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2004-01 RE: Consumer Clean Energy Act
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Larry Rice
9823 State Road AE
New Bloomfield, MO 65063 |
Contact Larry Rice at (573) 896-8912 for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on December 9, 2002. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on December 20, 2002.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Missouri statutes be amended so that a customer of a public utility may generate electricity from hydrogen fuel cells, solar cells, wind power generators, biomass generating, or any combination of the same, and sell excess electricity back to the public utility at the same rate the customer is paying the public utility for electricity?
There appears to be no direct fiscal impact on state and local governments. The indirect fiscal impact on state and local governments, if any, is unknown.
2004-02 RE: Consumer Clean Energy Act
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| Submitted by: |
Larry Rice
9823 State Road AE
New Bloomfield, MO 65063 |
Contact Larry Rice at (573) 896-8912 for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on February 5, 2003. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on February 19, 2003.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
CONSUMER CLEAN ENERGY ACT BALLOT LANGUAGE
Shall the Missouri Clean Energy Act (Section 386.887, RSMo), be amended to require the Missouri Public Service Commission, not the public utility, to set the rates for the sale of excess electricity generated by a customer back to the public utility; require a public utility to pay such a customer any credits owed but unused; require the Missouri Public Service Commission to establish equipment standards and requirements; and require the public utility, not the customer, to pay all expenses for installing the measuring equipment and controls, as well as any additional expenses?
2004-003 RE: Gambling on the White River in Rockaway Beach
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Douglas S. Stone
700 West 47th Street, Suite 1000
Kansas City, MO 64112-1802 |
Contact Douglas S. Stone (816) 753-1000 for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on June 10, 2003. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on July 11, 2003.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to authorize floating gambling facilities on or adjacent to the White River in Rockaway Beach, Missouri, to be licensed and regulated consistent with all other floating facilities in the State of Missouri, with fifty percent of the state revenues generated in the current year to be used for uniform salary supplement grants to all high quality teachers employed in priority schools, and the remaining state revenues generated in the current year to be distributed to all priority school districts on a per pupil basis for capital improvements to education facilities?
This constitutional amendment will generate annual direct gaming revenue ranging from $39.9 to $49.0 million for the state and $10.2 to $12.4 million for the local government, subject to local voter approval and licensing by the State Gaming Commission. The amount of indirect revenue or expense, if any, is unknown.
2004-004 RE: Education and Health Care Protection Amendment
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Husch & Eppenberger, LLC |
Contact for further information. Doug Burnett 102 East High, PO Box 1247 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone Number (573) 638-2695
Petition sample form approved for circulation on November 26, 2003. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on December 15, 2003.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to adopt an Education and Health Care Protection Amendment authorizing a temporary sales and use tax, the specific amount determined by the director of revenue not exceeding one cent per dollar, if the commissioner of administration certifies a fiscal emergency (when state revenue falls below adjusted amounts collected in 2001), proceeds to be deposited into an annually-audited trust fund used only for elementary and secondary education and for health care services for those enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program, the amendment to be terminated in 2010, unless extended by vote of the people?
The constitutional amendment could generate net sales and use tax revenues only if the conditions for a fiscal emergency exist. The range of sales and use tax generated would be dependent on the level of fiscal emergency, as determined by the drop in revenue. The indirect fiscal impact on state and local governments, if any, is unknown.
2004-007 RE: Education and Health Care Protection Amendment
(Statutory Amendment Version Two)
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Husch & Eppenberger, LLC |
Contact for further information. Doug Burnett 102 East High, PO Box 1247 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone Number (573) 638-2695
Petition sample form approved for circulation on December 2 , 2003. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on December 24 , 2003.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Missouri law be amended to enact an Education and Health Care Protection Act increasing sales and use taxes by one cent per dollar in 2005, 2006, and 2007, the proceeds to be deposited into an annually-audited trust fund and used only for elementary and secondary education and for health care services for those enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program?
The statutory change would impose a temporary additional sales and use tax of one percent, which would generate additional net revenue of approximately $602 million in 2005, $616 million in 2006, and $632 million in 2007. The indirect fiscal impact on state and local governments, if any, is unknown.
2004-010 RE: Highway and transportation petition (version 2)
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Husch & Eppenberger, LLC |
Contact for further information. Rodney Gray
221 Bolivar Street, Suite 300
PO Box 1069
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-636-8135
Petition sample form approved for circulation on February 17 , 2004 . Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on March 2, 2004.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require that all revenues from the existing motor vehicle fuel tax (less collection costs) be used only for state and local highways, roads and bridges, and also require that vehicle taxes and fees paid by highway users be used only for constructing and maintaining the state highway system (less collection costs, refunds and highway patrol law enforcement costs), except that up to half of such vehicle taxes and fees, phased in over four years, will go into a state road bond fund to repay state highway bonds?
The constitutional amendment has a zero net fiscal impact. The amendment increases funding for the Department of Transportation to be used for transportation purposes only and limits the use of highway user fee revenues by other state agencies. The indirect fiscal impact on state and local governments, if any, is unknown.
2004-012 RE: Electoral Reform -- Version 1
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Mr. Brad Ketcher
The Ketcher Law Firm, LLC |
Contact Lois Ernst at 816-545-4891 (PO Box 32031, Kansas City, MO 64114) or the Ketcher Law Firm, LLC at www.ketcher.com for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on March 5, 2004. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on March 22, 2004.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Missouri law be amended to eliminate the present winner-take-all method of choosing electors for president and vice president and instead require that electors be chosen as follows: two at-large electors allocated to the party or person that wins the statewide vote and the remaining electors elected by congressional district, the highest vote getter in each district to be that district's elector, with this provision to take effect February 1, 2005?
The proposed statutory change would have a zero estimated fiscal impact to the state and local governments.
2004-013 RE: Electoral Reform -- Version 2
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Mr. Brad Ketcher
The Ketcher Law Firm, LLC |
Contact Lois Ernst at 816-545-4891 (PO Box 32031, Kansas City, MO 64114) or the Ketcher Law Firm, LLC atwww.ketcher.com for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on March 5, 2004. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on March 22, 2004.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Missouri law be amended to eliminate the present winner-take-all method of choosing electors for president and vice president and instead require that electors be chosen as follows: two at-large electors allocated to the party or person that wins the statewide vote and the remaining electors elected by congressional district, the highest vote getter in each district to be that district's elector, with this provision to take effect November 2, 2004?
The proposed statutory change would have a zero estimated fiscal impact to the state and local governments.
2004-014 RE: Electoral Reform -- Version 3
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Mr. Brad Ketcher
The Ketcher Law Firm, LLC |
Contact Lois Ernst at 816-545-4891 (PO Box 32031, Kansas City, MO 64114) or the Ketcher Law Firm, LLC atwww.ketcher.com for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on March 5, 2004. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on March 22, 2004.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Missouri law be amended to eliminate the present winner-take-all method of choosing electors for president and vice president and instead require that electors be allocated based on the proportion of votes each presidential ticket receives statewide, with the electors required to vote for the candidates of the party that nominated them, this provision to take effect February 1, 2005?
The proposed statutory change would have a zero estimated fiscal impact to the state and local governments.
2004-015 RE: Electoral Reform -- Version 4
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Mr. Brad Ketcher
The Ketcher Law Firm, LLC |
Contact Lois Ernst at 816-545-4891 (PO Box 32031, Kansas City, MO 64114) or the Ketcher Law Firm, LLC atwww.ketcher.com for further information.
Petition sample form approved for circulation on March 5, 2004. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on March 22, 2004.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall Missouri law be amended to eliminate the present winner-take-all method of choosing electors for president and vice president and instead require that electors be allocated based on the proportion of votes each presidential ticket receives statewide, with the electors required to vote for the candidates of the party that nominated them, this provision to take effect November 2, 2004?
The proposed statutory change would have a zero estimated fiscal impact to the state and local governments.
2004-016 RE: Highway and transportation petition (version 4)
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| Submitted by: |
Husch & Eppenberger, LLC |
Contact for further information. Rodney Gray
221 Bolivar Street, Suite 300
PO Box 1069
Jefferson City, MO 65102
573-636-8135
Petition sample form approved for circulation on March 5, 2004. Official ballot title certified by Secretary of State on March 12, 2004.
OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BY SECRETARY OF STATE
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require that all revenues from the existing motor vehicle fuel tax (less collection costs) be used only for state and local highways, roads and bridges, and also require that vehicle taxes and fees paid by highway users be used only for constructing and maintaining the state highway system (less collection costs, refunds and highway patrol law enforcement costs), except that up to half of such vehicle taxes and fees, phased in over four years, will go into a state road bond fund to repay state highway bonds?
The constitutional amendment has a zero net fiscal impact. The amendment increases funding for the Department of Transportation to be used for transportation purposes only and limits the use of highway user fee revenues by other state agencies. The indirect fiscal impact on state and local governments, if any, is unknown.