Missouri HJR 90: Modifies provisions for initiative petitions and referendums.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 90
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SOMMER.
6494H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing section 52(b) of article
III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating
to ballot measures referred to the people.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next
2 following the first Monday in November, 2018, or at a special election to be called by the
3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for
4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of
5 Missouri:
Section A. Section 52(b), article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new
2 section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 52(b) to read as follows:
Section 52(b). The veto power of the governor shall not extend to measures referred to
2 the people. All elections on measures referred to the people shall be had at the general state
3 elections, except when the general assembly shall order a special election. Any measure referred
4 to the people by the general assembly shall take effect [when] at the end of thirty days after
5 the election where the measure was approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, and not
6 otherwise. This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the general assembly
7 of the right to introduce any measure.
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EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.