SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 95

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES McNARY (Sponsor), SCHARNHORST, KOENIG, ALLEN, DUSENBERG, FISHER (125), McGHEE, SMITH (14), DEEKEN, GUERNSEY, FRANZ, JONES (117), SCHLOTTACH, ICET, HOSKINS (80), KRAUS, LAIR, KINGERY, BRANDOM, WRIGHT, CUNNINGHAM, RUESTMAN, NANCE, SUTHERLAND, COX, DETHROW, SILVEY, WALLACE, SCHOELLER, BROWN (149), LARGENT, RUZICKA, WILSON (119), DENISON, SCHAD, BIVINS, POLLOCK, DAVIS, NIEVES, WASSON, HOBBS, FUNDERBURK, MEINERS, NASHEED, GRILL, CARTER, McDONALD AND LeBLANC (Co-sponsors).

4946L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing section 34 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the repeal of expired sections.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:

            That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2010, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

            Section A. Section 34, article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 34, to read as follows:

            Section 34. 1. In the year 1949 and at least every ten years thereafter all general statute laws shall be revised, digested and promulgated as provided by law. No senator or representative shall receive any compensation in addition to his or her salary as a member of the general assembly for any services rendered in connection with said revision.

            2. Any section of law in the revised statutes with a specific expiration or termination date applying to an entire section or sections shall be removed by the revisor of statutes after adjournment of a regular session or sine die adjournment of the general assembly in the calendar year following the year of expiration or termination.

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