FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 28
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCOTT.
Read 1st time February 15, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S1946.01I
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing sections 31, 32(a) and 32(b) of article VI of the Constitution of Missouri relating to the city of St. Louis, and adopting two new sections in lieu thereof relating to the same subject.
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 VI of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Sections 31, 32(a) and 32(b), article VI, Constitution of Missouri, are repealed and two new sections adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 31 and 32(a), to read as follows:
Section 31. The city of St. Louis, as now existing, is recognized both as a city and as a county unless otherwise changed in accordance with the provisions of this constitution. As a city it shall continue for city purposes with its present charter, subject to changes and amendments provided by the constitution or by law, and with the powers, organization, rights and privileges permitted by this constitution or by law. As a county, it may amend or revise its present charter to provide for the number, kinds, manner of selection, terms of office and salaries of its county officers, and for the exercise of all powers and duties of counties and county officers prescribed by the constitution and laws of the state.
Section 32(a). The charter of the city of St. Louis now existing, or as hereafter amended or revised, may be amended or revised for city or county purposes from time to time by the initiative as provided in such charter, or by proposals therefor submitted by the lawmaking body of the city to the qualified voters thereof, at a general or special election held at least sixty days after the publication of such proposals, and accepted by three-fifths of the qualified electors voting for or against each of said amendments so submitted. Any such amendments so accepted shall take effect immediately, except as therein otherwise provided.
[Section 32(b). The lawmaking body of the city may order an election by the qualified voters of the city of a board of thirteen freeholders of such city to prepare a new or revised charter of the city, which shall be in harmony with the constitution and laws of the state, and shall provide, among other things for a chief executive and a house or houses of legislation to be elected by general ticket or by wards. Such new or revised charter shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the city at an election to be held not less than twenty nor more than thirty days after the order therefor, and if a majority of the qualified voters voting at the election ratify the new or revised charter, then said charter shall become the organic law of the city and shall take effect, except as otherwise therein provided, sixty days thereafter, and supersede the old charter of the city and amendments thereto.]