MO SJR7

Submits to Missouri voters on November 2014 a constitutional amendment to repeal and replace sections 2, 5, and 7 of Article III regarding apportionment commissions for state legislative districts.

Requires apportionment commissions to comply with open meetings laws, with all meetings, records, and business open to public inspection and subject to public records laws.

Changes the disqualification period for commission members from four to ten years following their appointment before they may hold office in the general assembly.

Modifies commission procedures to require meetings within fifteen days of appointment (instead of fifteenth day) and specifies that commissioners organize by electing a chair, vice chair, and secretary with at least three public hearings scheduled.

Requires commissions to provide written justification for district boundary changes and allows for judicial apportionment by appellate court judges if commissions fail to file final plans within six months.