Bill Text: MO HB1106 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the laws regarding certain public officials
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - Delivered to Secretary of State (G) [HB1106 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HB1106-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DUGGER.
4666L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 52.010, 54.033, and 54.330, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 52.010, 54.033, and 54.330, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 52.010, 54.033, and 54.330, to read as follows:
52.010. 1. At the general election in 1906, and every four years thereafter, a collector, to be styled the collector of the revenue, shall be elected in each of the counties of this state, except counties under township organization, who shall hold [his] office for four years and until [his] a successor is duly elected and qualified. The collector shall [be a resident of] reside in the county from which such person [was] is elected throughout such person's term in office.
2. A candidate for the office of collector shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a resident of the state and the county in which such person is a candidate for at least one year prior to the date of filing for such office. The candidate shall be a registered voter and current in the payment of all state income taxes and personal and real property taxes.
3. The candidate shall present to the election authority a copy of a signed affidavit from a surety company authorized to do business in this state, indicating that the candidate meets the statutory bond requirements for the office for which the candidate is filing.
54.033. In the event of a vacancy caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, in the office of county treasurer in any county except a county having a township form of government with an office of collector-treasurer and any county with a charter form of government, the county commission shall appoint a deputy treasurer or a qualified person to serve as an interim treasurer until said treasurer returns or the unexpired term is filled under section 105.030. Such individual must be eligible to serve as a county treasurer under section 54.040, and must comply with section 54.090.
54.330. 1. A candidate for county collector-treasurer shall be at least twenty-one years of age and a resident of the county in which such person is a candidate for at least one year prior to the date of filing for the office. The candidate shall also be a registered voter and shall be current in the payment of all state income taxes and personal and real property taxes. The candidate shall present to the election authority a copy of a signed affidavit from a surety company authorized to do business in this state, indicating that the candidate meets the statutory bond requirements for the office for which the candidate is filing. A collector-treasurer shall reside in the county throughout such person's term in office and shall remain in office until a successor is duly elected and qualified.
2. County collector-treasurers in a county having township organization, shall be required to give bonds as other county collectors under the general revenue law, and shall have the sole authority to appoint deputies under section 52.300.
[2.] 3. Before entering upon the duties for which they are employed, deputies and assistants employed in the office of any collector-treasurer shall give bond and security to the satisfaction of the collector-treasurer. The bond for each individual deputy or assistant shall not exceed one-half of the amount of the maximum bond required for any collector-treasurer. The official bond required pursuant to this section shall be a surety bond with a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The premium of the bond shall be paid by the county or city being protected.
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