CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES

HB 28 --- Sponsor: Day, David

Authorizes the City of Waynesville to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax for a multipurpose conference and convention center HB 145 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: Curls, Shalonn

Establishes the Duty Free Zones Act HB 147 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard

Establishes the School Improvement District Act HB 155 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob

Increases the maximum penalties that third class cities can impose for ordinance violations HB 169 --- Sponsor: Jones, Timothy W. --- CoSponsor: Schad, Rodney

Changes the laws regarding certain city sales taxes HB 181 --- Sponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P. --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike

Changes the laws regarding landlords and tenants HB 202 --- Sponsor: Sander, Therese --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Requires all counties, excluding the City of St. Louis, to establish and maintain 911 addressing where enhanced 911 service has been approved HB 207 --- Sponsor: McGhee, Mike

Prohibits a municipality or utility company from requiring an owner of a premises to pay delinquent utility bills for his or her occupants HB 214 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System HB 334 --- Sponsor: Burnett, John P. --- CoSponsor: Stevenson, Bryan P.

Changes the laws regarding probation costs and maximum fines for municipal ordinance violations and court contracts with private collection entities HB 338 --- Sponsor: Kelly, Chris

Authorizes the City of Ashland to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax for the promotion of tourism HB 340 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike

Designates December 25 of each year to be known as Christmas and requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays HB 396 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob

Changes the laws regarding the service of process in cases where a city or county is a party in a suit HB 416 --- Sponsor: Pratt, Bryan --- CoSponsor: Tilley, Steven

Changes the laws regarding fire department employee residency requirements HB 450 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Casey, Ron

Prohibits third class cities from imposing storm water usage fees on property owned by any church, public school, nonprofit organization, or political subdivision HB 463 --- Sponsor: Zimmerman, Jake --- CoSponsor: Low, Beth

Allows municipalities and other political subdivisions to conduct elections using instant runoff voting procedures HB 468 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob --- CoSponsor: Frame, Michael

Reduces the amount of excess revenues generated by fines for moving traffic violations that municipalities must send to the Department of Revenue HB 538 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob --- CoSponsor: Burlison, Eric

Grants immunity to certain entities and their employees against suits brought by an individual who engaged in uncompensated work or community service as part of a deferred prosecution agreement HB 541 --- Sponsor: Kraus, Will --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Specifies that any fine collected for a red light violation by an entity utilizing an automated photo red light enforcement system must be given to the local school district where the infraction occurred HB 548 --- Sponsor: Salva, Ray

Authorizes the City of Sugar Creek to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax for the promotion of tourism HB 564 --- Sponsor: Scavuzzo, Luke --- CoSponsor: Molendorp, Chris

Authorizes the City of Peculiar to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments HB 565 --- Sponsor: Ruzicka, Don --- CoSponsor: Franz, Ward

Allows the cities of Monett and West Plains to fill nonpartisan positions without an election if the number of candidates filing for the positions is equal to the number of positions available HB 572 --- Sponsor: Corcoran, Michael George

Authorizes cities with at least 5,000 inhabitants to levy property taxes for certain municipal purposes HB 573 --- Sponsor: Schad, Rodney

Establishes a process for the City of Lake Ozark, upon voter approval, to withdraw from a certain special road district and to establish a new road district wholly within its city limits HB 574 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate --- CoSponsor: Holsman, Jason R.

Allows the City of Grandview to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax for the promotion of tourism HB 591 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Changes the laws regarding property taxation and requires tax rate rollbacks by school districts in reassessment years HB 702 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim

Allows municipalities to engage in technology business facility projects and exempts related transactions from local sales taxes HB 712 --- Sponsor: Curls, Shalonn --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike

Requires affordable housing to be included in any tax increment financing project which includes housing units and is approved after December 31, 2009 HB 786 --- Sponsor: Frame, Michael --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed

Prohibits any condemning authority from acquiring by eminent domain any real property of a commercial gun shop, hunting preserve, or shooting range HB 788 --- Sponsor: Corcoran, Michael George

Allows the City of St. Ann to revert back to a Group A city for the purpose of distributing county sales tax HB 790 --- Sponsor: Corcoran, Michael George

Authorizes the City of St. Ann to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of 1% for public safety improvements HB 801 --- Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark A.

Exempts political subdivisions from paying taxes levied by the state or other political subdivisions HB 828 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff

Establishes a procedure for residents of third class cities to petition the county council for the adoption or repeal of a city ordinance HB 829 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob

Allows joint venture financing of certain educational facilities HB 843 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Deeken, Bill

Increases the rate that all counties and certain cities are authorized to impose, upon voter approval, of a transient guest tax on each occupied room, per night from up to 5% to up to 7% HB 854 --- Sponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Requires any electronic version of municipal ordinances, resolutions, rules, orders, or bylaws authorized by the municipality to be accepted as evidence in all courts and places within the state HB 859 --- Sponsor: Dieckhaus, Scott --- CoSponsor: Lair, Mike

Reduces from three to one the number of required copies that must be filed and kept in the clerk's office of building or technical codes adopted by counties, fire protection districts, and municipalities HB 875 --- Sponsor: Largent, Scott --- CoSponsor: Leara, Mike

Requires political subdivisions to regulate firearms by adopting ordinances consistent with the weapons offenses and with the justification defense in state law HB 878 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah

Prohibits a political subdivision from imposing a fine or penalty on the owner of a pay telephone on his or her property for calls to the emergency telephone service from the pay telephone HB 884 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Holsman, Jason R.

Requires the governing body of a municipality or county, upon application, to authorize organizations of public safety officers to stand in a road to solicit charitable contributions HB 890 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Increases from $2 to $4 the additional surcharge that may be assessed in a criminal case by the governing body of any county or city having a domestic violence shelter HB 894 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Kuessner, J. C.

Changes the laws regarding certain city sales taxes and authorizes certain cities to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to 0.5% for the operation of public safety departments HB 930 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: Curls, Shalonn

Establishes the Duty Free Zones Act which authorizes the creation of tax-free or reduced-tax zones HB 940 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Kander, Jason

Establishes the Missouri False Claims Act HB 942 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe

Authorizes the City of St. Ann to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of 1% for public safety improvements HB 952 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike

Establishes the Independence Day Sales Tax Holiday which authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on certain purchases during the period of July 4 through July 31 HB 954 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Allows for the appointment of an acting county municipal court judge on a temporary basis if any judge of a county municipal court becomes ill or is otherwise unavailable HB 956 --- Sponsor: Englund, Vicki --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff

Establishes the Informed Growth Act which requires an economic impact study to be completed as part of a review of land use permit applications for large-scale retail developments HB 965 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L. --- CoSponsor: Self, Tom

Authorizes a percentage reduction in real and personal property taxes for property owners 70 years of age or older HB 976 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay

Specifies that the limit on the amount which can be expended on roads and streets within the limits of any city will not apply to any city in Christian County HB 977 --- Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark A. --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian

Establishes the Annual Sportsman Sales Tax Holiday Act which authorizes an annual state sales and use tax exemption on purchases of certain outdoor sportsman equipment HB 982 --- Sponsor: Lipke, Scott A.

Removes the requirement to hold an election in nonpartisan elections when there are the same number of candidates as open offices HB 992 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary

Exempts real property owned by individuals 65 years of age and older from increases in the tax rate and assessed valuation until the owner moves, sells the property, or fails to notify of continued eligibility HB 997 --- Sponsor: Diehl, John

Prohibits individuals who have been found guilty of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to certain crimes from qualifying as a candidate for elective public office HB 1053 --- Sponsor: Dieckhaus, Scott

Allows municipalities to annex research parks under certain circumstances HB 1081 --- Sponsor: Funderburk, Doug --- CoSponsor: Zerr, Anne

Allows fourth class cities to impose limited license taxes upon hotels and motels HB 1098 --- Sponsor: Sander, Therese

Changes the laws regarding certain public water supply districts HB 1112 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Brandom, Ellen

Establishes the Missouri Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act to implement the economic development provisions of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 HB 1135 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Allows any political subdivision to declare any real property blighted if the owner of the property cannot be contacted or located after five years HB 1136 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: LeBlanc, Roman Lee

Reduces the acreage requirements for eligibility under the Land Assemblage Tax Credit Program HB 1139 --- Sponsor: Leara, Mike

Requires a public entity, political subdivision, or governmental agency to have full ownership of any property obtained by the power of eminent domain HB 1145 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Changes the laws regarding the county special allocation fund HB 1161 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill

Changes the laws regarding elections and establishes the Election Consolidation Act of 2009 HJR 22 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Koenig, Andrew

Proposes a constitutional amendment eliminating the personal property tax and limiting the tax on real property to no more than 1% of the property's true value HJR 24 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Komo, Sam

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the requirements for taking property by the power of eminent domain HJR 25 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Komo, Sam

Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the authority of chartered cities or counties to take blighted property by eminent domain but authorizes them to enact ordiances to impose liens

SB 6 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Modifies when a city mayor shall vote on ordinances, resolutions, and motions before the city's governing body

SB 7 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Modifies various provisions relating to political subdivisions

SB 67 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Authorizes municipalities to allow golf carts and motorized wheelchairs to be operated upon city streets

SB 75 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act

SB 164 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Modifies provisions of law authorizing the imposition of various taxes by local governments

SB 165 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Modifies provisions of law authorizing the imposition of various taxes by local governments

SB 168 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Modifies provisions of law authorizing the imposition of various taxes by local governments

SB 174 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxation

SB 187 --- Sponsor: Vogel, Carl
: Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments

SB 248 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Modifies provisions of law authorizing the imposition of various taxes by local governments

SB 284 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
: Modifies the provisions governing fire department residency requirements

SB 351 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Modifies provisions of law regarding sales tax refunds

SB 359 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Changes how a local government withdraws from a regional planning commission

SB 377 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Allows municipalities to annex research parks under certain circumstances

SB 387 --- Sponsor: Barnitz, Frank A.
: Allows the City of Waynesville to impose a transient guest tax

SB 419 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Expands the required representation on solid waste management councils to include communities of less than 500 people

SB 447 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David
: Authorizes a city sales tax to fund public safety improvement

SB 489 --- Sponsor: Dempsey, Tom
: Allows cities to impose license taxes upon hotels and motels

SB 507 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Authorizes the City of Sugar Creek to impose a transient guest tax

SB 510 --- Sponsor: Lager, Brad
: Repeals provisions of law authorizing the imposition and collection of nonresident earnings taxes by cities

SB 544 --- Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
: Modifies provisions regarding organizations soliciting charitable contributions on roadways

SJR 5 --- Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
: Requires all assessors, except in Jackson County, to be elected

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Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:30 am