File #: 16734    Version: 0 Name: supporting Proposition C on the 11/4/08 ballot
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/13/2008 In control: Legislature As A Whole
On agenda: 10/13/2008 Final action: 10/20/2008
Title: A RESOLUTION supporting Proposition C on the November 4, 2008, ballot, and encouraging local voters to support the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative.
Sponsors: Scott Burnett
Indexes: PROPOSITION C
Attachments: 1. 16734 adopted
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
 
 
Title
A RESOLUTION supporting Proposition C on the November 4, 2008, ballot, and encouraging local voters to support the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative.
 
 
Intro
RESOLUTION #16734, October 13, 2008
 
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, County Legislators
 
 
Body
WHEREAS, Proposition C, the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, requires Missouri investor-owned electric utilities to obtain two percent (2%) of their electricity from renewable sources by the year 2011, and fifteen percent (15%) of their electricity from renewable sources by the year 2021; and,
 
WHEREAS, the Legislature supports the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, as it will create jobs, it is good for the public health and environment, and it protects consumers from high energy costs; and,  
 
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative is passed on the November ballot; now therefore,
 
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature supports Proposition C, the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, and encourages all Jackson County voters to support this Initiative.
 
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
 
 
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Deputy County Counselor                        County Counselor
      
 
Certificate of Passage
 
      I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #16734 of October 13, 2008, was duly passed on October 20, 2008 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:
 
      Yeas ________7_________            Nays _______2______
 
      Abstaining ______0_______            Absent ______0______
 
 
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Date                                          Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature