Missouri § 290.350 - Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed.
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§ 290.350. Request for arbitration, when, how made — board to be appointed.
Whenever a dispute exists concerning wages, hours of labor, or conditions of employment of members of a paid fire department of any county, city, town, fire district, or other governmental unit having a population in excess of twenty thousand or located in a county of the first class, and a request for arbitration is made by either party to the dispute, a firemen's arbitration board shall be appointed as provided in sections 290.350 to 290.380. Request for arbitration may be made by written petition signed by at least fifty-one percent of the employees of the fire department or by resolution of the county commission, council, board, or other governing body having direction and control over the fire department.
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(L. 1963 p. 415 § 1)
(1968) As applied to constitutional charter cities, §§ 290.350 and 290.360 are unconstitutional and void as imposing duties upon a municipal officer. State ex rel. Burke v. Cervantes, 423 S.W.2d 791 (Mo.).
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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