Additional counties may be exempted from provisions of section 578.100, procedure
This law explains how certain counties in Missouri can vote to opt out of a specific law (section 578.100). If a large county near a big city already voted to opt out, then a neighboring smaller county can also hold a vote to opt out. The county can hold that vote if either the county's governing leaders agree to it, or if enough residents sign a petition — specifically, a number equal to 8% of the people who voted in the last governor's election. If most voters say yes on Election Day, the county is exempt from that law.
578.105. Additional counties may be ed from of section 578.100, procedure. — If any having a containing the major portion of a city of over four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants exempts itself from the of section 578.100 by a vote of the voters of the county provisions of law permitting such vote, then a county in the following may also exempt itself from the application of section 578.100: Any as of 1977 that is adjacent to any county containing a portion of a city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants in the 1970 census. The county may exempt itself from the provisions of section 578.100 by of the to the voters of the county at a general or a primary election, and the proposition receiving a majority of the votes cast therein. The proposal to exempt the county from the provisions of section 578.100 shall be submitted to the voters of the county upon a majority vote of the of the county or when a requesting the submission of the proposal to the voters and signed by a number of residing in the county equal to eight percent of the votes cast in the county in the next preceding is filed with the governing body of the county. The shall contain, but not be limited to, the following language:
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Source & history notes
(L. 1978 H.B. 1043 § 1) Revisor's Note: On November 9, 1978, the results of the election held in Buchanan County on November 7, 1978, were filed with the Revisor's office showing that the electors of Buchanan County had voted to exempt that county from the provisions of this section. On April 6, 1979, the results of the election held in Cass County on November 7, 1978, were filed with the Revisor's office showing that the electors of Cass County had voted to exempt that county from the provisions of this section.
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