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Recent Missouri Initiative Petition Law
Matters
Missouri Education and Health Care Protection
Initiative Petition
Assisted Jefferson City based not-for-profit
in the drafting of a Missouri constitutional amendment to
protect state appropriations for education and Medicaid from
cuts during revenue downturns. Attorney for petition proponents
before the Missouri Secretary of State's Office and Missouri
Attorney General's Office on ballot language and signature
collection and verification issues. Attorney for proponents
on fiscal note issues before the Missouri State Auditor's
Office, Missouri Department of Revenue and the Missouri Office
of Administration.
Missouri Electoral Reform Initiative Petition
Lawyer for a not-for-profit corporation in drafting
and obtaining approvals from the Missouri Secretary of State's
Office and Missouri Attorney General's Office to circulate
a statutory initiative petition regarding the selection of
presidential electors in Missouri. Also represented client
before the State Auditor's Office regarding the fiscal note
for the ballot measure.
Missouri Electric Utility Tax Fairness Initiative
Petition
Counseled a coalition of electric utilities
in drafting and filing an initiative petition to standardize
state and local utility taxation in Missouri.
Missouri Transportation Tax Earmarking Initiative
Petition
Assisted a transportation coalition in securing
passage of a Missouri constitutional amendment initiative
petition requiring that transportation taxes be spent only
on transportation purposes.
Missouri Telecommunications Tax Initiative
Petition
Lawyer for a coalition of telecommunications
companies in drafting a proposed constitutional amendment
to standardize state and local telecommunications taxation
in Missouri.
Healthy Missouri Initiative Petition
Coordinated drafting of statutory initiative
petition to increase tobacco taxes and invest the proceeds
in health care, Medicaid, life sciences research, smoking
prevention and early childhood education.
Tobacco
Settlement Earmarking Initiative Petition
Assisted in the drafting of an initiative petition
to earmark Missouri tobacco settlement revenue for Medicaid
and other healthcare related purposes.
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