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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 107
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE STEINMEYER.
4278H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment to Article VI of the Constitution
of Missouri, by adopting one new section relating to the separation of cities from
counties.
Be it r esolved by the House of Repr esentatives, the Senate concurring ther ein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on T uesday 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 VI of the Constitution of the state
5 of Missouri:
Section A. Article VI, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adopting one new
2 section, to be known as Section 34, to read as follows:
Section 34. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "City", the city of Kansas City;
3 (2) "Committee", the City-County T ransition Committee established in this
4 section;
5 (3) "County", Jackson County .
6 2. The res idents of the city and the res idents of the county may separate the city
7 fr om the county as pr ovided in this section. Upon such separation, the city shall
8 continue for city purposes as a home rule city and shall not be subject to any governance
9 by the county .
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.
10 3. (1) Ther e is here by established the "City-County T ransition Committee",
11 which shall:
12 (a) Consist of the following:
13 a. The mayor of the city , or the mayor's designee;
14 b. T wo members of the governing body of the city; and
15 c. Three members of the governing body of the county who neither r eside in nor
16 r epresent any part of the city;
17 (b) Establish the pr oposed plan r equir ed in this section and pr esent the pro posed
18 plan to the governing bodies of the city and the county; and
19 (c) Submit a pro gres s repo rt to the general assembly every six months until the
20 separation of the city fr om the county as pro vided in this section is complete.
21 (2) Befor e the end of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year
22 in which this section is adopted, the committee shall establish a prop osed plan for the
23 separation of the city fro m the county . No member of the county's governing body that
24 r epresent s the city or a portion ther eof shall participate in establishing the pro posed
25 plan. The county executive shall not participate in establishing the pr oposed plan.
26 (3) Such pro posed plan shall include, but not be limited to:
27 (a) Pr ovisions for all existing contracts or other agreements between the city and
28 the county or any other political subdivisions in the county to rem ain in effect until the
29 expiration or renewa l of such contracts or agreements ;
30 (b) A requ irem ent that the county will maintain control of any county sports
31 complex authority creat ed in such county under state law , ret ain ownership of any
32 pr operty owned by such authority , and be the local government party to any contracts
33 and agree ments between local government entities and a team that uses such sports
34 complex; and
35 (c) Pr ovisions governing the provi sion of the following in the city and the county
36 after separation:
37 a. Law enfor cement;
38 b. Public safety;
39 c. Courts and judicial systems;
40 d. T axation and tax reven ue management;
41 e. T ransportation infrastructur e including, but not limited to, roa ds, bridges and
42 public transit;
43 f. W ater services; and
44 g. W aste-management services.
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45 (4) After such pr oposed plan is established and pr esented to the governing
46 bodies of the city and the county , the governing bodies shall notify the election
47 authorities of the city and the county .
48 4. (1) Upon r eceiving such notification, the election authorities shall submit the
49 question of whether to separate the city fr om the county as prov ided by the pro posed
50 plan to the voters of the city and county on the next available day for any municipal
51 election.
52 (2) If a majority of the r egister ed voters of the city and a majority of the
53 r egister ed voters of the county voting on the question appr ove the separation of the city
54 fr om the county , the governing bodies of the city and the county shall begin the pro cess
55 of adopting and implementing the prop osed plan.
56 (3) If a majority of the r egister ed voters of the city and a majority of the
57 r egister ed voters of the county voting on the question r eject the separation of the city
58 fr om the county , no separation as described in the prop osed plan shall occur . Upon such
59 r ejection, the committee shall establish a new pro posed plan before the end of the
60 calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the pr oposed plan is
61 r ejected and follow the pr ocedur es described in subsection 3 of this section and in this
62 subsection until the question of whether to separate the city fr om the county as pr ovided
63 by the prop osed plan is appr oved.
64 5. If the adoption of this section is rejected by the qualified voters of this state
65 voting on the question in the general election or a special election held in 2026, the
66 question shall be res ubmitted to the qualified voters of this state in the general election
67 or a special election held in 2036 and every ten years ther eafter until the adoption of this
68 section is appr oved.
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