Read 1st time February 1, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 67.1062 and 67.1063, RSMo 1994, relating to the homeless assistance program, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Sections 67.1062 and 67.1063, RSMo 1994, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 67.1062 and 67.1063, to read as follows:
67.1062. As used in sections 67.1062 to 67.1071, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words and phrases mean:
(1) "Agency", an entity which provides housing-related assistance to homeless persons or the repair or replacement of uninhabitable or derelict housing structures which are in violation of the county housing code, and shall include not-for-profit housing partnerships as defined in 24 CFR Part 92 or successor regulations;
(2) "City", any city not within a county;
(3) "County", a county of the first class having a charter form of government;
(4) "Designated authority", the board, commission, agency, or other body designated under the provisions of section 67.1065 as the authority to administer the allocation and distribution of funds to agencies;
(5) "Homeless", an involuntary state characterized by a lack of habitable housing or shelter.
67.1063. 1. The governing body of the county may provide for a program of assistance to homeless persons, including the repair or replacement of uninhabitable or derelict housing structures which are in violation of the county housing code, as provided by sections 67.1062 to 67.1071. The governing body is hereby authorized to impose by order or ordinance the fee provided by subsection 2 or 3 of this section in order to finance this program.
2. In addition to the fees imposed in section 59.319, RSMo, a user fee of three dollars shall be charged and collected on all instruments recorded with the recorder of deeds, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the recording of any instrument, but such fee shall not become effective unless the governing body of the county submits to the voters of the county a proposal to authorize the county to impose such fee and a majority of the votes cast on the proposal are in favor of the proposal.
3. In addition to the fees imposed in section 59.319, RSMo, and in subsection 2 of this section, in any county with
a population over nine hundred thousand, a user fee of three dollars shall be charged and collected on all
instruments recorded with the recorder of deeds, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition
precedent to the recording of any instrument, but such fee shall not become effective unless the governing body of
the county submits to the voters of the county a proposal to authorize the county to impose such fee and a
majority of the votes cast on the proposal are in favor of the proposal. If the proposal is approved, the fee shall
be forwarded to the executive of the county for distribution to any agency, as defined in section 67.1062, which
renovates or rehabilitates uninhabitable or derelict housing structures for the purpose of sale at market rates to
market rate buyers.
Missouri House of Representatives