| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.414 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMURPHY. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1483H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection116.160,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | constitutionalamendments. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section116.160,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection116.160,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 116.160.1.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajointresolutionproposinga |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2constitutionalamendmentorabillwithoutafiscalnotesummary,whichistobereferredtoa |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3voteofthepeople,afterreceiptofsuchresolutionorbillthesecretaryofstateshallpromptly |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4forwardtheresolutionorbilltothestateauditor.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajoint |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5resolutionproposingaconstitutionalamendmentorabillwithoutanofficialsummary |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6statement,whichistobereferredtoavoteofthepeople,withintwentydaysafterreceiptof |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7theresolutionorbill,thesecretaryofstateshallprepareandtransmittotheattorneygenerala |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8summarystatementofthemeasureastheproposedsummarystatement.Thesecretaryof |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9statemayseektheadviceofthelegislatorwhointroducedtheconstitutionalamendmentor |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10billandthespeakerofthehouseorthepresidentprotemofthelegislativechamberthat |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11originatedthemeasure.Thesummarystatementmaybedistinctfromthelegislativetitleof |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12theproposedconstitutionalamendmentorbill.Theattorneygeneralshallwithintendays |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13approvethelegalcontentandformoftheproposedstatement. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 2.Ifthegeneralassemblyadoptsajointresolutionproposingaconstitutional |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15amendmentorstatutorymeasurethatincludesanofficialsummarystatement,the |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16statementshallappearontheballot,andnocourtshallhavetheauthoritytorewriteor |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17editthesummarystatementorballotlanguage.Ifsuchsummarystatementorballot |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18languageischallengedincourtandthecourtfindsthesummarystatementorballot |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19languagetobelegallyflawed,thegeneralassemblyshallrewriteoreditthestatementor |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20languageifthegeneralassemblyisinsessionatthetimeofthecourt'sruling.Ifsucha |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21court'srulingismadeatatimewhenthegeneralassemblyisnotinsession,the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22secretaryofstateshallrewriteoreditthestatementorlanguage. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 [2.]3.Theofficialsummarystatementshallcontainnomorethanfiftywords, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24excludingarticles.Thetitleshallbeatrueandimpartialstatementofthepurposesofthe |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25proposedmeasureinlanguageneitherintentionallyargumentativenorlikelytocreate |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26prejudiceeitherfororagainsttheproposedmeasure. |
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| 39 | 39 | | âś” |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB414 2 |
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