CCS SCS HB 142 -- POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

This bill changes the laws regarding political subdivisions.  In
its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Requires the auditor in a charter county to annually
inventory any county property with an original value of $1,000 or
more.  Currently, the auditor of a first classification county
with a charter form of government must annually inventory any
county property with an original value of $250 or more (Section
55.030, RSMo);

(2)  Authorizes any city, town, village, sewer district, or water
supply district to impose, upon voter approval, a fee of up to $1
per month or $12 annually for each line providing water service
to residential property having four or fewer dwelling units for
the purpose of repair or replacement due to failure of the water
lines extending from the water main to the residential dwelling.
The fee may be added to the general tax levy bill of the property
owner and collected in the same manner and to the same extent as
delinquent real estate taxes and tax bills (Section 67.319);

(3)  Authorizes any city in which voters have approved fees to
recover costs associated with the enforcement of certain housing,
property maintenance, or nuisance ordinances to issue a special
tax bill against the property to recover the costs which is to be
collected in the same manner as the collection of real estate
taxes (Section 67.451);

(4)  Authorizes the Boone County Collector, upon certification by
the community improvement district, to add the district's special
assessment to the annual real estate tax bill for the property
and to collect the assessment in the same manner as the
collection of real estate taxes (Section 67.1521);

(5)  Authorizes the board of commissioners of Tower Grove Park to
adjust the size of its membership upon the approval of a majority
of its members (Section 90.101);

(6)  Allows a public administrator to request the transfer of any
case to the jurisdiction of another county by filing a petition
for transfer and requires the court to transfer the case if the
requirements for venue are met and the administrator of the
receiving county consents to the transfer.  The receiving county
court must appoint, without the necessity of a hearing, its
public administrator as successor guardian and/or successor
conservator and issue the appropriate letters.  In the case of a
conservatorship, the final settlement of the public
administrator's conservatorship must be filed in the original
county within 30 days of the transfer and forwarded to the
receiving county upon audit and approval (Section 475.115);
and

(7)  Adds the City of St. Joseph to the list of cities authorized
to establish an administrative adjudication system for certain
municipal code violations.  The cities of Kansas City, St.
Joseph, and St. Louis are authorized to establish, by order or
ordinance, an administrative system for adjudicating housing,
property maintenance, and nuisance municipal code violations and
to issue a special tax bill to collect fines issued for these
code violations (Section 479.011).

Missouri House of Representatives
96th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 9, 2011 at 1:14 pm