Bill Text: MO HB2456 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the State Sovereignty Commission
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Real ID and Personal Privacy (H) [HB2456 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HB2456-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES EMERY (Sponsor), TRACY, RUZICKA, LAIR, DOUGHERTY, ERVIN, STEVENSON, COX, DAVIS, DIECKHAUS, WILSON (119), BIVINS AND JONES (117) (Co-sponsors).
5365L.02I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 27, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the state sovereignty commission, with a referendum clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 27, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 27.155, to read as follows:
27.155. 1. There is hereby established the "State Sovereignty Commission", which shall:
(1) Identify proposed federal legislation that infringes on Missouri's state sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution;
(2) Advise and make recommendations to the Missouri General Assembly regarding any state legislation necessary to preserve the integrity and principles of the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution;
(3) Require each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation to make himself or herself available to the commission annually to answer inquiries regarding all votes cast or intended to be cast on proposed federal legislation that may affect Missouri's state sovereignty; and
(4) Refer cases to the attorney general when the federal government takes steps that require the state or a state officer to enact or enforce a provision of federal law that lies outside Congress's enumerated powers and intrudes on the sovereignty reserved to the states by the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The attorney general is authorized to seek appropriate relief to preserve the state's sovereignty.
2. The commission shall consist of seven members, two members appointed by the governor, two members appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate from among the members of the senate, two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives from among the members of the house of representatives, and one member appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court from among the members of the judiciary. The commission members shall serve without compensation, except that members shall, subject to appropriation, be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.
3. All members shall be appointed to serve two-year terms and may be appointed to successive terms. Any senator or member of the house of representatives who serves on the commission shall be removed from the commission upon the completion of their service in the general assembly. Any vacancy in the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
4. The commission shall hold an annual meeting at which it shall elect from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson. The commission may hold such additional meetings as may be required in the performance of its duties.
5. The governor, general assembly, and judiciary shall provide administrative support and staff as necessary for the effective operation of the commission from existing resources. Any expenditure of the commission shall be subject to appropriation.
Section B. This act is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state for approval or rejection at an election which is hereby ordered and which shall be held and conducted on Tuesday next following the first Monday in August, 2010, pursuant to the laws and constitutional provisions of this state for the submission of referendum measures by the general assembly, and this act shall become effective when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon at such election and not otherwise.
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