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Missouri House Bill HB1749

Missouri 2024 Regular Session

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11 SECONDREGULARSESSION
2-[PERFECTED]
32 HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
43 HOUSEBILLNO.1749
54 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
6-3166H.02P DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
5+3166H.02C DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
76 ANACT
87 Torepealsections116.030,116.040,116.050,116.080,116.090,116.110,116.130,116.153,
9-116.190,116.200,116.332,and116.334,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofthirteen
10-newsectionsrelatingtoinitiativepetitionsandreferendums,withpenaltyprovisions.
8+116.190,116.200,116.332,and116.334,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwelve
9+newsectionsrelatingtoinitiativepetitionsandreferendums.
1110 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1211 SectionA.Sections116.030,116.040,116.050,116.080,116.090,116.110,116.130,
13-2116.153,116.190,116.200,116.332,and116.334,RSMo,arerepealedandthirteennew
12+2116.153,116.190,116.200,116.332,and116.334,RSMo,arerepealedandtwelvenew
1413 3sectionsenactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections116.030,116.040,116.045,116.050,
15-4116.080,116.090,116.095,116.110,116.130,116.190,116.200,116.332,and116.334,to
16-5readasfollows:
14+4116.080,116.090,116.110,116.130,116.190,116.200,116.332,and116.334,toreadas
15+5follows:
1716 116.030.Thefollowingshallbesubstantiallytheformofeachpageofreferendum
1817 2petitionsonanylawpassedbythegeneralassemblyofthestateofMissouri:
1918 3 County______
2019 4 PageNo.______
2120 5 ItisaclassAmisdemeanorpunishable,notwithstandingtheprovisions
2221 6 ofsection[560.021] 558.002, RSMo,tothecontrary,foratermof
2322 7 imprisonmentnottoexceedoneyearinthecountyjailorafinenotto
2423 8 exceedtenthousanddollarsorboth,foranyonetosignanyreferendum
2524 9 petitionwithanynameotherthanhisorherown,orknowinglytosign
2625 10 hisorhernamemorethanonceforthesamemeasureforthesame
2726 11 election,ortosignapetitionwhensuchpersonknowsheorsheisnota
2827 12 registeredvoter.
2928 13 PETITIONFORREFERENDUM
29+14 TotheHonorable______,SecretaryofStateforthestateofMissouri:
3030 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
31-intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 14 TotheHonorable______,SecretaryofStateforthestateofMissouri:
32-15 We,theundersigned,registeredvotersofthestateofMissouriand___
31+intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 15 We,theundersigned,registeredvotersofthestateofMissouriand___
3332 16 ___County(orCityofSt.Louis),respectfullyorderthattheSenate(or
3433 17 House)BillNo.______entitled(titleoflaw),passedbythe______
3534 18 generalassemblyofthestateofMissouri,atthe______regular(or
3635 19 special)sessionofthe______generalassembly,shallbereferredtothe
3736 20 votersofthestateofMissouri,fortheirapprovalorrejection,atthe
3837 21 generalelectiontobeheldonthe______dayof______,______,
3938 22 unlessthegeneralassemblyshalldesignateanotherdate,andeachfor
4039 23 himselforherselfsays:Ihavepersonallysignedthispetition;Iama
4140 24 registeredvoterofthestateofMissouriand______County(orCityof
4241 25 St.Louis);myregisteredvotingaddressandthenameofthecity,town
4342 26 orvillageinwhichIlivearecorrectlywrittenaftermyname.
4443 27 (OfficialBallottitle)______
4544 28 CIRCULATOR'SAFFIDAVIT
4645 29 StateOfMissouri,
4746 30 CountyOf______
4847 31 I,______,beingfirstdulysworn,say(printortypenamesofsigners)
4948 NAME
5049 DATE
5150 SIGNED
5251 32 REGISTERED
5352 33 VOTING
5453 34 ADDRESS
5554 ZIP
5655 CODE
5756 CONGR.
5857 DIST.NAME
5958 35 (Signature) (Street)(City, (Printedor
6059 36 TownorVillage) Typed)
6160 37 (Herefollownumberedlinesforsigners)
6261 38 signedthispageoftheforegoingpetition,andeachofthemsignedhis
6362 39 orhernametheretoinmypresence;Ibelievethateachhasstatedhisor
6463 40 hername,registeredvotingaddressandcity,townorvillagecorrectly,
6564 41 andthateachsignerisaregisteredvoterofthestateofMissouriand__
6665 42 ____County.FURTHERMORE,IHEREBYSWEARORAFFIRM
6766 43 UNDERPENALTYOFPERJURYTHATALLSTATEMENTS
6867 44 MADEBYMEARETRUEANDCORRECTANDTHATIHAVE
6968 45 NEVERBEENCONVICTEDOF,FOUNDGUILTYOF,ORPLED
7069 46 GUILTYTOANYOFFENSEINVOLVINGFORGERY.
7170 47 Ihavemetthequalificationsofsection116.080andamatleast18
7271 48 yearsofage.Ido______donot______(checkone)expecttobepaid
7372 49 forcirculatingthispetition.Ifpaid,listthepayer______
74-HCSHB1749 2 50 _______________
75-51 SignatureofAffiant
73+50 _______________
74+HCSHB1749 2 51 SignatureofAffiant
7675 52 (Personobtainingsignatures)
7776 53 _______________
7877 54 (PrintedNameofAffiant)
7978 55 _______________
8079 56 AddressofAffiant
8180 57 Subscribedandsworntobeforemethis______dayof______,A.D._
8281 58 _____
8382 59 _______________
8483 60 SignatureofNotary
8584 61 AddressofNotary
8685 62 NotaryPublic(Seal)
8786 63 Mycommissionexpires______
8887 64
8988 65Ifthisformisfollowedsubstantiallyandtherequirementsof[section] sections116.045,
9089 66116.050, and[section] 116.080aremet,itshallbesufficient,disregardingclericalandmerely
9190 67technicalerrors.
9291 116.040.Thefollowingshallbesubstantiallytheformofeachpageofeachpetition
9392 2foranylaworamendmenttotheConstitutionofthestateofMissouriproposedbythe
9493 3initiative:
9594 4 County______
9695 5 (Optional)PageNo.______
9796 6 ItisaclassAmisdemeanorpunishable,notwithstandingtheprovisions
9897 7 ofsection[560.021] 558.002, RSMo,tothecontrary,foratermof
9998 8 imprisonmentnottoexceedoneyearinthecountyjailorafinenotto
10099 9 exceedtenthousanddollarsorboth,foranyonetosignanyinitiative
101100 10 petitionwithanynameotherthanhisorherown,orknowinglytosign
102101 11 hisorhernamemorethanonceforthesamemeasureforthesame
103102 12 election,ortosignapetitionwhensuchpersonknowsheorsheisnota
104103 13 registeredvoter.
105104 14 INITIATIVEPETITION
106105 15 TotheHonorable______,SecretaryofStateforthestateofMissouri:
107106 16 We,theundersigned,registeredvotersofthestateofMissouriand___
108107 17 ___County(orCityofSt.Louis),respectfullyorderthatthefollowing
109108 18 proposedlaw(oramendmenttotheconstitution)shallbesubmittedto
110-HCSHB1749 3 19 thevotersofthestateofMissouri,fortheirapprovalorrejection,atthe
111-20 generalelectiontobeheldonthe______dayof______,______,and
109+19 thevotersofthestateofMissouri,fortheirapprovalorrejection,atthe
110+HCSHB1749 3 20 generalelectiontobeheldonthe______dayof______,______,and
112111 21 eachforhimselforherselfsays:Ihavepersonallysignedthispetition;I
113112 22 amaregisteredvoterofthestateofMissouriand______County(or
114113 23 CityofSt.Louis);myregisteredvotingaddressandthenameofthe
115114 24 city,townorvillageinwhichIlivearecorrectlywrittenaftermyname.
116115 25 (OfficialBallottitle)______
117116 26 CIRCULATOR'SAFFIDAVIT
118117 27 StateOfMissouri,
119118 28 CountyOf______
120119 29 I,______,beingfirstdulysworn,say(printortypenamesofsigners)
121120 NAME
122121 DATE
123122 SIGNED
124123 30 REGISTERED
125124 31 VOTING
126125 32 ADDRESS
127126 ZIP
128127 CODE
129128 CONGR.
130129 DIST.NAME
131130 33 (Signature) (Street)(City, (Printedor
132131 34 Townor
133132 35 Village) Typed)
134133 36 (Herefollownumberedlinesforsigners)
135134 37 signedthispageoftheforegoingpetition,andeachofthemsignedhis
136135 38 orhernametheretoinmypresence;Ibelievethateachhasstatedhisor
137136 39 hername,registeredvotingaddressandcity,townorvillagecorrectly,
138137 40 andthateachsignerisaregisteredvoterofthestateofMissouriand__
139138 41 ____County.
140139 42 FURTHERMORE,IHEREBYSWEARORAFFIRMUNDER
141140 43 PENALTYOFPERJURYTHATALLSTATEMENTSMADEBYME
142141 44 ARETRUEANDCORRECTANDTHATIHAVENEVERBEEN
143142 45 CONVICTEDOF,FOUNDGUILTYOF,ORPLEDGUILTYTO
144143 46 ANYOFFENSEINVOLVINGFORGERY.
145144 47 Ihavemetthequalificationsofsection116.080andamatleast18
146145 48 yearsofage.Ido______donot______(checkone)expecttobepaid
147146 49 forcirculatingthispetition.Ifpaid,listthepayer______
148147 50 _______________
149148 51 SignatureofAffiant
150149 52 (Personobtainingsignatures)
151150 53 _______________
152151 54 (PrintedNameofAffiant)
153-HCSHB1749 4 55 _______________
154-56 AddressofAffiant
152+55 _______________
153+HCSHB1749 4 56 AddressofAffiant
155154 57 Subscribedandsworntobeforemethis______dayof______,A.D._
156155 58 _____
157156 59 _______________
158157 60 SignatureofNotary
159158 61 AddressofNotary
160159 62 NotaryPublic(Seal)
161160 63 Mycommissionexpires______
162161 64
163162 65Ifthisformisfollowedsubstantiallyandtherequirementsof[section] sections116.045,
164163 66116.050, and[section] 116.080aremet,itshallbesufficient,disregardingclericalandmerely
165164 67technicalerrors.
166165 116.045.Initiativepetitionandreferendumpetitionsignaturepagesshallbe
167166 2printedonaformasprescribedbythesecretaryofstatethatshallincludeallofthe
168167 3informationandstatementsrequiredbysection116.030or116.040,asapplicable,and
169168 4complywithsection116.050.Theformshallbemadeavailableinelectronicformatto
170169 5beusedforprintingpetitionsforcirculating.
171170 116.050.1.Initiativeandreferendumpetitionsfiledundertheprovisionsofthis
172171 2chaptershallconsistofpagesofauniformsize.Eachpage,excludingthetextofthemeasure,
173172 3shallbenolargerthaneightandone-halfbyfourteeninches.Thetextoftheproposed
174173 4measureshallbeinafontthatisnotsmallerthantwelve-pointTimesNewRomanand
175174 5haveatop,bottom,left,andrightmarginofnotlessthanoneinch.Pagenumbersmay
176175 6appearinthebottommargin.Eachpageofaninitiativepetitionshallbeattachedtoorshall
177176 7containafullandcorrecttextoftheproposedmeasure.Eachpageofareferendumpetition
178177 8shallbeattachedtoorshallcontainafullandcorrecttextofthemeasureonwhichthe
179178 9referendumissought.
180179 10 2.Thefullandcorrecttextofallinitiativeandreferendumpetitionmeasuresshall:
181180 11 (1)Containallmatterwhichistobedeletedincludedinitsproperplaceenclosedin
182181 12bracketsandallnewmattershownunderlined;
183182 13 (2)Includeallsectionsofexistinglaworoftheconstitutionwhichwouldberepealed
184183 14bythemeasure;and
185184 15 (3)Otherwiseconformtotheprovisionsof[ArticleIII,Section28and]ArticleIII,
186185 16[Section] Sections28,49,50,51,and52(a)oftheMissouriConstitutionandthoseofthis
187186 17chapter.
188-HCSHB1749 5 18 3.Thefullandcorrecttextofallinitiativepetitionmeasuresshallnotpurport
187+18 3.Thefullandcorrecttextofallinitiativepetitionmeasuresshallnotpurport
189188 19to:
190-20 (1)Declareanyfederalstatute,regulation,executiveorder,orcourtdecisionto
189+HCSHB1749 5 20 (1)Declareanyfederalstatute,regulation,executiveorder,orcourtdecisionto
191190 21bevoidorinviolationoftheUnitedStatesConstitution;
192191 22 (2)AmendanyfederallawortheUnitedStatesConstitution;or
193192 23 (3)AccomplishanactthattheUnitedStatesConstitutionrequirestobe
194193 24accomplishedbythegeneralassembly.
195194 116.080.1.EachpetitioncirculatorshallbeacitizenoftheUnitedStates,[atleast]
196195 2eighteenyearsofageorolder,aresidentofthisstateorphysicallypresentinthisstatefor
197196 3atleastthirtyconsecutivedayspriortothecollectionofsignatures,andregisteredwith
198197 4thesecretaryofstate.Nopetitioncirculatorshallbepaidanythingofvaluethatisbased
199198 5onthenumberofsignaturescollected.Signaturescollectedbyanycirculatorwhohasnot
200199 6registeredwiththesecretaryofstatepursuanttothischapteronorbefore5:00p.m.onthe
201200 7finaldayforfilingpetitionswiththesecretaryofstateshallnotbecounted.Apetition
202201 8circulatorshallbedeemedregisteredatthetimesuchcirculatordeliversasignedcirculator's
203202 9affidavitpursuanttosection116.030,withrespecttoareferendumpetition,orsection
204203 10116.040,withrespecttoaninitiativepetition,totheofficeofthesecretaryofstate.Noperson
205204 11shallqualifyasapetitioncirculatorwhohasbeenconvictedof,foundguiltyof,orpledguilty
206205 12toanoffenseinvolvingforgeryunderthelawsofthisstateoranoffenseunderthelawsofany
207206 13otherjurisdictionifthatoffensewouldbeconsideredforgeryunderthelawsofthisstate.
208207 14 2.Eachpetitioncirculatorshallsubscribeandsweartotheproperaffidavitoneach
209208 15petitionpagesuchcirculatorsubmitsbeforeanotarypubliccommissionedinMissouri.
210209 16Whennotarizingacirculator'ssignature,anotarypublicshallsignhisorherofficialsignature
211210 17andaffixhisorherofficialsealtotheaffidavitonlyifthecirculatorpersonallyappearsbefore
212211 18thenotaryandsubscribesandswearstotheaffidavitinhisorherpresence.
213212 19 3.Anycirculatorwhofalselyswearstoacirculator'saffidavitknowingittobefalseis
214213 20guiltyofaclassAmisdemeanorpunishable,notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsection
215214 21[560.021] 558.002tothecontrary,foratermofimprisonmentnottoexceedoneyearinthe
216215 22countyjailorafinenottoexceedtenthousanddollarsorboth.
217216 116.090.1.Anypersonwhocommitsanyofthefollowingactionsisguiltyofthe
218217 2crimeofpetitionsignaturefraud:
219218 3 (1)Signsanynameotherthanhisorherowntoanypetition,orwhoknowinglysigns
220219 4hisorhernamemorethanonceforthesamemeasureforthesameelection,orwhoknowshe
221220 5orsheisnotatthetimeofsigningorcirculatingthesameaMissouriregisteredvoteranda
222221 6residentofthisstate;or
223222 7 (2)Intentionallysubmitspetitionsignaturesheetswiththeknowledgethattheperson
224223 8whosenameappearsonthesignaturesheetdidnotactuallysignthepetition;or
225-HCSHB1749 6 9 (3)Causesavotertosignapetitionotherthantheonethevoterintendedtosign;or
224+9 (3)Causesavotertosignapetitionotherthantheonethevoterintendedtosign;or
226225 10 (4)Forgesorfalsifiessignatures;or
227-11 (5)Knowinglyacceptsoroffersmoneyoranythingofvaluetoanotherpersonin
226+HCSHB1749 6 11 (5)Knowinglyacceptsoroffersmoneyoranythingofvaluetoanotherpersonin
228227 12exchangeforasignatureonapetition.
229228 13 2.Anypersonwhoknowinglycausesapetitioncirculator'ssignaturestobesubmitted
230229 14forcounting,andwhoeitherknowsthatsuchcirculatorhasviolatedsubsection1ofthis
231230 15sectionor,afterreceivingnoticeoffactsindicatingthatsuchpersonmayhaveviolated
232231 16subsection1ofthissection,causesthesignaturestobesubmittedwithrecklessindifference
233232 17astowhethersuchcirculatorhascompliedwithsubsection1ofthissection,shallalsobe
234233 18deemedtohavecommittedthecrimeofpetitionsignaturefraud.
235234 19 3.Apersonwhoviolatessubsection1or2ofthissection,shall,uponconviction
236235 20thereof,beguiltyofaclassAmisdemeanorpunishable,notwithstandingtheprovisionsof
237236 21section[560.021] 558.002tothecontrary,byatermofimprisonmentnottoexceedoneyear
238237 22inthecountyjailorafinenottoexceedtenthousanddollarsorboth.
239238 23 4.Anypersonemployedbyorservingasanelectionauthority,thathasreasonable
240239 24causetosuspectapersonhascommittedpetitionsignaturefraud,shallimmediatelyreportor
241240 25causeareporttobemadetotheappropriateprosecutingauthorities.Failuretosoreportor
242241 26causeareporttobemadeshallbeaclassAmisdemeanor.
243-116.095.1.Allpetitionsorreferendumsthataresubmittedtothesecretaryof
244-2stateforvalidationofsufficiencyshallbeclosedrecordsunlessaUnitedStatescitizen
245-3andMissouriresidentpetitionsthecourtforgoodcausetoreviewthedocumentsunder
246-4thesupervisionoftheofficeofthesecretaryofstate.Noelectionauthorityshall
247-5knowinglyprovidecompletedpetitionorreferendumpageswithsignaturesorother
248-6informationcollectedtoanyentityotherthantotheofficeofthesecretaryofstate.
249-7 2.Itisarebuttablepresumptionthatthepetitionorreferendumfiler,whoshall
250-8beaMissouricitizen,shallhavegoodcausetoreviewcompletedsignaturesheetsunder
251-9thesupervisionoftheofficeofthesecretaryofstate.
252-10 3.AviolationofthissectionshallbeaclassAmisdemeanorpunishable,
253-11notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsection558.002tothecontrary,byatermof
254-12imprisonmentnottoexceedoneyearinthecountyjailorafinenottoexceedten
255-13thousanddollarsorboth.
256242 116.110.Anyvoterwhohassignedaninitiativeorreferendumpetitionmaywithdraw
257243 2hisorhersignaturefromthatpetitionbysubmittingtothesecretaryofstate,beforethe
258244 3petitionisfiledwiththesecretaryofstate,aswornstatementrequestingthathisorher
259245 4signaturebewithdrawnandaffirmingthenameofthepetitionsigned,thenamethevoterused
260246 5whensigningthepetition,theaddressofthevoterandthecountyofresidence.ItisaclassA
261247 6misdemeanorpunishable,notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsection[560.021] 558.002tothe
262-HCSHB1749 7 7contrary,foratermofimprisonmentnottoexceedoneyearinthecountyjailorafinenotto
248+7contrary,foratermofimprisonmentnottoexceedoneyearinthecountyjailorafinenotto
263249 8exceedtenthousanddollarsorboth,toknowinglyfileafalsewithdrawalstatementwiththe
264250 9secretaryofstate.
265251 116.130.1.Thesecretaryofstatemaysendcopiesofpetitionpagestoelection
266252 2authoritiestoverifythatthepersonswhosenamesarelistedassignerstothepetitionare
267253 3registeredvoters.Suchverificationmayeitherbeofeachsignatureorbyrandomsamplingas
268254 4providedinsection116.120,asthesecretaryshalldirect.Ifcopiesofthepetitionpagesare
269255 5senttoanelectionauthorityforverification,suchcopiesshallbesentpursuanttothe
270256 6followingschedule:
271257 7 (1)Copiesofallpagesfromnotlessthanonepetitionshallbereceivedintheoffice
272258 8oftheelectionauthoritynotlaterthantwoweeksafterthepetitionisfiledintheofficeof
273259 9secretaryofstate;
274260 10 (2)Copiesofallpagesofatotalofthreepetitionsshallbereceivedintheofficeofthe
275261 11electionauthoritynotlaterthanthreeweeksafterthepetitionisfiledintheofficeofthe
276262 12secretaryofstate;
277-13 (3)Ifmorethanthreepetitionsarefiled,allcopiesofpetitionpages,includingthose
263+HCSHB1749 7 13 (3)Ifmorethanthreepetitionsarefiled,allcopiesofpetitionpages,includingthose
278264 14petitionsselectedforverificationbyrandomsamplepursuanttosection116.120,shallbe
279265 15receivedintheofficeoftheelectionauthoritynotlaterthanthefourthweekafterthepetition
280266 16isfiledintheofficeofthesecretaryofstate.
281267 17
282268 18Eachelectionauthorityshallcheckthesignaturesagainstvoterregistrationrecordsinthe
283269 19electionauthority'sjurisdiction,buttheelectionauthorityshallcountasvalidonlythe
284270 20signaturesofpersonsregisteredasvotersinthecountynamedinthecirculator'saffidavit.
285271 21Signaturesshallnotbecountedasvalidiftheyhavebeenstruckthroughorcrossedout.
286272 22Signaturesshallberecordedusingablackordarkink.
287273 23 2.Iftheelectionauthorityisrequestedtoverifythepetitionbyrandomsampling,
288274 24suchverificationshallbecompletedandcertifiednotlaterthanthirtydaysfromthedatethat
289275 25theelectionauthorityreceivesthepetitionfromthesecretaryofstate.Iftheelectionauthority
290276 26istoverifyeachsignature,suchverification[must] shallbecompleted,certifiedand
291277 27deliveredtothesecretaryofstateby5:00p.m.onthelastTuesdayinJulypriortothe
292278 28election,orintheeventofcompleteverificationofsignaturesafterafailedrandomsample,
293279 29fullverificationshallbecompleted,certifiedanddeliveredtothesecretaryofstateby5:00
294280 30p.m.onthelastTuesdayinJulyorby5:00p.m.ontheFridayofthefifthweekafterreceipt
295281 31ofthesignaturesbythelocalelectionauthority,whicheverislater.
296282 32 3.Iftheelectionauthorityorthesecretaryofstatedeterminesthatthecongressional
297283 33districtnumberwrittenafterthesignatureofanyvoterisnotthecongressionaldistrictof
298284 34whichthevoterisaresident,theelectionauthorityorthesecretaryofstateshallcorrectthe
299-HCSHB1749 8 35congressionaldistrictnumberonthepetitionpage.Failureofavotertogivethevoter's
285+35congressionaldistrictnumberonthepetitionpage.Failureofavotertogivethevoter's
300286 36correctcongressionaldistrictnumbershallnotbyitselfbegroundsfornotcountingthevoter's
301287 37signature.
302288 38 4.Theelectionauthorityshallreturnthecopiesofthepetitionpagestothesecretary
303289 39ofstatewithannotationsregardinganyinvalidorquestionablesignatureswhichtheelection
304290 40authorityhasbeenaskedtocheckbythesecretaryofstate.Theelectionauthorityshallverify
305291 41thenumberofpagesreceivedforthatcounty,andalsocertifythetotalnumberofvalid
306292 42signaturesofvotersfromeachcongressionaldistrictwhichtheelectionauthorityhasbeen
307293 43askedtocheckbythesecretaryofstate.
308294 44 5.Thesecretaryofstateisauthorizedtoadoptrulestoensureuniform,complete,and
309295 45accuratecheckingofpetitionsignatureseitherbyactualcountorrandomsampling.Norule
310296 46orportionofarulepromulgatedpursuanttothissectionshallbecomeeffectiveunlessithas
311297 47beenpromulgatedpursuanttotheprovisionsofchapter536.
312-48 6.Afteraperiodofthreeyearsfromthetimeofsubmissionofthepetitionstothe
298+HCSHB1749 8 48 6.Afteraperiodofthreeyearsfromthetimeofsubmissionofthepetitionstothe
313299 49secretaryofstate,thesecretaryofstate,ifthesecretarydeterminesthatretentionofsuch
314300 50petitionsisnolongernecessary,maydestroysuchpetitions.
315301 116.190.1.Any[citizen] Missouriregisteredvoterwhowishestochallengethe
316302 2officialballottitleorthefiscalnotepreparedforaproposedconstitutionalamendment
317303 3submittedbythegeneralassembly,byinitiativepetition,orbyconstitutionalconvention,or
318304 4forastatutoryinitiativeorreferendummeasure,maybringanactioninthecircuitcourtof
319305 5ColeCounty.Theactionmustbebroughtwithintendaysaftertheofficialballottitleis
320306 6certifiedbythesecretaryofstateinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthischapter.
321307 7 2.Thesecretaryofstateshallbenamedasapartydefendantinanyactionchallenging
322308 8theofficialballottitlepreparedbythesecretaryofstate.Whentheactionchallengesthe
323309 9fiscalnoteorthefiscalnotesummarypreparedbytheauditor,thestateauditorshallalsobe
324310 10namedasapartydefendant.Thepresidentprotemofthesenate,thespeakerofthehouseand
325311 11thesponsorofthemeasureandthesecretaryofstateshallbethenamedpartydefendantsin
326312 12anyactionchallengingtheofficialsummarystatement,fiscalnoteorfiscalnotesummary
327313 13preparedpursuanttosection116.155.
328314 14 3.Thepetitionshallstatethereasonorreasonswhythesummarystatementportionof
329315 15theofficialballottitleisinsufficientorunfairandshallrequestadifferentsummarystatement
330316 16portionoftheofficialballottitle.Alternatively,thepetitionshallstatethereasonswhythe
331317 17fiscalnoteorthefiscalnotesummaryportionoftheofficialballottitleisinsufficientorunfair
332318 18andshallrequestadifferentfiscalnoteorfiscalnotesummaryportionoftheofficialballot
333319 19title.
334320 20 4.Theactionshallbeplacedatthetopofthecivildocket.Insofarastheaction
335321 21challengesthesummarystatementportionoftheofficialballottitle,thecourtshallconsider
336-HCSHB1749 9 22thepetition,heararguments,andinitsdecisioncertifythesummarystatementportionofthe
322+22thepetition,heararguments,andinitsdecisioncertifythesummarystatementportionofthe
337323 23officialballottitletothesecretaryofstate.Insofarastheactionchallengesthefiscalnoteor
338324 24thefiscalnotesummaryportionoftheofficialballottitle,thecourtshallconsiderthepetition,
339325 25heararguments,andinitsdecision,eithercertifythefiscalnoteorthefiscalnotesummary
340326 26portionoftheofficialballottitletothesecretaryofstateorremandthefiscalnoteorthefiscal
341327 27notesummarytotheauditorforpreparationofanewfiscalnoteorfiscalnotesummary
342328 28pursuanttotheproceduressetforthinsection116.175.Anyparty[tothesuit]mayappeal[to
343329 29thesupremecourt] withintendaysafter[acircuitcourtdecision] theentryofthejudgment
344330 30bythecircuitcourt. Inmakingthelegalnoticetoelectionauthoritiesundersection116.240,
345331 31andforthepurposesofsection116.180,thesecretaryofstateshallcertifythelanguagewhich
346332 32thecourtcertifiestohim.
347333 33 5.Anyactionbroughtunderthissectionthatisnotfullyandfinallyadjudicated
348334 34withinonehundredeightydaysoffiling,andmorethanfifty-sixdayspriortotheelectionin
349-35whichthemeasureistoappear,includingallappeals,shallbeextinguished,unlessacourt,
335+HCSHB1749 9 35whichthemeasureistoappear,includingallappeals,shallbeextinguished,unlessacourt,
350336 36beforetheexpirationoftheforegoingperiods,extendssuchperiodupon[a]anexpress
351337 37findingofgoodcauseforsuchextension, butnoextensionshallcausethefinal
352338 38adjudicationtooccurlessthaneightweeksbeforethedateoftheelection. Suchgood
353339 39causeshallconsistonlyofcourt-relatedschedulingissuesandshallnotincluderequestsfor
354340 40continuancebytheparties.Nocourt,includinganyappellatecourt,shallhavethe
355341 41authoritytoissueanyformofreliefaftertheexpirationoftheforegoingperiods.
356342 116.200.1.Afterthesecretaryofstatecertifiesapetitionassufficientorinsufficient,
357343 2any[citizen] MissouriregisteredvotermayapplytothecircuitcourtofColeCountyto
358344 3compel[him] thesecretaryofstatetoreversehisorherdecision.Theactionmustbe
359345 4broughtwithintendaysafterthecertificationismade.Allsuchsuitsshallbeadvancedonthe
360346 5courtdocketandheardanddecidedbythecourtasquicklyaspossible.
361347 6 2.Ifthecourtdecidesthepetitionissufficient,thesecretaryofstateshallcertifyitas
362348 7sufficientandattachacopyofthejudgment.Ifthecourtdecidesthepetitionisinsufficient,
363349 8thecourtshallenjointhesecretaryofstatefromcertifyingthemeasureandallotherofficers
364350 9fromprintingthemeasureontheballot.
365351 10 3.Anypartymayappealwithintendaysafter[adecisionisrendered,anypartymay
366352 11appealittothesupremecourt] theentryofthejudgmentbythecircuitcourt.
367353 116.332.1.Beforeaconstitutionalamendmentpetition,astatutoryinitiativepetition,
368354 2orareferendumpetitionmaybecirculatedforsignatures,asamplesheet[must] shallbe
369355 3submittedtothesecretaryofstateintheforminwhichitwillbecirculated.Samplesheets
370356 4maybesubmittedtothesecretaryofstateanytimeafterageneralelectionuntilsix
371357 5monthspriortothenextgeneralelection.Whenapersonsubmitsasamplesheetofa
372358 6petitionheorsheshalldesignatetothesecretaryofstatethenameandaddressoftheperson
373-HCSHB1749 10 7towhomanynoticesshallbesentpursuanttosections116.140and116.180and,ifa
359+7towhomanynoticesshallbesentpursuanttosections116.140and116.180and,ifa
374360 8committeeorperson,excepttheindividualsubmittingthesamplesheet,isfundingany
375361 9portionofthedraftingorsubmittingofthesamplesheet,thepersonsubmittingthesample
376362 10sheetshallsubmitacopyofthefiledstatementofcommitteeorganizationrequiredunder
377363 11subsection5ofsection130.021showingthedatethestatementwasfiled.Thesecretaryof
378364 12stateshallreferacopyofthepetitionsheettotheattorneygeneralforhisapprovalandtothe
379365 13stateauditorforpurposesofpreparingafiscalnoteandfiscalnotesummary.Thesecretaryof
380366 14stateandattorneygeneral[must] shalleachreviewthepetitionfor[sufficiencyastoform]
381367 15compliancewithsection116.050andArticleIII,Sections28,49,50,51,and52(a)ofthe
382368 16MissouriConstitutionandapproveorrejecttheformofthepetition,statingthereasonsfor
383369 17rejection,ifany.
384370 18 2.Withintwobusinessdaysofreceiptofanysuchsamplesheet,theofficeofthe
385371 19secretaryofstateshallconspicuouslypostonitswebsitethetextoftheproposedmeasure,a
386-20disclaimerstatingthatsuchtextmaynotconstitutethefullandcorrecttextasrequiredunder
372+HCSHB1749 10 20disclaimerstatingthatsuchtextmaynotconstitutethefullandcorrecttextasrequiredunder
387373 21section116.050,andthenameofthepersonororganizationsubmittingthesamplesheet.The
388374 22secretaryofstate'sfailuretocomplywithsuchpostingshallbeconsideredaviolationof
389375 23chapter610andsubjecttothepenaltiesprovidedundersubsection3ofsection610.027.The
390376 24postingshallberemovedwithinthreedaysofeitherthewithdrawalofthepetitionunder
391377 25section116.115ortherejectionforanyreasonofthepetition.
392378 26 3.Uponreceiptofapetitionfromtheofficeofthesecretaryofstate,theattorney
393379 27generalshallexaminethepetition[astoform] anddeterminewhetheritcomplieswith
394380 28section116.050andArticleIII,Sections28,49,50,51,and52(a)oftheMissouri
395381 29Constitution. Ifthepetitionisrejected[astoform], theattorneygeneralshallforwardhisor
396382 30hercommentstothesecretaryofstatewithintendaysafterreceiptofthepetitionbythe
397383 31attorneygeneral.Ifthepetitionisapproved[astoform], theattorneygeneralshallforward
398384 32hisorherapproval[astoform] tothesecretaryofstatewithintendaysafterreceiptofthe
399385 33petitionbytheattorneygeneral.
400386 34 4.Thesecretaryofstateshallreviewthecommentsandstatementsoftheattorney
401387 35general[astoform] andmakeafinaldecisionastotheapprovalorrejection[oftheform] of
402388 36thepetition.Thesecretaryofstateshallsendwrittennoticetothepersonwhosubmittedthe
403389 37petitionsheetoftheapprovalwithinfifteendaysaftersubmissionofthepetitionsheet.The
404390 38secretaryofstateshallsendwrittennoticeifthepetitionhasbeenrejected,togetherwith
405391 39reasonsforrejection,withinfifteendaysaftersubmissionofthepetitionsheet.
406392 116.334.1.Ifthepetition[form] isapprovedundersection116.332, thesecretaryof
407393 2stateshallmakeacopyofthesamplepetitionavailableonthesecretaryofstate'swebsite.
408394 3Foraperiodoffifteendaysafterthepetitionisapproved[astoform] undersection116.332,
409395 4thesecretaryofstateshallacceptpubliccommentsregardingtheproposedmeasureand
410-HCSHB1749 11 5providecopiesofsuchcommentsuponrequest.Withintwenty-threedaysofreceiptofsuch
396+5providecopiesofsuchcommentsuponrequest.Withintwenty-threedaysofreceiptofsuch
411397 6approval,thesecretaryofstateshallprepareandtransmittotheattorneygeneralasummary
412398 7statementofthemeasurewhichshallbeaconcisestatementnotexceedingonehundred
413399 8words.Thisstatementshall[beintheformofaquestionusing] uselanguageneither
414400 9intentionallyargumentativenorlikelytocreateprejudiceeitherfororagainsttheproposed
415401 10measure.Theattorneygeneralshallwithintendaysapprovethelegalcontentandformofthe
416402 11proposedstatement.
417403 12 2.Signaturesobtainedpriortothedatetheofficialballottitleiscertifiedbythe
418404 13secretaryofstateshallnotbecounted.Ifacourtordersachangethatsubstantiallyalters
419405 14thecontentoftheofficialballottitleundersubsection4ofsection116.190,thecourt
420406 15shallexpresslyfindinitsorder,judgment,ormandatethatasubstantialalterationhas
421407 16occurred.Allsignaturesgatheredbeforesuchchangeoccurredshallbeinvalidated,
422-17regardlessofwhetherthosesignaturesweregatheredonpetitionpagesthatdisplayed
408+HCSHB1749 11 17regardlessofwhetherthosesignaturesweregatheredonpetitionpagesthatdisplayed
423409 18whatwaspreviouslytheofficialballottitleascertifiedbythesecretaryofstate.
424410 19 3.Signaturesforstatutoryinitiativepetitionsshallbefilednotlaterthansixmonths
425411 20priortothegeneralelectionduringwhichthepetition'sballotmeasureissubmittedforavote,
426412 21andshallalsobecollectednotearlierthanthedayafterthedayuponwhichtheprevious
427413 22generalelectionwasheld.
428414 [116.153.Withinthirtydaysofissuingcertificationthatthepetition
429415 2 containsasufficientnumberofvalidsignaturespursuanttosection116.150,
430416 3 thejointcommitteeonlegislativeresearchshallholdapublichearingin
431417 4 JeffersonCitytotakepubliccommentsconcerningtheproposedmeasure.
432418 5 Suchhearingshallbeapublicmeetingunderchapter610.Withinfive
433419 6 businessdaysaftertheendofthepublichearing,thejointcommitteeon
434420 7 legislativeresearchshallprovideasummaryofthehearingtothesecretaryof
435421 8 stateorhisorherdesigneeandthesecretaryofstateshallpostacopyofthe
436422 9 summaryonthewebsiteoftheofficeofthesecretaryofstate.]
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