State Issues
GENERAL ELECTION
CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
Final Official Results
720 of 720 Precincts Reporting. (100%)

Constitutional Amendment No. 1
Proposed by the 91st General Assembly (First Regular Session) HS HJR 11 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended so that the citizens of the City of St. Louis may amend or revise their present charter to provide for and reorganize their county functions and offices, as provided in the constitution and laws of the state? The estimated fiscal impact of this proposed measure to state and local governments is $0.
Yes (For the Issue)   112	50,346
	66.01%
No (Against the Issue)   113	25,919
	33.99%

Constitutional Amendment No. 2
Proposed by Initiative Petition Shall Article XIII of the Missouri Constitution be amended to permit specified firefighters and ambulance personnel, and dispatchers of fire departments, fire districts, ambulance districts and ambulance departments and fire and emergency medical services dispatchers of dispatch agencies, to organize and bargain collectively in good faith with their employers through representatives of their own choosing and to enter into enforceable collective bargaining contracts with their employers concerning wages, hours, binding arbitration and all other terms and conditions of employment, except that nothing in this amendment shall grant to the aforementioned employees the right to strike? The annual costs to paid fire departments and districts, ambulance departments and districts, and dispatch agencies to enter into collective bargaining contracts are approximately $251,600 to $3,145,000, depending upon the number of entities entering into such contracts.
Yes (For the Issue)   121	54,295
	65.46%
No (Against the Issue)   122	28,644
	34.54%

Constitutional Amendment No. 3
Proposed by the 91st General Assembly (First Regular Session) HCS SJR 24 Shall Article III, Section 8 of the Missouri Constitution be amended to exclude, from the calculations of term limits for members of the General assembly, service of less than one-half of a legislative term resulting from a special election held after December 5, 2002? The estimated fiscal impact of this proposed measure to state and local government is $0.
Yes (For the Issue)   128	45,797
	60.86%
No (Against the Issue)   129	29,449
	39.14%

Constitutional Amendment No. 4
Proposed by the 91st General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SS SCS HCS HJR 47 Shall joint boards or commissions, established by contract between political subdivisions, be authorized to own joint projects, to issue bonds in compliance with then applicable requirements of law, the bonds not being indebtedness of the state or political subdivisions, and such activities not to be regulated by the Public Service Commission? This measure provides potential savings of state revenue and imposes no new costs.
Yes (For the Issue)   138	44,163
	60.81%
No (Against the Issue)   139	28,461
	39.19%

Statutory Measure - Proposition A
Proposed by Initiative Petition Shall Missouri law be amended to imposed an additional tax of 2.75 cents per cigarette (fifty-five cents per pack) and 20 percent on other tobacco products, with the new revenues placed into a Healthy Families Trust Fund to be used for the following purposes: hospital trauma care and emergency preparedness; health care treatment and access, including prescription drug assistance for seniors and health care initiatives for low income citizens, women, minorities and children; life sciences research, including medical research and the proper administration of funds for such research; smoking prevention; and grants for early childhood care and education? An additional tax of two and three-quarters cents per cigarette and an additional tax of twenty percent of the manufacturer's invoice price for tobacco products other than cigarettes would generate net annual state revenues of approximately $342,636,000: local fiscal impact, if any, is unknown.
Yes (For the Issue)   145	44,068
	54.36%
No (Against the Issue)   146	37,000
	45.64%

Constitutional Convention
Submitted by Matt Blunt, Secretary of State, State of Missouri, Mo. Const. Article XII, Sect. 3(a) Shall there be a convention to revise and amend the Constitution?
Yes (For the Issue)   149	35,822
	47.77%
No (Against the Issue)   150	39,165
	52.23%

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