1. A county and one or more cities or townships within the county, a contiguous county, and a city or a township within a contiguous county may unite to establish an alternative form of local government for the purpose of making more efficient use of their resources by providing for the delivery of regional services.
2. A charter proposing a community commonwealth as an alternative form of government may be submitted to the voters only by a commission established under section 331.232. A majority vote by the commission is required for the submission of a charter proposing a community commonwealth as an alternative form of local government. The commission submitting a community commonwealth form of government shall issue a final report and proposal. If an alternative form of government for a community commonwealth form of local government is proposed, approval of the commonwealth charter shall be a separate ballot issue from approval of the alternative form of government in those cities proposed to be included in the commonwealth. The commonwealth charter shall be effective in regard to a city government only if a majority of the voters of the city voting on the question voted for participation in the commonwealth charter.
The question of forming a community commonwealth shall be submitted to the electorate in substantially the same form as provided in section 331.252.
91 Acts, ch 256, §32
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