SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1859
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEEGGLESTON.
4017H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection116.220,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
labelingofballotmeasures.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section116.220,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection116.225,toreadasfollows:
116.225.Politicalsubdivisionsorspecialdistrictsofthisstateshalllabelballot
2measuresofanytypethataresubmittedtoavoteofthepeoplealphabeticallyinthe
3orderinwhichtheyaresubmittedbypetition,ordinance,voteofapoliticalsubdivision
4orspecialdistrict,orothermethodauthorizedbylaw.Thesecretaryofstateshalllabel
5statutoryinitiativeandreferendummeasureswiththelettersAthroughI.Thecounty
6governingbody,unlessotherwisespecifiedbyacountycharter,shalllabelcountyballot
7measureswiththelettersJthroughR,andthegoverningbodyofeachcity,town,
8village,township,orspecialdistrictlocalballotmeasureswiththelettersSthroughZ.
9Eachofficialorgoverningbodydescribedinthissectionshalllabelthefirstballot
10measureineachcategorywiththefirstletterinthesequencedesignatedforthat
11category,andsoonconsecutivelythroughthelastletterdesignatedforthecategory,and
12thenbeginlabelingwiththefirstletterforthecategoryfollowedbyan"A"andsoon.A
13newseriesoflettersshallbestartedaftereachelection.Intheeventameasureislabeled
14priortobutnotvotedonatthenextsucceedingelection,theletterornumberassigned
15tosuchmeasureshallnotbereassigneduntilaftersuchmeasurehasbeenvotedonby
16thepeople.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. [116.220.Thesecretaryofstateshalllabelstatutoryinitiativeand
2 referendummeasuresalphabeticallyintheorderinwhichtheyaresubmitted
3 bypetitionorintheorderinwhichtheyarepassedbythegeneralassembly.
4 Thesecretaryofstateshalllabelthefirstas"PropositionA",andsoon
5 consecutivelythroughtheletterZ,andthenbeginlabelingas"Proposition
6 AA"andsoon.Anewseriesoflettersshallbestartedaftereachgeneral
7 election.Intheeventameasureislabeledpriorto,butnotvotedonat,the
8 nextsucceedinggeneralelection,theletterassignedtosuchmeasureshallnot
9 bereassigneduntilaftersuchmeasurehasbeenvotedonbythepeople.]
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