SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 49
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR KLINDT.
Read 1st time March 1, 2004, and ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing section 47(c) of article IV of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu thereof relating to the parks and soils tax.
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2004, 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 IV of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Section 47(c), article IV, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 47(c), to read as follows:
Section 47(c). The effective date of this amendment shall be [November 8, 1998] November 2, 2004. All laws inconsistent with this amendment shall no longer remain in full force and effect after the effective date of this section. All of the provisions of Sections 47(a), 47(b) and 47(c) shall be self-enforcing except that the General Assembly shall adjust brackets for the collection of the sales and use taxes. The additional revenue provided by Sections 47(a), 47(b) and 47(c) shall not be part of the "total state revenue" within the meaning of Sections 17 and 18 of Article X of this Constitution. The expenditure of this additional revenue shall not be an "expense of state government" under Section 20 of Article X of this Constitution. [This Section 47(a), 47(b) and 47(c) shall terminate after ten years following the effective date of this amendment.] Beginning at the general election in 2008 and every ten years thereafter, the issue of whether to continue to impose the sales and use tax described in this section shall be resubmitted to the voters for approval. If a majority of the voters fail to approve such sales and use tax, Section 47(a), 47(b), and 47(c) shall terminate at the end of the fiscal year in which the election was held.