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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION NO. 147
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE T A YLOR (48).
4417H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 38(b) of
Article III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu
thereof relating to the blind pension fund.
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 III of the Constitution of the state
5 of Missouri:
Section A. Section 38(b), Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one
2 new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 38(b), to read as follows:
Section 38(b). The general assembly shall provide an annual [ tax of not less than one-
2 half of one cent nor more than three cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of all taxable
3 property to be levied and collected as other taxes, ] appr opriation for the purpose of
4 providing a fund to be appropriated and used for the pensioning of the deserving blind as
5 provided by law . The amount appr opriated each year shall be at least the same amount
6 the general assembly appr opriated to the fund for the 2026-27 fiscal year . Any balance
7 remaining in the fund after the payment of the pensions may be appropriated for the adequate
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.
8 support of the commission for the blind, and any remaining balance shall be transferred to the
9 distributive public school fund.
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