SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 86

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LOEHNER (Sponsor), FUNDERBURK, DUGGER, GUERNSEY, WILSON (119), WALLACE, MUNZLINGER, FISHER (125), SATER, COX, SMITH (14), SCHAD, SANDER, BROWN (149), SMITH (150), SCHLOTTACH, ALLEN AND WELLS (Co-sponsors).

4617L.02I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

JOINT RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment to article I of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting one new section relating to the right to raise animals.

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 following the first Monday in November, 2010, 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 I of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:

            Section A. Article I, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adding one new section, to be known as section 35, to read as follows:

            Section 35. That citizens of the state have a right to raise animals in a humane manner which promotes the animals' health and survival without the state imposing an undue economic burden on their owners.

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