Missouri constitutional issues

Constitutional Amendment No. 1

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended so that the citizens of the City of St. Louis may amend or revise their present charter to provide for and reorganize their county functions and offices, as provided in the constitution and laws of the state?

The estimated fiscal impact of this proposed measure to state and local governments is $0.

Constitutional Amendment No. 2

Shall Article XIII of the Missouri Constitution be amended to permit specified firefighters and ambulance personnel, and dispatchers of fire departments, fire districts, ambulance districts and ambulance departments, and fire and emergency medical services dispatchers of dispatch agencies, to organize and bargain collectively in good faith with their employers through representatives of their own choosing and to enter into enforceable collective bargaining contracts with their employers concerning wages, hours, binding arbitration and all other terms and conditions of employment, except that nothing in this amendment shall grant to the aforementioned employees the right to strike?

The annual costs to paid fire departments and districts, ambulance departments and districts, and dispatch agencies to enter into collective bargaining contracts are approximately $251,600 to $3,145,000, depending upon the number of entities entering into such contracts.

Constitutional Amendment No. 3

Shall Article III, Section 8 of the Missouri Constitution be amended to exclude from the calculations of term limits for members of the General Assembly, service of less than one-half of a legislative term resulting from a special election held after Dec. 5, 2002?

The estimated fiscal impact of this proposed measure to state and local governments is $0.

Constitutional Amendment No. 4

Shall joint boards or commissions, established by contract between political subdivisions, be authorized to own joint projects, to issue bonds in compliance with then applicable requirements of law, the bonds not being indebtedness of the state or political subdivisions, and such activities not to be regulated by the Public Service Commission?

This measure provides potential savings of state revenue and imposes no new costs.

Constitutional Convention

Shall there be a convention to revise and amend the Constitution?