SECOND REGULAR SESSION

CORRECTED

HOUSE BILL NO. 1171

88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE TATE.

Read 1st time January 17, 1996 and 1000 copies ordered printed.

DOUGLAS W. BURNETT, Chief Clerk

L2576.01I

AN ACT

To repeal section 620.158, RSMo 1994, relating to the Missouri rural economic development council, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject, with an expiration date.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 620.158, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 620.158, to read as follows:

620.158. 1. The council, after appropriate study, shall adopt a comprehensive state rural investment guide consisting of policy statements, objectives, standards, and program criteria to guide state agencies in establishing and implementing programs relating to rural development. The guide must recognize the community and economic needs, and food and agricultural policy, and the resources of rural Missouri, and provide a plan to coordinate and allocate public and private resources to the rural areas of the state. The council shall submit the guide to the appropriate committees of the general assembly.

2. Sections 620.155 to 620.158 shall expire on June 30, [2000] 2010.