HCS HB 752 -- TRANSPORTATION APPOINTEES

SPONSOR:  Dixon (Schieffer)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Transportation by a vote of 12 to 0.

This substitute eliminates the position of Transportation
Inspector General for the Joint Committee on Transportation
Oversight.

Currently, the two members of the Highways and Transportation
Commission, one from each political party, who have the most
seniority in commission service serve as commission leadership
with one as chair and the other as vice chair for a period of one
year.  At the end of the year, the chair and vice chair rotate.
If one of the commission leadership offices becomes vacant, the
commission elects one of its members from the same political
party as the vacating officer to serve the remainder of the term.
The substitute specifies that beginning March 1, 2010, the
commission will annually elect the two members for chair and vice
chair.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2010, FY 2011, and
FY 2012.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will allow a person
serving on the commission to decline serving as the chair or vice
chair of the commission.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Schieffer.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am