116.050. Initiative and referendum petitions, requirements. — 1. Initiative and referendum petitions filed under the provisions of this chapter shall consist of pages of a uniform size. Each page, excluding the text of the measure, shall be no larger than eight and one-half by fourteen inches. Each page of an initiative petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the proposed measure. Each page of a referendum petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the measure on which the referendum is sought.
2. The full and correct text of all initiative and referendum petition measures shall:
(1) Contain all matter which is to be deleted included in its proper place enclosed in brackets and all new matter shown underlined;
(2) Include all sections of existing law or of the constitution which would be repealed by the measure; and
(3) Otherwise conform to the provisions of Article III, Section 28 and Article III, Section 50 of the Constitution and those of this chapter.
Notes of Decisions
Ritter v. Mo. Sec'y of State John Ashcroft, 561 S.W.3d 74 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 14× “§ 2(b) of the Missouri Constitution (Count I); (2) that the Petition amends multiple articles of the Missouri Constitution in violation of Article III, § 50 and Article XII, § 2(b) (Count II); (3) that the Petition failed to properly set forth the text of the proposed measure,…”
Knight v. Carnahan, 282 S.W.3d 9 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 12× “Compliance with Section 116.050 Appellants also claim error in the trial court’s dismissal of their claims under section 116.”
Am. Civil Liberties Union of Missouri & Sara E. Baker v. John R. Ashcroft, 577 S.W.3d 881 (Mo. Ct. App. 2019).
· cites it 7× “030 provides that the exemplar form "shall be substantially the form of each page of referendum petitions on any law passed by the general assembly of the State of Missouri," and that "[i]f this form is followed substantially and the requirements of section 116.050 and section…”
Anita Marie Kuehner v. Jason Kander, 442 S.W.3d 224 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 10× “(Appellants) appeal the trial court’s judgment that Initiative Petition 2014-024 neither infringes upon Article XII, section 2(b), or Article III, section 50, of the Missouri *226 Constitution, nor violates section 116.050. 1 We affirm. Factual and Procedural Background The…”
Union Elec. Co. v. Kirkpatrick, 678 S.W.2d 402 (Mo. 1984).
· cites it 6× “Section 116.050, RSMo Supp.1983, requires that each page of an initiative petition shall be attached to or shall contain a full and correct text of the proposed measure.”
Busch v. Carnahan, 320 S.W.3d 757 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010).
“Count I generally alleged that the proposed initiative petition did not comply *759 with the requirements of Sections 116.050, 1 116.180, and 116.010(4), and Sections 50 and 28 of Article III of the Missouri Constitution, and therefore the Secretary of State should have rejected…”
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