Missouri Municipal Police Force Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Municipal Police Force Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Law enforcement | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Municipal Police Force Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
The measure would have provided for rules to govern the establishment and maintenance of a municipal police force in Kansas City.[1]
Text of measure
The ballot title was as follows:[2]
| “ | Shall Missouri law be amended to allow the transfer of a municipal police force from the board of police commission to a city of 400,000 or more inhabitants (Kansas City) which passes an ordinance accepting responsibility, ownership and liability for the police force, except that the State legal defense fund shall reimburse lawsuits or other actions which arise before transfer is complete; and prohibits any elected or appointed official from interfering with the performance or investigation of any officer, or retaliating against any officer for reporting illegal conduct?
State governmental entities estimate a savings up to $500,000 annually. Local governmental entities estimate an unknown positive fiscal impact.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of Petition 2018-103 is available here.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 5 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 100,126. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Marc Ellinger proposed the initiative.[1] Signatures were not filed for the initiative.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-103," December 14, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed January 12, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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