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| 2 | 2 | | EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted |
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| 3 | 3 | | and is intended to be omitted in the law. |
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| 4 | 4 | | SECOND REGULAR SESSION |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 56 |
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| 6 | 6 | | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 7 | 7 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CIERPIOT. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 3967S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 9 | 9 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 10 | 10 | | Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 50 of article III of |
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| 11 | 11 | | the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to |
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| 12 | 12 | | initiative petitions. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: |
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| 15 | 15 | | That at the next general election to be held in the 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | in November, 2024, or at a special election to be called by 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | rejection, the follow ing amendment to article III of the 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Constitution of the state of Missouri:7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Section A. Section 50, article III, Constitution of 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | thereof, to be known as section 50, to read as follows:3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 50. Initiative petitions proposing amendments 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to the constitution shall be signed by eight percent of the 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | legal voters in each of two -thirds of the congressional 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | districts in the state, and petitions proposing laws shall 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | be signed by five percent of such voters. Every such 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | petition shall be filed with the secretary of state not less 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | than six months before the election and shall contain an 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | enacting clause and the full text of the measure. Petitions 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | for constitutional amendments shall not contain more than 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | one amended and revised article of this constitution, or one 10 SJR 56 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | new article which shall not contain more than one subject 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and matters properly connected therewith [, and]. A petition 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | contains a single subject and matters properly co nnected 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | therewith if it does not extend beyond one sole purpose and 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | only contains additions or changes that are necessary to 15 |
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| 40 | 40 | | effectuate a single legislative change. A petition does not 16 |
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| 41 | 41 | | contain a single subject and matters properly connected 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | therewith if it contains a provision that would not be 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | necessary to effectuate one or more of the other provisions 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | in the petition. The enacting clause [thereof] of petitions 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | for constitutional amendments shall be "Be it resolved by 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the people of the state of Missouri that the Constitution be 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | amended:". Petitions for laws shall contain not more than 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | one subject which shall be expressed clearly in the title, 24 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and the enacting clause thereof shall be "Be it enacted by 25 |
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| 50 | 50 | | the people of the state of Missouri:". 26 |
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