2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE IX SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS
Chapter 116 Initiative and Referendum
Section 116.334 Petition approval required, procedure to obtain petition title or summary statement--rejection or approval of petition, procedure--circulation of petition prior to approval, effect.
Petition approval required, procedure to obtain petition title or summary statement--rejection or approval of petition, procedure--circulation of petition prior to approval, effect.
116.334. 1. If the petition form is approved, the secretary of state shall within ten days prepare and transmit to the attorney general a summary statement of the measure which shall be a concise statement not exceeding one hundred words. This statement shall be in the form of a question using language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure. The attorney general shall within ten days approve the legal content and form of the proposed statement.
2. Signatures obtained prior to the date the official ballot title is certified by the secretary of state shall not be counted.
(L. 1985 H.B. 543 2, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
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