Missouri Proposition 1, Increasing General Assembly Salary Measure (1930)
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| Topic Salaries of government officials |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Missouri Proposition 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Missouri on November 4, 1930. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported amending the Missouri State Constitution to increase General Assembly members' compensation for limited session days, regulate committee expenses and House employees, require incorporation of amendments in pending bills before passage, and establish a legislative revision program every ten years. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the Missouri State Constitution to increase General Assembly members' compensation for limited session days, regulate committee expenses and House employees, require incorporation of amendments in pending bills before passage, and establish a legislative revision program every ten years. |
Election results
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| Yes | 218,812 | 36.77% | ||
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376,233 | 63.23% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 1 was as follows:
| “ | Proposition No. 1- Submitted by General Assembly.- Constitutional amendment repealing Sections 16, 29 and 41, Article IV, Missouri Constitution, and enacting in lieu thereof three new sections increasing compensation of members of General Assembly to ten dollars per day for the first fifty days of special sessions and for the first one hundred days of regular sessions with no compensation thereafter. Fixing compensation and expense of committees of both Houses. Limiting the number of employees of either House of the General Assembly. Providing for the incorporation in a pending bill by printing therein, before passage, all amendments thereto adopted by either House. Providing a revision program for 1939 and every ten years thereafter. | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Missouri Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Missouri General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 82 votes in the Missouri House of Representatives and 18 votes in the Missouri State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
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