight hundred inhabitants or anycity located within such county shall be subject to the budgeting approval ofthe governing body of the county.

2. In any county containing a portion but not the major portion of acity which has over three hundred thousand inhabitants, the salaries ofelection judges at all county and state primary, general and special electionsshall be paid from the general revenue of the county, unless the city submitsa question or candidate at the election, in which case the salaries ofelection judges shall be paid proportionally from the general revenue of thecity and the general revenue of the county as provided in subsection 1 of thissection.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 2.535, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511)