| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEJOINT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION NO.99 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHALES. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2711H.02I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 7 | 7 | | JOINTRESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmentrepealingSection49ofArticle |
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| 9 | 9 | | IIIoftheConstitutionofMissouri,andadoptingonenewsectioninlieuthereof |
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| 10 | 10 | | relatingtoinitiativepetitions. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein: |
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| 12 | 12 | | ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2026,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleIIIoftheConstitutionofthestate |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5ofMissouri: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SectionA.Section49,ArticleIII,ConstitutionofMissouri,isrepealedandonenew |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2sectionadoptedinlieuthereof,tobeknownasSection49,toreadasfollows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section49.Thepeoplereservepowertoproposeandenactorrejectlawsand |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2amendmentstotheconstitutionbytheinitiative,independentofthegeneralassembly,and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 3alsoreservepowertoapproveorrejectbyreferendumanyactofthegeneralassembly,except |
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| 22 | 22 | | 4ashereinafterprovided.Nomeasurethatissubmittedbytheinitiativeandapprovedbya |
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| 23 | 23 | | 5majorityofthevotescastthereonshallbeamendedorrepealedbythegeneralassembly |
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| 24 | 24 | | 6exceptbyreferendum. |
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| 25 | 25 | | âś” |
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| 26 | 26 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 27 | 27 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. |
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