Missouri Laws 116.155 – Official summaries and fiscal notes may be included in ballot measures, ..
1. The general assembly may include the official summary statement and a fiscal note summary in any statewide ballot measure that it refers to the voters.
2. The official summary statement approved by the general assembly shall, taken together with the approved fiscal note summary, be the official ballot title and such summary statement shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles. The title shall be a true and impartial statement of the purposes of the proposed measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice either for or against the proposed measure.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 116.155
- Official ballot title: means the summary statement and fiscal note summary prepared for all statewide ballot measures in accordance with the provisions of this chapter which shall be placed on the ballot and, when applicable, shall be the petition title for initiative or referendum petitions. See Missouri Laws 116.010
- Statewide ballot measure: means a constitutional amendment submitted by initiative petition, the general assembly or a constitutional convention. See Missouri Laws 116.010
3. The fiscal note summary approved by the general assembly shall contain no more than fifty words, excluding articles, which shall summarize the fiscal note prepared for the measure in language neither argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure.