FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.402
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEDAVIS.
1516H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection116.160,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
constitutionalamendments.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section116.160,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection116.160,toreadasfollows:
116.160.1.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajointresolutionproposinga
2constitutionalamendmentorabillwithoutafiscalnotesummary,whichistobereferredtoa
3voteofthepeople,afterreceiptofsuchresolutionorbillthesecretaryofstateshallpromptly
4forwardtheresolutionorbilltothestateauditor.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajoint
5resolutionproposingaconstitutionalamendmentorabillwithoutanofficialsummary
6statement,whichistobereferredtoavoteofthepeople,withintwentydaysafterreceiptof
7theresolutionorbill,thesecretaryofstateshallprepareandtransmittotheattorneygenerala
8summarystatementofthemeasureastheproposedsummarystatement.Thesecretaryof
9statemayseektheadviceofthelegislatorwhointroducedtheconstitutionalamendmentor
10billandthespeakerofthehouseorthepresidentprotemofthelegislativechamberthat
11originatedthemeasure.Thesummarystatementmaybedistinctfromthelegislativetitleof
12theproposedconstitutionalamendmentorbill.Theattorneygeneralshallwithintendays
13approvethelegalcontentandformoftheproposedstatement.Ifthegeneralassembly
14adoptsajointresolutionproposingaconstitutionalamendmentorstatutorymeasure
15thatincludesanofficialsummarystatement,thestatementshallappearontheballot,
16andnocourtshallhavetheauthoritytorewriteoreditthesummarystatementorballot
17language.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 2.Theofficialsummarystatementshallcontainnomorethanfiftywords,excluding
19articles.Thetitleshallbeatrueandimpartialstatementofthepurposesoftheproposed
20measureinlanguageneitherintentionallyargumentativenorlikelytocreateprejudiceeither
21fororagainsttheproposedmeasure.
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