SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 47
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATORS QUICK, MAXWELL, STOLL, STAPLES, HOWARD, DePASCO, WIGGINS,
SCHNEIDER, SCOTT, BLAND, CLAY, MATHEWSON, CASKEY, JOHNSON AND GOODE.
Read 1st time January 13, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article X of the Constitution of Missouri, by adding thereto one new section relating to the disposition of tobacco settlement funds.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2000, 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 X of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Article X, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 18(f), to read as follows:
Section 18(f). All moneys received by the state of Missouri which are the proceeds of any award or settlement resulting from a final order in any dispute between the state of Missouri and any company which manufactures, sells or promotes tobacco or tobacco products shall be deposited into the Missouri tobacco settlement trust fund, shall be excluded from "total state revenues" as defined in section 17 of this article and shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly for the following purposes only:
1. Sixty percent of the moneys shall be used for health care and the public wellness;
2. Twenty percent of the moneys shall be used for smoking and substance abuse education, prevention and cessation; and
3. Twenty percent of the moneys shall be deposited into the "Emergency Budget Reserve Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury and, upon two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house, shall be used for any state emergency, natural disaster or budget deficit.