HJR 168

                                 SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                       HOUSE JOINT
                    RESOLUTION NO. 168
                           103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                          INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATHLEY.
 6747H.01I  JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
                                  JOINT RESOLUTION
 Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri an amendment repealing Section 18(b) of
       Article VI of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section in lieu
       thereof relating to the circuit clerk of a certain county.
 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
         That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday 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         Section A. Section 18(b), Article VI, Constitution of Missouri, is repealed and one
2 new section adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as Section 18(b), to read as follows:
         Section 18(b). The charter shall provide for its amendment, for the form of the county
2 government, the number, kinds, manner of selection, terms of office and salaries of the county
3 officers, and for the exercise of all powers and duties of counties and county officers
4 prescribed by the constitution and laws of the state; however, such charter shall, except for the
5 charter of any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred
6 thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, require the assessor of the
7 county to be an elected officer. Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution
 EXPLANATION — 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.
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8 to the contrary, the charter of St. Louis County shall provide that the circuit clerk of St.
9 Louis County shall be an elected officer.
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