House Journal: Page 1895: Thursday, May 1, 2003
36 meetings shall be scheduled and conducted in
37 compliance with chapter 21.
38 c. Provide for combining the duties of elected
39 officials of the county, for eliminating elected
40 offices and the assumption of the duties of those
41 offices by appointed officials, and for adding to,
42 deleting, or otherwise changing the duties of
43 officials, elected or otherwise, of the county and
44 each consolidated city.
45 d. Provide for the organization of city and county
46 departments, agencies, or boards. The organization
47 plan may provide for the abolition or consolidation of
48 a department, agency, board, or commission and the
49 assumption of its powers and duties by the governing
50 body or by another department, agency, board, or
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1 commission. This paragraph does not apply to the
2 board of trustees of a county hospital.
3 e. Provide for a method for the governing body or
4 another office to exercise the powers and duties of
5 the township trustees, in lieu of their election or
6 appointment.
7 Sec. 14. Section 331.249, Code 2003, is amended to
8 read as follows:
9 331.249 EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION.
10 1. a. The consolidation of one or more cities and
11 one or more counties shall create a unified government
12 which includes a municipal corporation and a county.
13 A city-county consolidated form of government under
14 which a county and one or more cities within the
15 county unite to form a single unit of local government
16 shall create a unified government which includes a
17 municipal corporation and a county. The consolidated
18 unit shall have the separate status of a county and a
19 city for all purposes and shall constitute two
20 political subdivisions, a consolidated city and a
21 county, under combined governance. The consolidated
22 unit shall retain one separate constitutional debt
23 limitation with respect to its status as a city and a
24 separate constitutional debt limitation with respect
25 to its status as a county.
26 b. The governing body of a city-county
27 consolidated form of government under which a county
28 and one or more cities within the county form a
29 combined governance structure shall have, with respect
30 to the county, the power and authority of the board of
31 supervisors of a county, and, with respect to each
32 city, the power and authority of the city council of a
33 city. Each consolidated city and the county
34 constitute separate political subdivisions. Each
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