| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.2169 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 101STGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVETRENT. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 4379H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter21,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheappointment |
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| 8 | 8 | | anddutiesofcommissionerstoattendanArticleVconvention. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter21,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection21.950,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 21.950.1.WhenaconventioniscalledtoproposeamendmentstotheUnited |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2StatesConstitutionpursuanttoArticleVoftheUnitedStatesConstitution,theselection |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3andparticipationofcommissionersfromMissouritosuchconventionshallbegoverned |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4bythissection. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 2.(1)Missourishallhaveanumberofcommissionersequaltothenumberof |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6congressionaldistrictsinthestateatthetimewithonecommissionerfromeach |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7congressionaldistrictandanumberofalternatecommissionersequaltothenumberof |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8congressionaldistrictsinthestateatthetimewithonealternatecommissionerfrom |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9eachcongressionaldistrict. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (2)CommissionersandalternatesshallbecitizensofthestateofMissouriand |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11shallotherwisemeetthesamequalificationsnecessarytoholdofficeintheMissouri |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12houseofrepresentatives.Commissionersandalternatesmayincludepersonsholding |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13publicoffice,subjecttofurtherlimitsdescribedbelow,exceptthatnopersonwillbe |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14eligiblewhois: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (a)AmemberoftheUnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativesorSenate; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (b)AnemployeeoftheUnitedStates; |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (c)AnemployeeorotherrepresentativeofacontractorwiththeUnitedStates; |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18or |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 (d)Anelectedofficialholdingastatewideoffice. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21Commissionersandalternatesarealsosubjecttothoseexistingethicsrulesthatapplyto |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22membersofthegeneralassembly. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (3)Thehouseofrepresentativesandsenateshallselect,byadoptionofa |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24concurrentresolution,thecommissionersandalternateswhomeettheeligibility |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25requirementsdescribedinthissectionandwhoaresubmittedtothehouseof |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26representativesandthesenatebythejointlegislativecommitteeasprovidedin |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27subsection4ofthissection.Ofthecommissioners,atleastone-thirdshallnotbesitting |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28membersofthegeneralassembly.Ofthealternatecommissioners,atleastone-third |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29shallnotbesittingmembersofthegeneralassembly. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30 (4)Amajorityofthecommissionersshallconstituteaquorumforalldecisions |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31madebythedelegation,andnocommissionermaygivehisorhervotebyproxyor |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32otherwisetoanyothercommissioner.Thecommissionersshallselectachairto |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33administertheworkofthecommissioners. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 3.(1)Eachcommissionerandalternateshall,byoathoraffirmationasa |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35conditionofparticipatingintheconvention,agreetofaithfullyandimpartially |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36dischargeallthedutiesincumbentuponacommissioner,includingthedutytoabideby |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37instructionsestablishedbyconcurrentresolutionofthegeneralassemblyfor |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38participationintheconventionandthedutytoactonlywithinthescopeofthe |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39generalassembly'sapplicationfortheconventionifMissouriappliedfortheconvention |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40inwhichthecommissionersareparticipating.Eachcommissionerandalternateshall |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41furtheragreetoimmediatelynotifythejointlegislativecommitteeifheorshebelieves |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42thatanyMissouricommissioneroralternatehasviolatedhisorheroathorinstructions |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43whileparticipatingintheconvention. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44 (2)PriortotheArticleVconvention,thegeneralassemblyshallconsider |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45"RecommendedCommissionerInstructions"presentedtoitbythejointlegislative |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46committeeasdiscussedfurtherinsubsection4ofthissectionandshallbyconcurrent |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47resolutionprovidedulyapprovedinstructionstothecommissionersandalternates |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48regardingthescopeofmattersthecommissionersmayconsiderandvoteonatthe |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49convention,includingrulesofprocedureandproposedamendments.Suchinstructions |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50maybechangedbythegeneralassemblypriortoorduringtheconvention.These |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51instructionsshallinclude,butshallnotbelimitedto: |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52 (a)Aninstructionthatthecommissionersshallnotsupportanyvotingruleother |
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| 65 | 65 | | 53thantherulewherebyeachstateexercisesonevote;and |
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| 66 | 66 | | HB2169 2 54 (b)Aninstructionthatonallvotingmattersattheconvention,thedecisionofa |
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| 67 | 67 | | 55simplemajorityoftheMissouricommissionersshallconstituteasinglevoteforthestate |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56ofMissouri. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57 (3)AnyvotecastbyacommissioneroralternateatanArticleVconventionthat |
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| 70 | 70 | | 58isoutsidethescopeofanyofthefollowingisanunauthorizedvoteandisthereforevoid: |
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| 71 | 71 | | 59 (a)Theinstructionsestablishedbyanyconcurrentresolutionadoptedunderthis |
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| 72 | 72 | | 60section;or |
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| 73 | 73 | | 61 (b)AnylimitsidentifiedintheMissourigeneralassembly'sapplicationforthe |
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| 74 | 74 | | 62convention. |
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| 75 | 75 | | 63 4.(1)AfterornearthetimeanArticleVconventioniscalled,ajointlegislative |
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| 76 | 76 | | 64committeeshallbedulyauthorizedbythegeneralassemblyforthepurposesdescribed |
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| 77 | 77 | | 65inthissection.Thejointlegislativecommitteeshallbecomprisedoffivemembersofthe |
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| 78 | 78 | | 66senateappointedbythepresidentprotemporeofthesenate,withthreemembersfrom |
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| 79 | 79 | | 67themajoritypartyandtwomembersfromtheminorityparty,andfivemembersofthe |
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| 80 | 80 | | 68houseofrepresentativesappointedbythespeakerofthehouseofrepresentatives,with |
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| 81 | 81 | | 69threemembersfromthemajoritypartyandtwomembersfromtheminorityparty,and |
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| 82 | 82 | | 70shallhavetheinitialtaskofrecommendingeligiblecommissionerstothehouseof |
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| 83 | 83 | | 71representativesandthesenateforconsiderationofappointmentascommissioners.The |
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| 84 | 84 | | 72jointlegislativecommitteeshallsubmitatleastthreepersonsfromeachcongressional |
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| 85 | 85 | | 73districtwhoareeligible,asprovidedinthissection,toserveascommissionersandat |
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| 86 | 86 | | 74leastthreedifferentpersonsfromeachcongressionaldistrictwhoareeligible,as |
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| 87 | 87 | | 75providedinthissection,toserveasalternatecommissioners.Thehouseof |
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| 88 | 88 | | 76representativesandthesenateshallselectacommissionerandalternatecommissioner |
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| 89 | 89 | | 77fromeachcongressionaldistrictfromthenamessubmittedbythejointlegislative |
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| 90 | 90 | | 78committee.Thejointlegislativecommitteeshallalsobechargedwithpresenting |
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| 91 | 91 | | 79"RecommendedCommissionerInstructions"tothefullgeneralassemblyfor |
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| 92 | 92 | | 80considerationleadingtoaconcurrentresolutionasdiscussedinsubdivision(2)of |
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| 93 | 93 | | 81subsection3ofthissection.Suchcommissionerinstructionsshalldefinethescopeof |
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| 94 | 94 | | 82mattersthecommissionersmayconsiderandvoteonattheArticleVconvention, |
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| 95 | 95 | | 83includingrulesofprocedureandproposedamendmentsasdiscussedmorefullyin |
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| 96 | 96 | | 84subsection3ofthissection.Allrecommendationsthatsecureasimplemajorityvoteof |
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| 97 | 97 | | 85thememberspresentshallbedeemedapproved"RecommendedCommissioner |
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| 98 | 98 | | 86Instructions"tobesubmittedtothefullgeneralassemblyforitsconsideration. |
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| 99 | 99 | | 87 (2)Aftercommissionershavebeenselected,thejointlegislativecommitteemay |
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| 100 | 100 | | 88recallanycommissionerandrevokesuchcommissioner'sauthority.However,thejoint |
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| 101 | 101 | | 89legislativecommitteeshallrecallandrevoketheauthorityonlyintheeventthe |
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| 102 | 102 | | 90commissionercastsorattemptstocastanunauthorizedvoteasdescribedinthissection. |
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| 103 | 103 | | HB2169 3 91Thejointlegislativecommitteeshallalsoappointoneoftheselectedalternatestotake |
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| 104 | 104 | | 92theplaceofacommissionersorecalled.Thejointlegislativecommitteeshallpromptly |
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| 105 | 105 | | 93investigateanynoticethatacommissioneroralternatehascastanunauthorizedvoteor |
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| 106 | 106 | | 94otherwiseexceededthescopeofthegeneralassembly'sapplicationfortheconventionor |
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| 107 | 107 | | 95thegeneralassembly'sinstructionstothecommissioners.Thejointlegislative |
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| 108 | 108 | | 96committeeshallacttoensurethatthecommissionersremainfaithfultothetermsof |
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| 109 | 109 | | 97theconventionapplicationandthegeneralassembly'sinstructions.Beforeorduring |
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| 110 | 110 | | 98theArticleVconvention,thejointlegislativecommitteemayadvisethecommissioners |
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| 111 | 111 | | 99onquestionsthatariseregardingthescopeoftheconventionandthelegislative |
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| 112 | 112 | | 100instructionstocommissioners. |
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| 113 | 113 | | 101 (3)Byconcurrentresolution,thegeneralassemblymaychangeorsupersedeany |
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| 114 | 114 | | 102actionofthejointlegislativecommitteeorrecallcommissionersoralternatestothe |
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| 115 | 115 | | 103convention,orappointnewcommissionersoralternates. |
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| 116 | 116 | | 104 (4)Thejointlegislativecommitteeshallbeauthorizedtoconductitsbusinessvia |
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| 117 | 117 | | 105telephoneorbyelectroniccommunication. |
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| 118 | 118 | | 106 5.Iftheprovisionsofthissectionconflictwiththerulesorprocedures |
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| 119 | 119 | | 107establishedbytheArticleVconvention,thegeneralassemblymay,byconcurrent |
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| 120 | 120 | | 108resolution,conformtheseprovisionstosuchrulesorprocedures. |
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| 121 | 121 | | âś” |
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| 122 | 122 | | HB2169 4 |
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