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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.050

Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Missouri Roundtable for Life v. Carnahan (2012)

Most recently applied in Missouri Roundtable for Life v. Carnahan (March 2012)

Effective: 28 Aug 1997, 2 histories; (L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)

1. Initiative and referendum petitions filed under the provisions of this chapter shall consist of pages of a uniform size. Each page, excluding the text of the measure, shall be no larger than eight and one-half by fourteen inches. Each page of an initiative petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the proposed measure. Each page of a referendum petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the measure on which the referendum is sought.

2. The full and correct text of all initiative and referendum petition measures shall:

(1) Contain all matter which is to be deleted included in its proper place enclosed in brackets and all new matter shown underlined;

(2) Include all sections of existing law or of the constitution which would be repealed by the measure; and

(3) Otherwise conform to the provisions of Article III, Section 28 and Article III, Section 50 of the Constitution and those of this chapter.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.