Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 78

Optional Forms, Third Class Cities

←78.573

Section 78.575.1

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August 28, 2015

Form for submission of the question--repeal or amendment of ordinances adopted by initiative and referendum.

78.575. 1. The question shall be submitted in substantially the

following form:



Shall the following ordinance be (adopted) (repealed)? (Set out

ordinance).



2. Any ordinance proposed by petition, or which is adopted by a vote of

the people, cannot be repealed or amended by the council for a period of two

years after the adoption of the ordinance except by a unanimous vote of all

members of the council. Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon

at the same election. The council may submit a proposition for the repeal of

any such ordinance or for amendments thereto, to be voted upon at any

municipal election. Should the proposition receive a majority of the votes

cast thereon, it shall be repealed or amended accordingly.



(L. 1984 S.B. 632)







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