HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 180 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ELLIOTT.
6893H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to Article IV of the Constitution of Missouri, by adopting one new section relating to state department revenue from management of state natural resources.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next 2 following the first Monday in November, 2026, or at a special election to be called by the 3 governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for 4 adoption or rejection, the following amendment to Article IV of the Constitution of the state 5 of Missouri: Section A. Article IV, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adopting one new 2 section, to be known as Section 55, to read as follows: Section 55. 1. Any department of this state that receives any profit from such 2 department's management of the natural resources of this state shall remit some portion 3 or all of such profit to the county in which the natural resources are located, as provided 4 by general law. 5 2. The general assembly may enact laws to provide for the method and 6 proportion of any remittance to a county required under subsection 1 of this section. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.