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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1999
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE GRAGG.
5558H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal sections 1 16.040 and 1 16.080, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to initiative petition circulators.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 1 16.040 and 1 16.080, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections
2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 1 16.040 and 1 16.080, to read as follows:
1 16.040. The following shall be substantially the form of each page of each petition
2 for any law or amendment to the Constitution of the state of Missouri proposed by the
3 initiative:
4 County ______
5 Page No. ______
6 It is a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions
7 of section [ 560.021 ] 558.002 , RSMo, to the contrary , for a term of
8 imprisonment not to exceed one year in the county jail or a fine not to
9 exceed ten thousand dollars or both, for anyone to sign any initiative
10 petition with any name other than his or her own, or knowingly to sign
11 his or her name more than once for the same measure for the same
12 election, or to sign a petition when such person knows he or she is not a
13 registered voter .
14 INITIA TIVE PETITION
15 T o the Honorable ______, Secretary of State for the state of Missouri:
16 W e, the undersigned, registered voters of the state of Missouri and ___
17 ___ County (or City of St. Louis), respectfully order that the following
EXPLANA TION — 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.
18 proposed law (or amendment to the constitution) shall be submitted to
19 the voters of the state of Missouri, for their approval or rejection, at the
20 general election to be held on the ______ day of ______, ______, and
21 each for himself or herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I
22 am a registered voter of the state of Missouri and ______ County (or
23 City of St. Louis); my registered voting address and the name of the
24 city , town or village in which I live are correctly written after my name.
25 (Off icial Ballot title) ______
26 CIRCULA T OR'S AFFIDA VIT
27 State Of Missouri,
28 County Of ______
29 I, ______, being first duly sworn, say (print or type names of signers)
NAME
DA TE
SIGNED
30 REGISTERED
31 VOTING
32 ADDRESS
ZIP
CODE
CONGR.
DIST . NAME
33 (Signature) (Street) (City , (Printed or
34 T own or
35 V illage) T yped)
36 (Here follow numbered lines for signers)
37 signed this page of the foregoing petition, and each of them signed his
38 or her name thereto in my presence; I believe that each has stated his or
39 her name, registered voting address and city , town or village correctly ,
40 and that each signer is a registered voter of the state of Missouri and __
41 ____ County .
42 FUR THERMORE, I HEREBY SWEAR OR AFFIRM UNDER
43 PENAL TY OF PERJUR Y THA T ALL ST A TEMENTS MADE BY ME
44 ARE TRUE AND CORRECT AND THA T I HA VE NEVER BEEN
45 CONVICTED OF , FOUND GUIL TY OF , OR PLED GUIL TY T O
46 ANY OFFENSE INVOL VING FORGER Y .
47 I am at least 18 years of age. [ I do ______ do not ______ (check one)
48 expect to be paid for circulating this petition. If paid, list the payer ___
49 ___ ]
50 _______________
51 Signature of Affiant
52 (Person obtaining signatures)
53 _______________
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54 (Printed Name of Af fiant)
55 _______________
56 Address of Af fiant
57 Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, A.D. _
58 _____
59 _______________
60 Signature of Notary
61 Address of Notary
62 Notary Public (Seal)
63 My commission expires ______
64
65 If this form is followed substantially and the requirements of section 1 16.050 and section
66 1 16.080 are met, it shall be suf ficient, disregarding clerical and merely technical errors.
1 16.080. 1. Each petition circulator shall be at least eighteen years of age and
2 registered with the secretary of state. Signatures collected by any circulator who has not
3 registered with the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter on or before 5:00 p.m. on the
4 final day for filing petitions with the secretary of state shall not be counted. A petition
5 circulator shall be deemed registered at the time such circulator delivers a signed circulator's
6 af fidavit pursuant to section 1 16.030, with respect to a referendum petition, or section
7 1 16.040, with respect to an initiative petition, to the of fice of the secretary of state. No person
8 shall qualify as a petition circulator who has been convicted of, found guilty of, or pled guilty
9 to an of fense involving forger y under the laws of this state or an of fense under the laws of any
10 other jurisdiction if that of fense would be considered for gery under the laws of this state.
11 Cir culators for initiative petitions shall not be paid.
12 2. Each petition circulator shall subscribe and swear to the proper af fidavit on each
13 petition page such circulator submits before a notary public commissioned in Missouri.
14 When notarizing a circulator's signature, a notary public shall sign his or her official signature
15 and affix his or her of ficial seal to the af fidavit only if the circulator personally appears before
16 the notary and subscribes and swears to the affidavi t in his or her presence.
17 3. Any circulator who falsely swears to a circulator's affidavi t knowing it to be false is
18 guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable, notwithstanding the provisions of section
19 [ 560.021 ] 558.002 to the contrary , for a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year in the
20 county jail or a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars or both.
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