190.329. Election of board, exceptions, when--terms.
Election of board, exceptions, when--terms.
190.329. 1. Except in areas from which voters and the commissionhave approved the provision of central dispatching for emergency servicesby a public agency for an area containing third or fourth class citieslocated in counties of the third classification with a population of atleast thirty-two thousand but no greater than forty thousand that border acounty of the first classification but do not border the Mississippi River,the initial board shall consist of seven members appointed without regardfor political party who shall be selected from and shall represent the fireprotection districts, ambulance districts, sheriff's department,municipalities, any other emergency services and the general public. Thisinitial board shall serve until its successor board is duly elected andinstalled in office. The commission shall ensure geographic representationof the county by appointing no more than four members from any onecommission district of the county.
2. Beginning in 1992, three members shall be elected from eachcommission district and one member shall be elected at large, with suchat-large member to be a voting member and chairman of the board. Of thosefirst elected, four members from commission districts shall be elected forterms of two years and two members from commission districts and the memberat large shall be elected for terms of four years. In 1994, andthereafter, all terms of office shall be for four years, except as providedin subsection 3 of this section. Any vacancy on the board shall be filledin the same manner as the initial appointment was made. Four members shallconstitute a quorum.
3. Upon approval by the county commission for the election of boardmembers to be held on general municipal election day, pursuant tosubsection 2 of section 190.327, the terms of those board members thenholding office shall be reduced by seven months. After a board member'sterm has been reduced, all following terms for that position shall be forfour years.
(L. 1990 H.B. 951 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4, A.L. 1995 H.B. 452, et al., A.L. 1996 S.B. 532, A.L. 1997 H.B. 249)