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Constitution of Missouri, article III, referendum clauses
Published by Missouri Secretary of State on December 18, 2024.
The constitutional text the court applied: referendum on any act of the general assembly, and when a referred measure takes effect.
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… property or the use thereof may be acquired by gift, purchase, or eminent domain or be subjected to reasonable regulation or control. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM Section 49. Reservation of power to enact and reject laws.—The people reserve power to propose and enact or reject laws and amendments to the constitution by the initiative, independent of the general assembly, and also reserve power to approve or reject by referendum any act of the general assembly, except as hereinafter provided. Source: Const. of 1875, Art. IV, Sec. 57 (Amended November 3, 1908). 69 LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT Art. III § 53 Section 50. Initiative petitions—signatures required—form and procedure.— Initiative petitions proposing amendments to the constitution shall be signed by eight percent of the legal voters in each of two-thirds of the congressional districts in the …
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- Missouri's highest court says the new U.S. House map never became law and sends it to a November vote · cited for the referendum clause, when a referred measure takes effect, and that the court is composed of seven judges
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Timeline entries this record anchors: Missouri Supreme Court opinion in von Glahn v. Hoskins.