House Journal: Page 1890: Thursday, May 1, 2003
41 change to the existing form of government and that no
42 charter be submitted to the electorate, in which case,
43 the report shall state the reasons for and against a
44 change in the existing form of government. The final
45 report shall be made available to the residents of the
46 county upon request. A summary of the final report
47 shall be published in the official newspapers of the
48 county and in a newspaper of general circulation in
49 each participating city.
50 4. The commission is dissolved on the date of the
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1 general election at which the proposed charter is
2 submitted to the electorate. However, if a charter
3 proposing the city-county consolidated form or the
4 community commonwealth form is adopted, the commission
5 is dissolved on the date that the terms of office of
6 the members of the governing body for the alternative
7 form of government commence. If a charter is not
8 recommended, the commission is dissolved upon
9 submission of its final report to the board.
10 Sec. 6. Section 331.237, subsection 3, Code 2003,
11 is amended to read as follows:
12 3. If a charter is submitted to the electorate but
13 is not adopted, another charter shall not be submitted
14 to the electorate for two six years. If a charter is
15 adopted, it may be amended at any time. If a charter
16 is adopted, a proposed charter for another alternative
17 form of county government shall not be submitted to
18 the electorate for six years.
19 Sec. 7. Section 331.237, Code 2003, is amended by
20 adding the following new subsection:
21 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Subsections 2 and 3 do not
22 apply to the city-county consolidated form of
23 government or the community commonwealth form of
24 government.
25 Sec. 8. Section 331.238, Code 2003, is amended by
26 adding the following new subsection:
27 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Subsections 1 and 2 do not
28 apply to the city-county consolidated form of
29 government or the community commonwealth form of
30 government.
31 Sec. 9. Section 331.244, Code 2003, is amended by
32 adding the following new subsection:
33 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. This section does not apply to
34 the city-county consolidated form of government.
35 Sec. 10. Section 331.247, Code 2003, is amended to
36 read as follows:
37 331.247 CITY-COUNTY CONSOLIDATION FORM.
38 1. a county and one or more cities within the
39 county may unite to form a single unit of local
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