256.647. Qualified voters to elect chairman and secretary--vote to become part of district and to select one commissioner, elections procedure. - Missouri Statutes

Qualified voters to elect chairman and secretary--vote to become partof district and to select one commissioner, elections procedure.

256.647. 1. The qualified voters in each county shallorganize by electing a chairman and secretary of themeeting, who shall conduct elections for the followingpurposes:

(1) To determine whether a majority of the qualifiedvotes have been cast in favor of becoming a part of thedistrict; and

(2) If a majority of the qualified votes have beencast in favor of becoming a part of the district, then toselect one commissioner of the district.

2. All elections conducted pursuant to subsection 1 ofthis section shall be conducted as follows: Each one acreof land which is assessed agricultural within theestablished boundary lines in the county shall represent oneshare, and each qualified voter shall be entitled to onevote by person or proxy for each one acre of land owned bysuch person within such boundary lines.

(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 22 subsecs. 4, 5)