Missouri § 162.191 - Election in proposed district.
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§ 162.191. Election in proposed district.
1. Within sixty days after receipt of approval by the state board of education of the reorganization plan or part thereof, the county clerk shall submit the question in each proposed school district wholly within the county or which has been designated by the state board of education as belonging to the county. The notices of the election shall be signed by the presiding commissioner of the county commission and the county clerk. The cost shall be paid from the incidental fund.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the ______ school district (and the ______ school district) be reorganized as a district?
3. A majority affirmative vote in each district to be affected* is required for adoption of the proposed seven-director district. If the plan is not adopted, no subsequent plan involving any part of the same area may be submitted sooner than one year following the date of the submission of the question at which the plan was defeated.
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(L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-19, A.L. 1972 S.B. 577, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1979 H.B. 280, A.L. 1997 H.B. 521)
(Source: RSMo 1959 §§ 165.680, 165.693)
*Word "effected" appears in original rolls.
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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