Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 162

School Districts

←162.571

Section 162.581.1

162.591→

August 28, 2015

Qualifications of board members--oath--exemption from service as election officers.

162.581. 1. The members of the board of education shall be elected from

the city, as provided in section 162.601, on a general ticket, and shall be

at least twenty-four years of age, citizens and residents of the city, and

shall have been residents and citizens for at least three years immediately

preceding their election. They shall not hold any office, except that of

notary public, in the city or state, nor be interested in any contract with or

claim against the board, either directly or indirectly. If at any time after

the election of any member of the board he becomes interested in any contract

with or claim against the board, either directly or indirectly, or as agent

or employee of any individual, firm or corporation, which is so interested,

he shall thereupon be disqualified to continue as a member of the board, and

shall continue to be so disqualified during the remainder of the term for

which he was elected.



2. Every member of the board, before assuming the duties of his office,

shall take oath before a circuit or associate circuit judge of the city,

which oath shall be kept of record in the office of the board, that he

possesses all the qualifications required by this section, and that he will

not, while serving as a member of the board, become interested in any

contract with or claim against the board, directly or indirectly, or as agent

or employee of any individual, firm or corporation which is so interested,

and that he will not be influenced, during his term of office, by any

consideration except that of merit and fitness in the appointment of officers

and the engagement of employees.



3. No compensation shall be paid to the members of the board, but they

are exempt from service as election officers during the term of office.



(L. 1963 p. 200 § 3-58, A.L. 1976 S.B. 821, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L.

1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al., A.L. 1998 S.B. 781)



(Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.567)







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