SECOND REGULAR SESSION

SENATE BILL NO. 865

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY SENATORS FOSTER AND KINDER.

Pre-filed January 2, 2002, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.



TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

2887S.02I


AN ACT

To repeal section 263.531, RSMo, relating to boll weevil eradication, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 263.531, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 263.531, to read as follows:

263.531. 1. In the event any referendum conducted under sections 263.500 to 263.537 fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, the certified organization may, with the consent of the department be authorized to call other referendums.

2. After the passage of any referendum, the eligible voters shall be allowed, by the subsequent referendums, at least every [five] ten years, to vote on whether to continue their assessments.

3. All the requirements for an initial referendum shall be met in subsequent referendums.






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