162.301. Organization of board--quorum--officers. - Missouri Statutes

Organization of board--quorum--officers.

162.301. 1. Within fourteen days after the election of the firstschool board in each seven-director district, other than an urban district,and within fourteen days after each annual election, the board shall meet.The newly elected members shall qualify by taking the oath of officeprescribed by article VII, section 11, of the Constitution of Missouri.

2. The board shall organize by the election of a president and vicepresident, and the board shall, on or before the fifteenth day of July ofeach year, elect a secretary and a treasurer, who shall enter upon theirrespective duties on the fifteenth day of July. The secretary andtreasurer may be or may not be members of the board. No compensation shallbe granted to either the secretary or the treasurer until his report andsettlement are made and filed or published as the law directs.

3. A majority of the board constitutes a quorum for the transactionof business, but no contract shall be let, person employed, bill approvedor warrant ordered unless a majority of the whole board votes therefor.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-30, A.L. 1973 H.B. 158, A.L. 1979 H.B. 280, A.L. 1992 S.B. 581, A.L. 2003 S.B. 136)

(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.320)