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Statutes > Missouri > T12 > C207 > 207_050County family services commission--qualifications, appointment,terms, expenses, vacancies, duties.
207.050. In every county there may be established a county familyservices commission to consist of four persons, two from each of the twomajor political parties, to be selected by the director of social servicesfrom a list submitted to the director of the department of social servicesby the county commission, consisting of double the number of appointmentsto be made. Each member of the county family services commission shallserve for a term of four years. Vacancies shall be filled in the same wayin which the original appointment was made. The duties of the countyfamily services commission shall be advisory in nature with the power toexamine the records of any case pending within their county and to makerecommendations thereon. They shall serve without compensation, but shallbe paid their traveling expenses and other necessary expense in theperformance of their duty. No elective officer shall be appointed as amember of the county family services commission, and upon becoming acandidate for any elective office, such member of the county familyservices commission shall forthwith forfeit his or her position on thecommission. Duties imposed by this law upon the several county commissionsshall be performed in the city of St. Louis by the board of estimate andapportionment.
(L. 1945 p. 945 § 36, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision, A.L. 1993 H.B. 632, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453)
