SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1073
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS WIGGINS AND BLAND.
Read 1st time March 1, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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AN ACT
To repeal section 238.060, RSMo 1994, relating to transportation authorities in certain cities and counties, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 238.060, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 238.060, to read as follows:
238.060. 1. [Within sixty days after October 13, 1965, commissioners of the Kansas City area transportation authority, created by compact between the states of Missouri and Kansas shall be appointed as follows:
(1) There shall be five commissioners appointed from within the district established by the compact and at least three of said commissioners shall reside within the city of Kansas City, Missouri;
(2) Within thirty days after October 13, 1965, by majority vote of each county commission from Cass, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties there shall be submitted to the governor a panel of three qualified persons who reside in their respective counties and on each panel from Clay, Jackson and Platte counties at least one person shall reside within the city of Kansas City. The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, with the approval of a majority of the members of the city council of the city of Kansas City shall submit to the governor a panel of three qualified persons who reside within the city of Kansas City. The governor within thirty days thereafter shall appoint with the advice and consent of the senate one commissioner from each panel so submitted; provided, however, that if any panel is not submitted to the governor by the time the appointment is required he shall appoint a qualified person meeting the residency requirements to fill said vacancy;
(3) Within sixty days before the expiration of the term of each commissioner, or within thirty days after a vacancy shall otherwise exist, the county commission of the county or the city of Kansas City from which the vacancy exists shall submit a panel of three eligible persons to the governor who shall appoint with the advice and consent of the senate from said panel a successor who shall hold office for a term of five years or for the unexpired term of his predecessor;
(4) Of the commissioners first appointed, the governor shall appoint and designate one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years.
2. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified.] There shall be five commissioners of the Kansas City area transportation authority appointed from within the district established by the compact between the states of Missouri and Kansas. The commissioners serving on August 28, 2000, shall serve the remainder of the term for which they were appointed.
2. Within sixty days before the expiration of the term of each commissioner holding office on August 28, 2000, or any commissioner holding office after August 28, 2000, or within thirty days after the position of a commissioner shall become vacant, that commissioner's successor shall be appointed as follows:
(1) If the current commissioner or the position which has become vacant was appointed from Platte or Clay County, the county commission of the county shall submit a panel of three persons who are residents of that county and of the city of Kansas City, Missouri, selected by a majority vote of the commission, to the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, who shall appoint with the approval of a majority of the members of the city council of the city of Kansas City, Missouri, a successor;
(2) If the current commissioner or the position which has become vacant was appointed from Cass County, the presiding commissioner of Cass County shall appoint a successor from a panel of three residents of that county selected by a majority vote of the county commission;
(3) If the current commissioner or the position which has become vacant was appointed from Jackson County, the county executive of Jackson County shall appoint a successor who shall be a resident of any city, town or village, other than the city of Kansas City, Missouri, that has appropriated funds for operations of the Kansas City area transportation authority in its current or immediately preceding fiscal year;
(4) If the current commissioner or the position which has become vacant was appointed from Kansas City, Missouri, the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, shall appoint a successor who is a resident of that city.
3. Each commissioner appointed pursuant to this section shall hold office for a term of four years or for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor and shall continue in office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. No person shall serve more than two consecutive four-year terms as a commissioner, provided that a person appointed to serve the unexpired term of a predecessor whose remaining term at the time of such appointment is more than two and one-half years shall only be permitted to serve one additional, consecutive four-year term.