Missouri AG Opinions, 1998

Review and rejection pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition proposing that the Missouri Constitution be amended by adding one new section to provide that persons elected to represent Missouri in the United States House of Representatives or Senate shall not support a governmental budget that spends in deficit.

Administrative law judges and legal advisors whose annual salary is specified in Section 287.615, RSMo 1994, are not paid accrued annual leave on termination of such employment, do not accumulate annual leave or sick leave under Section 36.350, RSMo 1994, and are entitled to the statutory salary regardless of the number of hours worked.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.160, RSMo, relating to Senate Substitute #2 for House Joint Resolution No. 39, 89 General Assembly, Second Regular Session (1998).

Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo Supp. 1997, relating to Senate Substitute #2 for House Joint Resolution No. 39, 89 General Assembly, Second Regular Session (1998).

With respect to the wearing of safety belts in trucks, pursuant to Section 307.178, RSMo Supp. 1997, 1) persons less than eighteen years of age operating or riding in a truck on a street or highway of this state, regardless of gross weight of the truck and regardless of whether in the front or second (back) seat of the truck and regardless of the date of manufacturing of the truck, are required to wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt, with exceptions for children less than 4 years of age, persons who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about their body, and certain persons involved in agricultural work-related activities, and 2) persons eighteen years of age or older are required to wear a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt when a driver or front seat passenger in a truck with a licensed gross weight of less than twelve thousand pounds that was manufactured after Jan. 1, 1968, operated on a street or highway in this state, with exceptions for certain employees of the United States Postal Service, persons who have a medical reason for failing to have a seat belt fastened about their body, and certain persons involved in agricultural work-related activities.

There is no violation of Section 313.004.10, RSMo 1994, when a person employed by an excursion gambling boat is elected and serves as a member of the board of directors of an ambulance district.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.160, RSMo, relating to House Committee Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 24, 89 General Assembly, Second Regular Session (1998).

Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo Supp. 1997, relating to House Committee Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution No. 24, 89 General Assembly, Second Regular Session (1998).

Sections 191.229 and 37.503, RSMo 1994, apply to not for profit human services organizations that provide habilitative services or rehabilitative services or both habilitative and rehabilitative services to people with disabilities in this state, and when such an organization has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities or the Accreditation Council on Services for People with Disabilities, that accreditation shall be deemed in lieu of and recognized as equivalent to any state licensure or certification requirements by the Missouri Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, when purchasing services on behalf of persons with disabilities.

Review and rejection pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition proposing a constitutional amendment to read: “The constitution of Missouri recognizes that personhood and humane life exist at the embryonic stage.”

Review and approval pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Section 39(e) of Article of the Missouri Constitution concerning riverboat gambling.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo Supp. 1997, regarding an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Article I of the Missouri Constitution by adopting one new section to be known as Section 33.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note and fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo Supp. 1997, regarding an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Article I of the Missouri Constitution by adopting one new section to be known as Section 33.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo Supp. 1997, regarding an initiative petition relating to a proposed law concerning campaign finance.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo Supp. 1997, regarding an initiative petition relating to a proposed law concerning campaign finance.

Review and approval pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Article I of the Missouri Constitution by adopting one new section to be known as Section 33.

Review and approval pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to a proposed law concerning campaign finance.

Review and rejection pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition apparently proposing a constitutional amendment to read: “The constitution of Missouri will recognize that personhood and humane life exist at the embryonic stage.”

Review and rejection pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition proposing the following language: “The constitution of Missouri will recognize that person hood and humane life begins at and exist at the embryonic stage.”

Review and rejection pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Article I of the Missouri Constitution by adopting on new section to be known as Section 33.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a fiscal note and fiscal note and fiscal note summary prepared pursuant to Section 116.175, RSMo Supp. 1997, regarding an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Section 39(e) of Article of the Missouri Constitution concerning riverboat gambling.

Review and approval of legal content and form of a summary statement prepared pursuant to Section 116.334, RSMo Supp. 1997, regarding an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Section 39(e) of Article of the Missouri Constitution concerning riverboat gambling.

Review and approval pursuant to Section 116.332, RSMo Supp. 1997, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to the amendment of Section 39(e) of Article of the Missouri Constitution concerning riverboat gambling.

For purposes of subsection 5 of Section 160.545, RSMo 1994, the West Plains Campus of Southwest Missouri State University is "any public community college or vocational or technical school" and entitled to reimbursement of the cost of tuition, books and fees as provided in that section.