SECOND REGULAR SESSION

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 61

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Reported from the Committee on Pensions and General Laws, March 28, 2000, with recommendation that the Senate Committee Substitute do pass.

TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

3765S.12C

JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article X of the Constitution of Missouri, by adding thereto one new section relating to the disposition of tobacco settlement funds.

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:

That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2000, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following amendment to article X of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

Section A.  Article X, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 18(f), to read as follows:

Section 18(f).  All moneys received by the state of Missouri which are the proceeds of any award or settlement resulting from a final order in any dispute between the state of Missouri and any company which manufactures, sells or promotes tobacco or tobacco products shall be deposited into the Missouri tobacco settlement trust fund, shall be excluded from "total state revenues" as defined in section 17 of this article and shall be subject to appropriation by the General Assembly for the following purposes only:

1.  Sixty percent of the moneys shall be used for health care and health research and development;

2.  Twenty percent of the moneys shall be used for tobacco and substance abuse education, prevention and cessation; and

3.  Twenty percent of the moneys shall be deposited into the "Emergency Budget Reserve Fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury and, upon two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house, shall be used to address any state emergency and any natural disaster.

Section B.  Pursuant to section 116.155, RSMo, the official ballot title shall be:

"Shall the tobacco settlement proceeds be excluded from total state revenue and used exclusively for the following purposes: 60% for health care and health research and development; 20% for tobacco and substance abuse initiatives; and 20% to address state emergencies and natural disasters?"

Pursuant to section 116.155, RSMo, the fiscal note summary shall be:

"Approval of this ballot measure excludes tobacco settlement proceeds in an amount of a projected maximum of one hundred thirty-five million dollars per year to two hundred seven million dollars per year from constitutional revenue limit calculations at no cost to the taxpayers."