| 11 | | - | Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 50 of article III of |
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| 12 | | - | the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to |
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| 13 | | - | the process for amending the law. |
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| 15 | | - | Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: |
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| 16 | | - | That at the next general election to be held in the 1 |
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| 17 | | - | state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday 2 |
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| 18 | | - | in November, 2022, or at a special election to be called by 3 |
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| 19 | | - | the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to 4 |
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| 20 | | - | the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or 5 |
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| 21 | | - | rejection, the following amendment to article III of the 6 |
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| 22 | | - | Constitution of the state of Missouri:7 |
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| 23 | | - | Section A. Section 50, article III, Constitution of 1 |
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| 24 | | - | Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu 2 |
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| 25 | | - | thereof, to be known as section 50, to read as follows:3 |
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| 26 | | - | Section 50. 1. Initiative petitions proposing 1 |
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| 27 | | - | amendments to the constitution shall be signed by [eight] 2 |
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| 28 | | - | ten percent of the legal voters , registered to vote in 3 |
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| 29 | | - | Missouri and citizens of the Un ited States, in each of [two- 4 |
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| 30 | | - | thirds of] the congressional districts in the state, and 5 |
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| 31 | | - | petitions proposing laws shall be signed by five percent of 6 |
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| 32 | | - | such voters. Every such petition shall be filed with the 7 |
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| 33 | | - | secretary of state not less than six months befo re the 8 |
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| 34 | | - | election and shall contain an enacting clause and the full 9 SCS HCS HJR 79 2 |
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| 35 | | - | text of the measure. Voters in each congressional district 10 |
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| 36 | | - | shall have the opportunity to review and comment upon all 11 |
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| 37 | | - | initiative petitions proposing amendments to the 12 |
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| 38 | | - | constitution following the filing of the petition with the 13 |
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| 39 | | - | secretary of state and not less than fifteen days before the 14 |
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| 40 | | - | measure appears on the ballot. Such review and comment 15 |
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| 41 | | - | process shall be administered by the secretary of state in a 16 |
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| 42 | | - | public forum. Petitions for constitutional amendments shall 17 |
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| 43 | | - | not contain more than one amended and revised article of 18 |
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| 44 | | - | this constitution, or one new article which shall not 19 |
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| 45 | | - | contain more than one subject and matters properly connected 20 |
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| 46 | | - | therewith, and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be it 21 |
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| 47 | | - | resolved by the people of the state of Missouri that the 22 |
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| 48 | | - | Constitution be amended:". Petitions for laws shall contain 23 |
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| 49 | | - | not more than one subject which shall be expressed clearly 24 |
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| 50 | | - | in the title, and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be 25 |
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| 51 | | - | it enacted by the people of the state of Missouri:". For 26 |
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| 52 | | - | purposes of this article, only citizens of the United States 27 |
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| 53 | | - | of America who are residents of the State of Missouri and 28 |
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| 54 | | - | who are properly registered to vote in the State of Missouri 29 |
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| 55 | | - | shall be considered le gal voters. 30 |
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| 56 | | - | 2. Notwithstanding Section 2(b) of Article XII of this 31 |
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| 57 | | - | Constitution, or any other provisions of this Constitution 32 |
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| 58 | | - | or laws to the contrary, if two -thirds of the votes cast 33 |
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| 59 | | - | thereon are in favor of any constitutional amendment, 34 |
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| 60 | | - | whether proposed by the general assembly or by initiative, 35 |
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| 61 | | - | the same shall take effect at the end of thirty days after 36 |
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| 62 | | - | the election. This subsection shall only apply to 37 |
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| 63 | | - | constitutional amendments submitted to the people after 38 |
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| 64 | | - | January 1, 2023. 39 |
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| 65 | | - | Section B. Under chapter 116, RSMo, and other 1 |
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| 66 | | - | applicable constitutional provisions and laws of this state 2 SCS HCS HJR 79 3 |
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| 67 | | - | allowing the general assembly to adopt ballot language for 3 |
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| 68 | | - | the submission of a joint resolution to the voters of this 4 |
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| 69 | | - | state, the official ballot title of the amendment proposed 5 |
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| 70 | | - | in Section A shall be as follows: 6 |
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| 71 | | - | "Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: 7 |
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| 72 | | - | ● Allow only citizens of the United States to 8 |
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| 73 | | - | qualify as legal voters; 9 |
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| 74 | | - | ● Require initiative petitions proposing to 10 |
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| 75 | | - | amend the constitution to be reviewed by the 11 |
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| 76 | | - | voters in each congressional district; and 12 |
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| 77 | | - | ● Require initiative amendments to the 13 |
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| 78 | | - | constitution be approved by a two -thirds vote?". 14 |
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| 8 | + | SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmentrepealingSections50and51of |
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| 9 | + | ArticleIIIoftheConstitutionofMissouri,andadoptingtwonewsectionsinlieu |
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| 10 | + | thereofrelatingtoconstitutionalamendments,withadelayedeffectivedate. |
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| 11 | + | BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein: |
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| 12 | + | ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext |
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| 13 | + | 2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2022,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe |
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| 14 | + | 3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for |
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| 15 | + | 4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleIIIoftheConstitutionofthestate |
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| 16 | + | 5ofMissouri: |
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| 17 | + | SectionA.Sections50and51,ArticleIII,ConstitutionofMissouri,arerepealedand |
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| 18 | + | 2twonewsectionsadoptedinlieuthereof,tobeknownasSections50and51,toreadas |
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| 19 | + | 3follows: |
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| 20 | + | Section50.1.Initiativepetitionsproposingamendmentstotheconstitutionshallbe |
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| 21 | + | 2signedby[eight] tenpercentofthelegalvoters, registeredtovoteinMissouriandcitizens |
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| 22 | + | 3oftheUnitedStates,ineachof[two-thirdsof]thecongressionaldistrictsinthestate,and |
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| 23 | + | 4petitionsproposinglawsshallbesignedbyfivepercentofsuchvoters.Everysuchpetition |
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| 24 | + | 5shallbefiledwiththesecretaryofstatenotlessthansixmonthsbeforetheelectionandshall |
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| 25 | + | 6containanenactingclauseandthefulltextofthemeasure.Votersineachcongressional |
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| 26 | + | 7districtshallhavetheopportunitytoreviewandcommentuponallinitiativepetitions |
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| 27 | + | 8proposingamendmentstotheconstitutionfollowingthefilingofthepetitionwiththe |
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| 28 | + | 9secretaryofstateandnotlessthanfifteendaysbeforethemeasureappearsontheballot. |
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| 29 | + | 10Suchreviewandcommentprocessshallbeadministeredbythesecretaryofstateina |
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| 30 | + | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 31 | + | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 11publicforum.Petitionsforconstitutionalamendmentsshallnotcontainmorethanone |
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| 32 | + | 12amendedandrevisedarticleofthisconstitution,oronenewarticlewhichshallnotcontain |
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| 33 | + | 13morethanonesubjectandmattersproperlyconnectedtherewith,andtheenactingclause |
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| 34 | + | 14thereofshallbe"BeitresolvedbythepeopleofthestateofMissourithattheConstitutionbe |
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| 35 | + | 15amended:".Petitionsforlawsshallcontainnotmorethanonesubjectwhichshallbe |
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| 36 | + | 16expressedclearlyinthetitle,andtheenactingclausethereofshallbe"Beitenactedbythe |
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| 37 | + | 17peopleofthestateofMissouri:".Forpurposesofthisarticle,onlycitizensoftheUnited |
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| 38 | + | 18StatesofAmericawhoareresidentsoftheStateofMissouriandwhoareproperly |
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| 39 | + | 19registeredtovoteintheStateofMissourishallbeconsideredlegalvoters. |
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| 40 | + | 20 2.NotwithstandingSection2(b)ofArticleXIIofthisConstitution,oranyother |
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| 41 | + | 21provisionsofthisConstitutionorlawstothecontrary,iftwo-thirdsofthevotescast |
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| 42 | + | 22thereonareinfavorofanyamendment,whetherproposedbythegeneralassemblyor |
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| 43 | + | 23byinitiative,thesameshalltakeeffectattheendofthirtydaysaftertheelection. |
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| 44 | + | Section51.Theinitiativeshallnotbeusedfortheappropriationofmoneyotherthan |
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| 45 | + | 2ofnewrevenuescreatedandprovidedforthereby,orforanyotherpurposeprohibitedbythis |
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| 46 | + | 3constitution.Exceptasprovidedinthisconstitution,anymeasureproposedshalltakeeffect |
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| 47 | + | 4whenapprovedby[amajority] two-thirdsofthevotescastthereon.Whenconflicting |
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| 48 | + | 5measuresareapprovedatthesameelectiontheonereceivingthelargestaffirmativevoteshall |
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| 49 | + | 6prevail. |
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| 50 | + | SectionB.Underchapter116,RSMo,andotherapplicableconstitutionalprovisions |
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| 51 | + | 2andlawsofthisstateallowingthegeneralassemblytoadoptballotlanguageforthe |
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| 52 | + | 3submissionofajointresolutiontothevotersofthisstate,theofficialballottitleofthe |
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| 53 | + | 4amendmentproposedinSectionAshallbeasfollows: |
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| 54 | + | 5 "ShalltheMissouriConstitutionbeamendedto: |
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| 55 | + | 6 AllowonlycitizensoftheUnitedStatestoqualifyaslegalvoters; |
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| 56 | + | 7 Requireinitiativepetitionsproposingtoamendtheconstitutiontobereviewedbythe |
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| 57 | + | 8 votersineachcongressionaldistrict;and |
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| 58 | + | 9 Requireinitiativeamendmentstotheconstitutionbeapprovedbyatwo-thirdsvote?". |
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| 59 | + | SectionC.TherepealandreenactmentofSections50and51ofthisresolutionshall |
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| 60 | + | 2becomeeffectiveonJanuary1,2023. |
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| 62 | + | HCSHJR79 2 |
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