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Section 116.155 Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included.

MO Rev Stat § 116.155 (2019) (N/A)
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Effective 16 Jun 1999, see footnote

116.155. Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included. — 1. The general assembly may include the official summary statement and a fiscal note summary in any statewide ballot measure that it refers to the voters.

2. The official summary statement approved by the general assembly shall, taken together with the approved fiscal note summary, be the official ballot title and such summary statement shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles. The title shall be a true and impartial statement of the purposes of the proposed measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure.

3. The fiscal note summary approved by the general assembly shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles, which shall summarize the fiscal note prepared for the measure in language neither argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure.

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(L. 1999 H.B. 676)

Effective 6-16-99

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Section 116.155 Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, summary to be official ballot title if included.