HOUSE BILL NO. 1305
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
To repeal sections 67.1062, 67.1063, 82.300, 214.131, 214.205, 260.210 and 513.605, RSMo 1994, and sections 32.105, 32.115, 67.1300, 135.205, 144.757, 144.759, 144.761, 214.030, 262.260, 441.500, 441.510, 441.520, 441.550, 441.590, 447.620, 447.622, 537.523 and 574.085, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to community cleanup activities, and to enact in lieu thereof forty-seven new sections relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions and an emergency clause for a certain section.
Section A. Sections 67.1062, 67.1063, 82.300, 214.131, 214.205, 260.210 and 513.605, RSMo 1994, and sections 32.105, 32.115, 67.1300, 135.205, 214.030, 262.260, 441.500, 441.510, 441.520, 441.550, 441.590, 447.620, 447.622, 537.523 and 574.085, RSMo Supp. 1999, are repealed and thirty-eight new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 32.105, 32.115, 34.047, 67.1062, 67.1063, 67.1300, 82.300, 82.1050, 91.066, 135.205, 205.571, 205.573, 205.575, 205.577, 214.030, 214.035, 214.131, 214.205, 260.210, 261.031, 261.032, 261.037, 261.038, 262.260, 441.500, 441.510, 441.520, 441.550, 441.590, 441.900, 447.620, 447.622, 513.605, 513.660, 537.523, 574.085, 620.018 and Section 1, to read as follows:
32.105. As used in sections 32.100 to 32.125, the following terms mean:
(1) "Affordable housing assistance activities", money, real or personal property, or professional services expended or devoted to the construction, or rehabilitation of affordable housing units;
(2) "Affordable housing unit", a residential unit generally occupied by persons and families with incomes at or below the levels described in this subdivision and bearing a cost to the occupant no greater than thirty percent of the maximum eligible household income for the affordable housing unit. In the case of owner-occupied units, the cost to the occupant shall be considered the amount of the gross monthly mortgage payment, including casualty insurance, mortgage insurance, and taxes. In the case of rental units, the cost to the occupant shall be considered the amount of the gross rent. The cost to the occupant shall include the cost of any utilities, other than telephone. If any utilities are paid directly by the occupant, the maximum cost that may be paid by the occupant is to be reduced by a utility allowance prescribed by the commission. Persons or families are eligible occupants of affordable housing units if the household combined, adjusted gross income as defined by the commission is equal to or less than the following percentages of the median family income for the geographic area in which the residential unit is located, or the median family income for the state of Missouri, whichever is larger; ("geographic area" means the metropolitan area or county designated as an area by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, for purposes of determining fair market rental rates):
Percent of State or
Geographic Area Family
Size of Household Median Income
One Person 35%
Two Persons 40%
Three Persons 45%
Four Persons 50%
Five Persons 54%
Six Persons 58%
Seven Persons 62%
Eight Persons 66%
(3) "Business firm", person, firm, a partner in a firm, corporation or a shareholder in an S corporation doing business in the state of Missouri and subject to the state income tax imposed by the provisions of chapter 143, RSMo, or a corporation subject to the annual corporation franchise tax imposed by the provisions of chapter 147, RSMo, or an insurance company paying an annual tax on its gross premium receipts in this state, or other financial institution paying taxes to the state of Missouri or any political subdivision of this state pursuant to the provisions of chapter 148, RSMo, or an express company which pays an annual tax on its gross receipts in this state;
(4) "Commission", the Missouri housing development commission;
(5) "Community services", any type of counseling and advice, emergency assistance or medical care furnished to individuals or groups in the state of Missouri or transportation services at below-cost rates as provided in sections 208.250 to 208.275, RSMo;
(6) "Crime prevention", any activity which aids in the reduction of crime in the state of Missouri;
(7) "Defense industry contractor", a person, corporation or other entity which will be or has been negatively impacted as a result of its status as a prime contractor of the Department of Defense or as a second or third tier contractor. A "second tier contractor" means a person, corporation or other entity which contracts to perform manufacturing, maintenance or repair services for a prime contractor of the Department of Defense, and a "third tier contractor" means a person, corporation or other entity which contracts with a person, corporation or other entity which contracts with a prime contractor of the Department of Defense;
(8) "Doing business", among other methods of doing business in the state of Missouri, a partner in a firm or a shareholder in an S corporation shall be deemed to be doing business in the state of Missouri if such firm or S corporation, as the case may be, is doing business in the state of Missouri;
(9) "Economic development", the acquisition, renovation, improvement, or the furnishing or equipping of existing buildings and real estate in distressed or blighted areas of the state when such acquisition, renovation, improvement, or the furnishing or equipping of the business development projects will result in the creation or retention of jobs within the state; or, until June 30, 1996, a defense conversion pilot project located in a standard metropolitan statistical area which contains a city with a population of at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, which will assist Missouri-based defense industry contractors in their conversion from predominately defense-related contracting to nondefense-oriented manufacturing. Only neighborhood organizations, as defined in subdivision (13) of this section, may apply to conduct economic development projects. Prior to the approval of an economic development project, the neighborhood organization shall enter into a contractual agreement with the department of economic development. Credits approved for economic development projects may not exceed four million dollars from within any one fiscal year's allocation. Neighborhood assistance program tax credits for economic development projects and affordable housing assistance as defined in section 32.111, may be transferred, sold or assigned by a notarized endorsement thereof naming the transferee;
(10) "Education", any type of scholastic instruction or scholarship assistance to an individual who resides in the state of Missouri that enables the individual to prepare himself or herself for better opportunities or community awareness activities rendered by a statewide organization established for the purpose of archeological education and preservation;
(11) "Homeless assistance pilot project", the program established pursuant to section 32.117;
(12) "Job training", any type of instruction to an individual who resides in the state of Missouri that enables the individual to acquire vocational skills so that the individual can become employable or be able to seek a higher grade of employment;
(13) "Neighborhood organization", any organization performing community services or economic development activities in the state of Missouri and:
(a) Holding a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury that the organization is exempt from income taxation pursuant to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code; or
(b) Incorporated in the state of Missouri as a not for profit corporation pursuant to the provisions of chapter 355, RSMo; or
(c) Designated as a community development corporation by the United States government pursuant to the provisions of Title VII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964; or
(d) Contributing funds to help finance a building or structure located within this state and used to sell agricultural food products grown or produced in Missouri by family farm corporations, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 350.010, RSMo, family farms as defined in subdivision (4) of section 350.010, RSMo, and value-added agricultural products produced by eligible new generation cooperatives, as defined in section 348.340, RSMo;
(14) "Physical revitalization", furnishing financial assistance, labor, material, or technical advice to aid in the physical improvement or rehabilitation of any part or all of a neighborhood area;
(15) "S corporation", a corporation described in Section 1361(a)(1) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and not subject to the taxes imposed by section 143.071, RSMo, by reason of section 143.471, RSMo;
(16) "Workfare renovation project", any project initiated pursuant to sections 215.340 to 215.355, RSMo.
32.115. 1. The department of revenue shall grant a tax credit, to be applied in the following order until used, against:
(1) The annual tax on gross premium receipts of insurance companies in chapter 148, RSMo;
(2) The tax on banks determined pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 148.030, RSMo;
(3) The tax on banks determined in subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of section 148.030, RSMo;
(4) The tax on other financial institutions in chapter 148, RSMo;
(5) The corporation franchise tax in chapter 147, RSMo;
(6) The state income tax in chapter 143, RSMo; and
(7) The annual tax on gross receipts of express companies in chapter 153, RSMo.
2. For proposals approved pursuant to section 32.110:
(1) The amount of the tax credit shall not exceed fifty percent of the total amount contributed during the taxable year by the business firm or, in the case of a financial institution, where applicable, during the relevant income period in programs approved pursuant to section 32.110;
(2) Except as provided in subsection 2 or 5 of this section, a tax credit of up to seventy percent may be allowed for contributions to programs where activities fall within the scope of special program priorities as defined with the approval of the governor in regulations promulgated by the director of the department of economic development;
(3) Except as provided in subsection 2 or 5 of this section, the tax credit allowed for contributions to programs located in any community shall be equal to seventy percent of the total amount contributed where such community is a city, town or village which has fifteen thousand or less inhabitants as of the last decennial census and is located in a county which is either located in:
(a) An area that is not part of a standard metropolitan statistical area;
(b) A standard metropolitan statistical area but such county has only one city, town or village which has more than fifteen thousand inhabitants; or
(c) A standard metropolitan statistical area and a substantial number of persons in such county derive their income from agriculture.
Such community may also be in an unincorporated area in such county as provided in subdivision (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection. Except in no case shall the total economic benefit of the combined federal and state tax savings to the taxpayer exceed the amount contributed by the taxpayer during the tax year;
(4) Such tax credit allocation, equal to seventy percent of the total amount contributed, shall not exceed four million dollars in fiscal year 1999 and six million dollars in fiscal year 2000 and any subsequent fiscal year. When the maximum dollar limit on the seventy percent tax credit allocation is committed, the tax credit allocation for such programs shall then be equal to fifty percent credit of the total amount contributed. Regulations establishing special program priorities are to be promulgated during the first month of each fiscal year and at such times during the year as the public interest dictates. Such credit shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually except as provided in subdivision (5) of this subsection. No tax credit shall be approved for any bank, bank and trust company, insurance company, trust company, national bank, savings association, or building and loan association for activities that are a part of its normal course of business. Any tax credit not used in the period the contribution was made may be carried over the next five succeeding calendar or fiscal years until the full credit has been claimed. Except as otherwise provided for proposals approved pursuant to section 32.111, 32.112 or 32.117, in no event shall the total amount of all other tax credits allowed pursuant to sections 32.100 to 32.125 exceed thirty-two million dollars in any one fiscal year, of which six million shall be credits allowed pursuant to section 135.460, RSMo. If six million dollars in credits are not approved, then the remaining credits may be used for programs approved pursuant to sections 32.100 to 32.125;
(5) The credit may exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars annually and shall not be limited if community services, crime prevention, education, job training, physical revitalization or economic development, as defined by section 32.105, is rendered in an area defined by federal or state law as an impoverished, economically distressed, or blighted area or as a neighborhood experiencing problems endangering its existence as a viable and stable neighborhood, or if the community services, crime prevention, education, job training, physical revitalization or economic development is limited to impoverished persons.
3. For proposals approved pursuant to section 32.111:
(1) The amount of the tax credit shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the total amount invested in affordable housing assistance activities or market rate housing in distressed communities as defined in section 135.530, RSMo, by a business firm. Whenever such investment is made in the form of an equity investment or a loan, as opposed to a donation alone, tax credits may be claimed only where the loan or equity investment is accompanied by a donation which is eligible for federal income tax charitable deduction, and where the total value of the tax credits herein plus the value of the federal income tax charitable deduction is less than or equal to the value of the donation. Any tax credit not used in the period for which the credit was approved may be carried over the next ten succeeding calendar or fiscal years until the full credit has been allowed. If the affordable housing units or market rate housing units in distressed communities for which a tax is claimed are within a larger structure, parts of which are not the subject of a tax credit claim, then expenditures applicable to the entire structure shall be reduced on a prorated basis in proportion to the ratio of the number of square feet devoted to the affordable housing units or market rate housing units in distressed communities, for purposes of determining the amount of the tax credit. The total amount of tax credit granted for programs approved pursuant to section 32.111 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991, shall not exceed two million dollars, to be increased by no more than two million dollars each succeeding fiscal year, until the total tax credits that may be approved reaches ten million dollars in any fiscal year;
(2) For any year during the compliance period indicated in the land use restriction agreement, the owner of the affordable housing rental units for which a credit is being claimed shall certify to the commission that all tenants renting claimed units are income eligible for affordable housing units and that the rentals for each claimed unit are in compliance with the provisions of sections 32.100 to 32.125. The commission is authorized, in its discretion, to audit the records and accounts of the owner to verify such certification;
(3) In the case of owner-occupied affordable housing units, the qualifying owner occupant shall, before the end of the first year in which credits are claimed, certify to the commission that the occupant is income eligible during the preceding two years, and at the time of the initial purchase contract, but not thereafter. The qualifying owner occupant shall further certify to the commission, before the end of the first year in which credits are claimed, that during the compliance period indicated in the land use restriction agreement, the cost of the affordable housing unit to the occupant for the claimed unit can reasonably be projected to be in compliance with the provisions of sections 32.100 to 32.125. Any succeeding owner occupant acquiring the affordable housing unit during the compliance period indicated in the land use restriction agreement shall make the same certification;
(4) If at any time during the compliance period the commission determines a project for which a proposal has been approved is not in compliance with the applicable provisions of sections 32.100 to 32.125 or rules promulgated therefor, the commission may within one hundred fifty days of notice to the owner either seek injunctive enforcement action against the owner, or seek legal damages against the owner representing the value of the tax credits, or foreclose on the lien in the land use restriction agreement, selling the project at a public sale, and paying to the owner the proceeds of the sale, less the costs of the sale and less the value of all tax credits allowed herein. The commission shall remit to the director of revenue the portion of the legal damages collected or the sale proceeds representing the value of the tax credits. However, except in the event of intentional fraud by the taxpayer, the proposal's certificate of eligibility for tax credits shall not be revoked.
4. For proposals approved pursuant to section 32.112, the amount of the tax credit shall not exceed fifty-five percent of the total amount contributed to a neighborhood organization by business firms. Any tax credit not used in the period for which the credit was approved may be carried over the next ten succeeding calendar or fiscal years until the full credit has been allowed. The total amount of tax credit granted for programs of neighborhood organizations defined pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision (13) of section 32.105 approved pursuant to section 32.112 shall not exceed one million dollars for each fiscal year and the total amount of tax credit granted for programs of neighborhood organizations defined pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision (13) of section 32.105 approved pursuant to section 32.112 shall not exceed five million dollars per fiscal year for fiscal years 2002 to 2006.
5. The total amount of tax credits used for market rate housing in distressed communities pursuant to sections 32.100 to 32.125 shall not exceed thirty percent of the total amount of all tax credits authorized pursuant to sections 32.111 and 32.112.
34.047. The commissioner of administration shall provide a five-percent bidding preference for agricultural food products produced by an eligible new generation cooperative. As used in this section, "eligible new generation cooperative" means a nonprofit cooperative association formed pursuant to chapter 274, RSMo.
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 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 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 housing structures for the purpose of sale at market rates to market rate buyers.
67.1300. 1. The governing body of any of the contiguous counties of the third classification without a township form of government enumerated in subdivisions (1) to (5) of this subsection or in any county of the fourth classification acting as a county of the second classification, having a population of at least forty thousand but less than forty-five thousand with a state university, and adjoining a county of the first classification with part of a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants or a county of the third classification with more than fifteen townships having a population of at least twenty-one thousand inhabitants or a county of the third classification without a township form of government and with a population of at least seven thousand four hundred but less than eight thousand inhabitants or any county of the third classification with a population greater than three thousand but less than four thousand or any county of the third classification with a population greater than six thousand one hundred but less than six thousand four hundred or any county of the third classification with a population greater than six thousand eight hundred but less than seven thousand or any county of the third classification with a population greater than seven thousand eight hundred but less than seven thousand nine hundred or any county of the third classification with a population greater than eight thousand four hundred sixty but less than eight thousand five hundred or any county of the third classification with a population greater than nine thousand but less than nine thousand two hundred or any county of the third classification with a population greater than ten thousand five hundred but less than ten thousand six hundred or any county of the third classification with a population greater than twenty-three thousand five hundred but less than twenty-three thousand seven hundred or a county of the third classification with a population greater than thirty-three thousand but less than thirty-four thousand or a county of the third classification with a population greater than twenty thousand eight hundred but less than twenty-one thousand or a county of the third classification with a population greater than fourteen thousand one hundred but less than fourteen thousand five hundred or a county of the third classification with a population greater than twenty thousand eight hundred fifty but less than twenty-two thousand or a county of the third classification with a population greater than thirty-nine thousand but less than forty thousand or a county of the third classification with a township form of organization and a population greater than twenty-eight thousand but less than twenty-nine thousand or a county of the third classification with a population greater than fifteen thousand but less than fifteen thousand five hundred or a county of the third classification with a population greater than eighteen thousand but less than nineteen thousand seventy or a county of the third classification with a population greater than thirteen thousand nine hundred but less than fourteen thousand four hundred or a county of the third classification with a population greater than twenty-seven thousand but less than twenty-seven thousand five hundred or a county of the first classification without a charter form of government and a population of at least eighty thousand but not greater than eighty-three thousand or a county of the third classification with a population greater than fifteen thousand but less than fifteen thousand nine hundred without a township form of government which does not adjoin any county of the first, second or fourth classification or a county of the third classification with a population greater than twenty-three thousand but less than twenty-five thousand without a township form of government which does not adjoin any county of the second or fourth classification and does adjoin a county of the first classification with a population greater than one hundred twenty thousand but less than one hundred fifty thousand or in any county of the fourth classification acting as a county of the second classification, having a population of at least forty-eight thousand, or any county of the first classification with a population greater than one hundred twenty thousand but less than one hundred seventy thousand, or any county of the third classification with a population greater than twenty-one thousand nine hundred but less than twenty-three thousand, or any governing body of a municipality located in any of such counties may impose, by ordinance or order, a sales tax on all retail sales made in such county or municipality which are subject to taxation pursuant to the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525, RSMo:
(1) A county with a population of at least four thousand two hundred inhabitants but not more than four thousand five hundred inhabitants;
(2) A county with a population of at least four thousand seven hundred inhabitants but not more than four thousand nine hundred inhabitants;
(3) A county with a population of at least seven thousand three hundred inhabitants but not more than seven thousand six hundred inhabitants;
(4) A county with a population of at least ten thousand one hundred inhabitants but not more than ten thousand three hundred inhabitants; and
(5) A county with a population of at least four thousand three hundred inhabitants but not more than four thousand five hundred inhabitants.
2. The maximum rate for a sales tax pursuant to this section shall be one percent for municipalities and one-half of one percent for counties.
3. The tax authorized by this section shall be in addition to any and all other sales taxes allowed by law, except that no ordinance or order imposing a sales tax pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be effective unless the governing body of the county or municipality submits to the voters of the county or municipality, at a regularly scheduled county, municipal or state general or primary election, a proposal to authorize the governing body of the county or municipality to impose a tax. Any sales tax imposed pursuant to this section shall not be authorized for a period of more than five years.
4. Such proposal shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the (city, town, village or county) of ............. impose a sales tax of ............. (insert amount) for the purpose of economic development in the (city, town, village or county)?
YES NO
If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance or order and any amendments thereto shall be in effect on the first day of the second quarter after the director of revenue receives notice of adoption of the tax. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body of the county or municipality shall not impose the sales tax authorized in this section until the governing body of the county or municipality resubmits another proposal to authorize the governing body of the county or municipality to impose the sales tax authorized by this section and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon; however no such proposal shall be resubmitted to the voters sooner than twelve months from the date of the submission of the last such proposal.
5. All revenue received by a county or municipality from the tax authorized pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited in a special trust fund and shall be used solely for economic development purposes within such county or municipality for so long as the tax shall remain in effect.
6. Once the tax authorized by this section is abolished or is terminated by any means, all funds remaining in the special trust fund shall be used solely for economic development purposes within the county or municipality. Any funds in such special trust fund which are not needed for current expenditures may be invested by the governing body in accordance with applicable laws relating to the investment of other county or municipal funds.
7. All sales taxes collected by the director of revenue pursuant to this section on behalf of any county or municipality, less one percent for cost of collection which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund after payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in section 32.087, RSMo, shall be deposited in a special trust fund, which is hereby created, to be known as the "Local Economic Development Sales Tax Trust Fund".
8. The moneys in the local economic development sales tax trust fund shall not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The director of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of money in the trust fund and which was collected in each county or municipality imposing a sales tax pursuant to this section, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of the county or municipality and the public.
9. Not later than the tenth day of each month the director of revenue shall distribute all moneys deposited in the trust fund during the preceding month to the county or municipality which levied the tax. Such funds shall be deposited with the county treasurer of each such county or the appropriate municipal officer in the case of a municipal tax, and all expenditures of funds arising from the local economic development sales tax trust fund shall be by an appropriation act to be enacted by the governing body of each such county or municipality. Expenditures may be made from the fund for any economic development purposes authorized in the ordinance or order adopted by the governing body submitting the tax to the voters.
10. The director of revenue may authorize the state treasurer to make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and credited to any county or municipality for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such counties and municipalities.
11. If any county or municipality abolishes the tax, the county or municipality shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal and the director of revenue may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such county or municipality, the director of revenue shall remit the balance in the account to the county or municipality and close the account of that county or municipality. The director of revenue shall notify each county or municipality of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the county or municipality.
12. Except as modified in this section, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo, shall apply to the tax imposed pursuant to this section.
13. For purposes of this section, the term "economic development" is limited to the following:
(1) Operations of economic development or community development offices, including the salaries of employees;
(2) Provision of training for job creation or retention;
(3) Provision of infrastructure and sites for industrial development or for public infrastructure projects; and
(4) Refurbishing of existing structures and property relating to community development.
82.300. 1. Any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county may enact all needful ordinances for preserving order, securing persons or property from violence, danger and destruction, protecting public and private property and for promoting the general interests and ensuring the good government of the city, and for the protection, regulation and orderly government of parks, public grounds and other public property of the city, both within and beyond the corporate limits of such city; and to prescribe and impose, enforce and collect fines, forfeitures and penalties for the breach of any provisions of such ordinances and to punish the violation of such ordinances by fine or imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment; but no fine shall exceed five hundred dollars nor imprisonment exceed twelve months for any such offense, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section.
2. Any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county which operates a publicly owned treatment works in accordance with an approved pretreatment program [under] pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. and chapter 644, RSMo, may enact all necessary ordinances which require compliance by an industrial user with any pretreatment standard or requirement. Such ordinances may authorize injunctive relief or the imposition of a fine of at least one thousand dollars but not more than five thousand dollars per violation for noncompliance with such pretreatment standards or requirements. For any continuing violation, each day of the violation shall be considered a separate offense.
3. Any city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants may enact all needful ordinances to protect public and private property from illegal and unauthorized dumping and littering, and to punish the violation of such ordinances by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed twelve months for each offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
82.1050. 1. Beginning January 1, 2001, any landlord who leases real property located in any city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants or in any city not within a county shall submit a registration form to the governing body of such city pursuant to this section.
2. The registration form shall be developed by the governing body of such city and shall contain:
(1) The name, personal address, business address and telephone numbers of the landlord;
(2) The address of each property located in the city that is owned and leased by the landlord;
(3) The name, address and phone number of a person who will serve as a legal representative of the landlord for purposes of receiving public safety violations, code violations or other violations of any kind involving the property listed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. In the event no legal representative is named pursuant to this subdivision, the landlord shall serve as his or her own legal representative for purposes of this subdivision; and
(4) Any other information that the governing body of such city deems necessary to enhance compliance with city public safety and code regulations.
3. The city shall compile the registration forms submitted pursuant to this section for the purposes of ensuring greater efficiency in compliance with, and enforcement of, local public safety and code regulations. On or before July 1, 2002, and on or before every July first thereafter, the city shall issue a report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate as to the effectiveness of the compilation of the forms in ensuring greater efficiency in compliance with, and enforcement of, public safety and code regulations.
4. The provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply to landlords owning or leasing five or fewer lots or properties.
5. This section shall be of no force and effect on or after January 1, 2006.
6. No more than $25.00 per property may be charged for a registration fee.
91.066. Beginning August 28, 2000, no municipality having a municipally-owned or operated water service shall purchase any part of any public water supply district that is located wholly outside the boundaries of such municipality.
135.205. For purposes of sections 135.200 to 135.256, an area must meet all the following criteria in order to qualify as an enterprise zone:
(1) The area is one of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress;
(2) At least sixty-five percent of the residents living in the area have incomes below eighty percent of the median income of all residents within the state of Missouri according to the last decennial census or other appropriate source as approved by the director;
(3) The resident population of the area must be at least four thousand but not more than seventy-two thousand at the time of designation as an enterprise zone if the area lies within a metropolitan statistical area, as established by the United States Census Bureau; or, if the area does not lie within a metropolitan statistical area, the resident population of the area at the time of designation must be at least one thousand but not more than [twenty] twenty-five thousand inhabitants. If the population of the jurisdiction of the governing authority does not meet the minimum population requirements set forth in this subdivision, the population of the area must be at least fifty percent of the population of the jurisdiction; provided, however, no enterprise zone shall be created which consists of the total area within the political boundaries of a county; and
(4) The level of unemployment of persons, according to the most recent data available from the division of employment security or from the United States Bureau of Census and approved by the director, within the area exceeds one and one-half times the average rate of unemployment for the state of Missouri over the previous twelve months, or the percentage of area residents employed on a full-time basis is less than fifty percent of the statewide percentage of residents employed on a full-time basis.
205.571. Sections 205.571 to 205.577 shall be known and may be cited as the "Family and Community Trust Act".
205.573. 1. There is hereby created the "Family and Community Trust". The trust shall be governed by a board which shall include the directors of the departments of corrections, elementary and secondary education, health, labor and industrial relations, economic development, mental health, public safety and social services. The board shall also include nine private sector members of various backgrounds reflective of the geographic and demographic diversity of the state, including persons with evaluation expertise and experience with business partnerships, with knowledge of community organization and support systems, and of the needs and circumstances of children and families. Members shall be residents of the state of Missouri or have their principal place of business in Missouri. The private sector members shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, based on recommendations from private and public community-based organizations or individuals. Additional department directors may be appointed; however, an additional private sector member shall be appointed for each additional department director appointed. Private sector members shall serve staggered three-year terms and shall serve no more than two consecutive terms. The governor may appoint nonvoting members to the trust as deemed appropriate by the governor and the trust board.
2. The board shall elect from among its membership cochairpersons, one each from the public and private sectors. Members of the board shall receive no compensation, but may receive reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the board.
3. The purpose of the trust is to provide leadership through a public-private partnership, in collaboration with community agencies and organizations, to measurably improve the well-being of Missouri's families, children, individuals and communities, and encourage collaboration among public and private entities to build and strengthen comprehensive community-based support systems. The trust shall also coordinate its efforts with other statewide boards and commissions to advise the governor and legislature on statewide goals and objectives to improve the well-being of Missouri's families, children, individuals and communities through the efficient and effective coordination of state resources.
4. Any political subdivision in the state by way of their governing entity may adopt a public-private partnership model for their political entity or region. Upon such favorable action, all state agencies identified by the trust in this section shall participate and collaborate with the local political subdivision.
205.575. 1. The trust, a body corporate and politic, shall have the following powers together with all other powers incidental thereto or necessary for the performance thereof; provided, however, that the trust shall not supersede the statutory authority of the state departments:
(1) To receive, accept and utilize gifts, grants, donations, contributions, money, property, facilities and services, with or without consideration, from any person, firm, corporation, foundation or other entity, or from this state or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof, from the United States government or any agency, instrumentality thereof, for the purpose of providing sustained technical support and training for state agencies and communities in their attempts to improve the well-being of Missouri's families, children, individuals and communities. Technical training and support shall be available through representatives of state agencies, existing community agencies, community development specialists and qualified researchers;
(2) To create plans, in collaboration with community agencies and state agencies, that identify a common core of measurable results across communities, that assure accountability, and that incorporate interagency and community strategies and other initiatives to improve the well-being of families, children, individuals and communities;
(3) To monitor the implementation of and evaluate the effectiveness of the action plans in achieving the measurable results across the state;
(4) To devise strategies to respond to any federal fiscal policy changes affecting programs which impact on the well-being of families, children, individuals and communities in this state, including those changes required by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, P.L. 104-193, as amended.
2. The trust shall be responsible for advising the governor and the general assembly on state budget or policy changes necessary to achieve:
(1) Accountability for measurable results;
(2) Bringing services closer to where families live and work, and children attend school;
(3) Active community involvement in local decision making to measurably improve the well-being of families, children, individuals and communities;
(4) Using dollars more flexibly and effectively to meet community needs and priorities consistent with the appropriations process of the general assembly and state policy goals.
3. The trust shall hold at least two public hearings a year. One of these hearings shall be held prior to the development of the departmental budget proposals and the trust shall provide its budget proposals to anyone requesting such proposals prior to the hearing. All other meetings of the trust shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 610, RSMo.
205.577. 1. There is hereby established the "Family and Community Trust Legislative Oversight Committee". The committee shall be comprised of five members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house with no more than three members from any one political party and five members of the senate appointed by the president pro tem of the senate with no more than three members from any one political party.
2. The committee shall:
(1) Ensure that the family and community trust is overseeing the state's progress in meeting the goal of improving the well-being of families, children, individuals and communities; and
(2) Ensure accountability for expenditures of public moneys and measurement of the effectiveness of the plans.
214.030. The cemetery lots owned by such county, city, town or village shall be conveyed by deed signed by the mayor or commissioner of said county, city, town or village, duly attested by the [city] clerk of such county, city, town or village, or other officer performing the duties of clerk, and shall vest in the purchaser, his or her heirs and assigns, a right in fee simple to such lot for the sole purpose of interment [under] pursuant to the regulations of the council or commission, except that such fee simple right may be revested in the county, city, town or village pursuant to section 214.035.
214.035. 1. For purposes of this section, the term "lot owner" means the purchaser of the cemetery lot or such purchaser's heirs, administrators, trustees, legatees, devisees, or assigns.
2. Whenever a county, city, town or village has acquired real estate for the purpose of maintaining a cemetery or has acquired a cemetery from a cemetery association, and such county, city, town or village or its predecessor in title has conveyed any platted lot or designated piece of ground within the area of such cemetery, and the governing body of such county, city, town or village is the governing body of such cemetery pursuant to section 214.010, the title to any conveyed platted lots or designated pieces of ground, other than ground in which dead human remains are actually buried and all ground within two feet thereof, may be revested in the county, city, town or village in the following manner and subject to the following conditions:
(1) No interment shall have been made in the lot and the title to such lot shall have been vested in the present owner for a period of at least fifty years prior to the commencement of any proceedings pursuant to this section;
(2) If the lot owner of any cemetery lot is a resident of the county where the cemetery is located, the governing body shall cause to be served upon such lot owner a notice that proceedings have been initiated to revest the title of such lot in the county, city, town or village and that such lot owner may within the time provided by the notice file with the clerk or other officer performing the duties of clerk of such county, city, town or village, as applicable, a statement in writing explaining how rights in the cemetery lot were acquired and such person's desire to claim such rights in the lot. The notice shall be served in the manner provided for service of summons in a civil case and shall provide a period of not less than thirty days in which the statement can be filed. If the governing body ascertains that the statement filed by the lot owner is correct and the statement contains a claim asserting the rights of the lot owner in the lot, all proceedings by the governing body to revest title of the lot in the county, city, town or village shall be null and void and such proceedings shall be summarily terminated by the governing body as to the lots identified in the statement;
(3) If it is determined by the return of the sheriff of the county in which the cemetery is located that the lot owner is not a resident of the county and cannot be found in the county, the governing body may cause the notice required by subdivision (2) of this subsection to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county, city, town or village. Such notice shall contain a general description of the title revestment proceedings to be undertaken by the governing body pursuant to the section, lot numbers and descriptions and lot owners' names. In addition, the notice shall notify the lot owner that such lot owner may, within the time provided, file with the clerk or other officer performing the duties of a clerk a statement setting forth how such lot owner acquired rights in the cemetery lot and that such lot owner desires to assert such rights. If the governing body ascertains that the statement filed by the lot owner is correct and the statement contains a claim asserting the rights of the lot owner in the lot, all proceedings by the governing body to revest title to the lot in the county, city, town or village shall be null and void and such proceedings shall be summarily terminated by the governing body as to the lots identified in the statement;
(4) All notices, with proofs of service, mailing and publication of such notices, and all ordinances or other resolutions adopted by the governing body relative to these revestment proceedings shall be made a part of the records of such governing body;
(5) Upon expiration of the period of time allowed for the filing of statements by lot owners as contained in the notice served personally, by mail or published, all parties who fail to file with the clerk, or other officer performing the duties of clerk in such county, city, town or village, their statement asserting their rights in the cemetery lots shall be deemed to have abandoned their rights and claims in the lot, and the governing body may bring an action in the circuit court of the county in which the cemetery is located against all lot owners in default, joining as many parties so in default as it may desire in one action, to have the rights of the parties in such lots or parcels terminated and the property restored to the governing body of such cemetery free of any right, title or interest of all such defaulting parties or their heirs, administrators, trustees, legatees, devisees or assigns. Such action in all other respects shall be brought and determined in the same manner as ordinary actions to determine title to real estate;
(6) In all such cases the fact that the grantee, holder or lot owner has not, for a term of more than fifty successive years, had occasion to make an interment in the cemetery lot and the fact that such grantee, holder or lot owner did not upon notification assert a claim in such lot, pursuant to this section, shall be prima facie evidence that the party has abandoned any rights such party may have had in such lot;
(7) A certified copy of the judgments in such actions quieting title may be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds in and for the county in which the cemetery is situated;
(8) All notices and all proceedings pursuant to this section shall distinctly describe the portion of such cemetery lot unused for burial purposes and the county, city, town or village shall leave sufficient ingress to, and egress from, any grave upon the lot, either by duly dedicated streets or alleys in the cemetery, or by leaving sufficient amounts of the unused portions of the cemetery for such purposes;
(9) This section shall not apply to any lot in any cemetery where a perpetual care contract has been entered into between such cemetery, the county, city, town or village and the owner of such lot;
(10) Compliance with the terms of this section shall as fully revest the county, city, town or village with, and divest the lot owner of record of, the title to such portions of such cemetery lot unused for burial purposes as though the lot had never been conveyed to any person, and such county, city, town or village, shall have, hold and enjoy such unclaimed portions of such lots for its own uses and purposes, subject to the laws of this state, and to the charter, ordinances and rules of such cemetery and the county, city, town or village.
214.131. Every person who shall knowingly destroy, mutilate, disfigure, deface, injure or remove any tomb, monument or gravestone, or other structure placed in any abandoned family cemetery or private burying ground, or any fence, railing, or other work for the protection or ornamentation of any such cemetery or place of burial of any human being, or tomb, monument or gravestone, memento, or memorial, or other structure aforesaid, or of any lot within such cemetery is guilty of [a class A misdemeanor] institutional vandalism pursuant to section 574.085, RSMo. For the purposes of this section and subsection 1 of section 214.132, an "abandoned family cemetery" or "private burying ground" shall include those cemeteries or burying grounds which have not been deeded to the public as provided in chapter 214, and in which no body has been interred for at least twenty-five years.
214.205. 1. If any cemetery not described in section 214.090 is found to be in violation of a city, town, village or county nuisance ordinance for failure to cut grass or weeds, or care for graves, grave markers, walls, fences, driveways or buildings, the governing body of such city, town, village or county shall be authorized to take those actions necessary to restore and maintain the cemetery, and the governing body shall be authorized to charge the expenses of such actions against the cemetery. If actions are taken by a city, town, village or county pursuant to this subsection, the city, town, village or county may assess all true costs of restoration, maintenance and operation against any responsible person, partnership or corporation whether such person, partnership or corporation is a lessee, lessor, equitable title holder or legal title holder to the unmaintained cemetery. Any city, town, village or county which assesses costs pursuant to this section reserves the right to pursue any and all legal, equitable or criminal remedies to collect such assessed costs. Any city, town, village or county which pursues a civil remedy pursuant to this section may employ independent attorneys and law firms to collect the costs of restoration, maintenance and operation of any unmaintained cemetery.
2. As used in this section, the term "abandoned cemetery" means any cemetery, except one described in section 214.090, in which, for a period of at least one year, there has been a substantial failure to cut grass or weeds or care for graves, grave markers, walls, fences, driveways and buildings or for which proper records have not been maintained pursuant to section 214.340.
3. Whenever the attorney general determines the existence of an abandoned cemetery in this state, the attorney general [shall immediately proceed to dissolve the cemetery] may file a petition in the circuit court of Cole County or the county within which the cemetery is located for an order dissolving the corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association or other entity owning the same. The petition shall name any person or entity that has recorded a lien on the property.
4. Upon a finding that a cemetery is an abandoned cemetery pursuant to this section, the circuit court shall dissolve the corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association or other entity owning such abandoned cemetery. The circuit court may partition one or more sections of an abandoned cemetery for satisfaction of valid liens after finding upon clear and convincing evidence that:
(1) A section to be partitioned does not contain any burial spaces within which human remains have been interred, or which have been sold or otherwise conveyed to another for the interment of human remains; and
(2) The partition of a section will not interfere with the normal operation, integrity and character of the remainder of the cemetery.
5. Upon the dissolution of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, association or other entity, the circuit court shall order that title to all property owned by the [cemetery corporation shall vest in] dissolved entity be transferred to the municipality or county in which the cemetery is located, [and] or, upon approval by the municipality or county, to a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, or religious or charitable association, that is unrelated to the previous cemetery owner or operator and is established for the exclusive purpose of maintaining, caring for and operating the cemetery. The endowed care fund, together with all investments then outstanding, and all books, records and papers of such corporation shall be transferred to the treasurer of such municipality or county, or to the not-for-profit corporation, or religious or charitable association, and shall become the property thereof.
6. Upon the transfer of such property and funds to a municipality or county, the governing body of such municipality or county shall care for and maintain such cemetery with any moneys of the [cemetery corporation] dissolved entity, including the principal of and income from the endowed care funds, and, if such moneys are insufficient to properly maintain such cemetery, then it may use funds of the municipality or county.
7. Upon the transfer of such property and funds to a not-for-profit corporation, or a religious or charitable association, that corporation or association shall care for and maintain such cemetery with the money and property of the dissolved entity. The principal and interest of the endowed care fund, if any, shall be preserved, managed and used by the not-for-profit corporation, or religious or charitable association, in accordance with the requirements of sections 214.270 to 214.410 and sections 214.500 to 214.516. This section shall not require the not-for-profit corporation, or religious or charitable organization, to restore deficiencies that existed in an endowed care trust fund before a transfer made pursuant to this section.
8. Except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, any and all liens, mortgages, deeds of trusts or other encumbrances existing against the title of the cemetery shall be extinguished upon a transfer of the cemetery pursuant to this section.
9. If a not-for-profit corporation, or a religious or charitable association, obtaining ownership of a cemetery pursuant to this section desires to sell, grant, transfer or convey in the future additional rights for the internment of the human dead within the cemetery, it shall first elect to operate as an endowed care cemetery and fully comply with the requirements set forth in sections 214.270 to 214.410 and sections 214.500 to 214.516.
[3.] 10. In addition to those powers granted the attorney general in subsection [2] 3 of this section, every municipality or county in which any abandoned cemetery is located may acquire through its power of eminent domain such cemetery, together with all endowed care funds, maintenance equipment, books and records, accounts receivable and other personal property used or created in the operation of the cemetery and owned or controlled by the person or association which owns the cemetery. The municipality or county shall acquire the cemetery and related property subject to the rights of owners of burial lots or other interment spaces. Upon so acquiring the cemetery and related property, the acquiring municipality or county shall operate and maintain the cemetery as a public cemetery. The municipality or county which so acquires an abandoned cemetery shall not be liable for any act or transaction which occurred prior to such acquisition, including, without limitation, any obligation to third parties or incorrect lot ownership or burial records.
260.210. 1. It is unlawful for any person to:
(1) Dump or deposit, or permit dumping or depositing of any solid wastes onto the surface of the ground or into streams, springs, and all bodies of surface or ground water, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the state except in a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area having a permit as required by section 260.205; provided[,] that, this [provision] subdivision shall not prohibit the use or require a permit for the use of solid wastes in normal farming operations or in the processing or manufacturing of other products in a manner that will not create a public nuisance or adversely affect the public health, and shall not prohibit the disposal of or require a permit for the disposal by an individual of solid wastes resulting from his or her own residential activities on property owned or lawfully occupied by him or her when such wastes do not thereby create a public nuisance or adversely affect the public health;
(2) Construct or alter a solid waste processing facility or solid waste disposal area of a solid waste management system without approval from the department;
(3) Conduct any solid waste burning operations in violation of the rules and regulations of the Missouri air conservation commission or the department;
(4) Except as otherwise provided, store, collect, transport, process, or dispose of solid waste in violation of the rules, regulations or orders of the department or in such a manner as to create a public nuisance or adversely affect the public health; or
(5) Refuse entry or access, requested for purposes of inspecting solid waste processing facilities or solid waste disposal areas, to an agent or employee of the department who presents appropriate credentials, or hinder the agent or employee in carrying out the inspection. A suitably restricted search warrant, upon a showing of probable cause in writing and upon oath, shall be issued by any circuit or associate circuit judge having jurisdiction to any such agent or employee for the purpose of enabling him to make such inspection.
2. Information obtained from waste disposed or deposited in violation of this section may be a rebuttable presumption that the person so identified committed the violation of sections 260.200 to 260.345. If the operator or passenger of any vehicle is witnessed by a peace officer or employee of the department of natural resources to have violated the provisions of this section and the identity of the operator is not determined or otherwise apparent, it may be a rebuttable presumption that the person in whose name such vehicle is registered committed the violation.
3. No person shall be held responsible [under the provisions of] pursuant to this section for the dumping or depositing of any solid waste on land owned or lawfully occupied by him or her without his or her express or implied consent, permission or knowledge.
4. The department shall investigate reports of the dumping or depositing of solid waste or demolition waste in a manner contrary to the requirements of sections 260.200 to 260.345. The department shall immediately issue a cease and desist order if it determines that any person has been or is dumping or depositing solid waste or demolition waste, or has allowed the dumping or disposal of solid waste or demolition waste or has received compensation for same, in a manner contrary to sections 260.200 to 260.345. The department shall order the owner of the property or the person placing solid waste or demolition waste thereon, or both, to remove all solid waste from the premises if it determines that the waste might be reasonably expected to cause a public nuisance or health hazard.
5. The department shall order a site cleaned up pursuant to the provisions of section 260.230, when it determines that the property owner or the operator has accepted remuneration or otherwise benefited financially for placing solid waste or demolition waste in or on the site in contravention of this section. Persons who knowingly haul solid waste or demolition waste to a site which is operating without a permit, persons who operate such a site and persons who own the property where the solid waste or demolition waste is being dumped or deposited shall be jointly and severally liable for cleanup costs and any damage to third parties caused by the dumping or disposing of solid waste or demolition waste on the property if the owner or operator has accepted remuneration or otherwise benefited financially from such disposal. The provisions of sections 260.230 and 260.240, relating to the issuance of orders, shall be applicable to an action [under] pursuant to this section. Any person aggrieved by any action of the department [under] pursuant to this section may appeal in the manner provided in section 260.235. Any person may bring civil action for actual and exemplary damages against the responsible party if the person has sustained injury due to violations of this section.
6. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of section 260.250, any solid waste disposal area or solid waste processing facility located in a city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants may accept yard waste commingled with solid waste that results from an illegal dump cleanup activity or program conducted by the local government of such city pursuant to this section. The local government of such city shall provide certification to the solid waste disposal area or solid waste processing facility that the origin of the yard waste is from the clean up of illegally dumped solid waste.
7. Any person who engages in building construction, modification or in construction, modification or demolition which produces demolition waste, in types and quantities established by the department, shall dispose of such waste in a demolition or sanitary landfill or other authorized sites as provided by rule. Each such person shall maintain records of sites used for demolition disposal for a period of one year. These records shall be made available to the department upon request.
[7.] 8. Cities and counties which issue building permits shall reprint the following on each permit or on a separate notice:
"Notice: The disposal of demolition waste is regulated by the department of natural resources [under] pursuant to chapter 260, RSMo. Such waste, in types and quantities established by the department, shall be taken to a demolition landfill or a sanitary landfill for disposal."
[8.] 9. A demolition landfill may accept clean fill, waste resulting from building or demolishing structures and all other waste not required to be placed in a sanitary landfill or a hazardous waste disposal facility for final disposition.
[9.] 10. Notwithstanding subsection [6] 7 of this section, certain wastes may be disposed of as provided by this subsection:
(1) A person engaged in any activity which produces clean fill may use such material for fill, reclamation or other beneficial purposes on his or her own property or on the property of another person with the permission of the owner of such property, provided that such use does not violate any state law or local ordinance or order;
(2) A person engaged in any activity which produces wood waste may reuse or recycle such waste or may dispose of wood waste on the site where generated if such disposal is in compliance with applicable state law or local ordinances or orders;
(3) A person who engages in clearance, trimming or removal of trees, brush or other vegetation may use wood wastes from such activities for beneficial purposes including, but not limited to, firewood, ground cover, erosion control, mulch, compost or cover for wildlife.
261.031. The marketing program currently known as AgriMissouri is renamed "Producer's Choice".
261.032. The director of the department of agriculture shall, for the use of the marketing division of the department of agriculture, develop and implement rules and regulations by product category for all Missouri agricultural products included in the Producer's Choice marketing program, formerly known as AgriMissouri, or any equivalent successor program. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it is promulgated pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo.
261.037. 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury for the use of the marketing division of the state department of agriculture a fund to be known as "The Missouri Agricultural Products Marketing Development Fund". The general assembly shall appropriate to the fund from the general revenue fund one million three hundred thousand dollars for fiscal year 2002, one million dollars for fiscal year 2003 and seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for fiscal year 2006. All moneys received by the state department of agriculture for Missouri agricultural products marketing development from any source shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the general assembly to the state department of agriculture, be expended by the marketing division of the state department of agriculture for purposes of Missouri agricultural products marketing development as specified in this section. The unexpended balance in the Missouri agricultural products marketing development fund at the end of the biennium shall not be transferred to the ordinary revenue fund of the state treasury and accordingly shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to transfer of funds to the ordinary revenue funds of the state by the state treasurer.
2. There is hereby created within the department of agriculture the "Citizens' Advisory Commission for Marketing Missouri Agricultural Products". The commission shall establish guidelines for the spending by the marketing division of the department of agriculture of all moneys in the Missouri agricultural products marketing development fund created pursuant to subsection 1 of this section. The guidelines shall focus on the promotion of the Producer's Choice or successor trademark associated with Missouri agricultural products which has been approved by the general assembly, and shall advance the following objectives:
(1) Increasing the impact and fostering the effectiveness of local efforts to promote Missouri agricultural products;
(2) Enabling and encouraging expanded advertising efforts for Missouri agricultural products;
(3) Encouraging effective, high-quality advertising projects, innovative marketing strategies, and the coordination of local, regional and statewide marketing efforts;
(4) Providing training and technical assistance to cooperative-marketing partners.
The marketing division of the department of agriculture is authorized to promote rules consistent with the guidelines set by the commission. No rules or portion of a rule shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo.
3. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be the director of the market development division of the department of agriculture. At least one member shall be a specialist in advertising; at least one member shall be a specialist in agribusiness; at least one member shall be a specialist in the retail grocery business; at least one member shall be a specialist in communications; at least one member shall be a specialist in product distribution; and at least one member shall be a farmer. Members shall serve for four-year terms, except in the first appointments three members shall be appointed for terms of four years, two members shall be appointed for terms of three years and two members shall be appointed for terms of two years each. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy of an unexpired term shall be appointed for the remainder of the term of the member causing the vacancy. The governor shall appoint a chairperson of the commission, subject to ratification by the commission.
4. Commission members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties on the commission. The division of market development of the department of agriculture shall provide all necessary staff and support services as required by the commission to hold commission meetings, to maintain records of official acts and to conduct all other business of the commission. The commission shall meet quarterly and at any such time that it deems necessary. Meetings may be called by the chairperson or by a petition signed by a majority of the members of the commission. Ten days notice shall be given in writing to such members prior to the meeting date. A simple majority of the members of the commission shall be present to constitute a quorum. Proxy voting shall not be permitted.
261.038. The marketing division of the department of agriculture shall create an Internet web site for the purpose of fostering the marketing of Missouri agricultural products over the Internet. The web site shall allow consumers to place orders for Missouri agricultural products over the Internet and shall enable small companies which process Missouri agricultural products to pool products with other such small companies.
262.260. 1. The commission shall establish admission fees to be charged at the gates of the fairgrounds. The admission fees, revenues from the sale of privileges and revenues as a result of pari-mutuel wagering shall be payable to and collected by the department of agriculture and transmitted to the state director of revenue who shall deposit the same [in the general revenue fund to the credit of the state fair fee account] to the credit of the "State Fair Fee Fund" which is hereby created in the state treasury. Such fund may also receive gifts, grants, contributions, appropriations and funds or benefits from any other source or sources. The money in the state fair fee [account] fund may be used in improving and beautifying the grounds, paying premiums and defraying expenses of the state fair, including officers' salaries, the hire of assistants, expense and equipment, capital improvements and maintenance and repair.
2. The unexpended balance in the state fair fee fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state, and the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to the transfer of funds to the general revenue fund of the state by the state treasurer shall not apply to the state fair fee fund.
3. Any portion of the fund not immediately needed for the purposes authorized shall be invested by the state treasurer as provided by the constitution and laws of this state. All income from such investments shall be deposited in the state fair fee fund.
441.500. As used in sections 441.500 to 441.643, the following terms mean:
(1) "Abatement", the removal or correction, including demolition, of any condition at a property that violates the provisions of any duly enacted building or housing code, as well as the making of such other improvements or corrections as are needed to effect the rehabilitation of the property or structure, including the closing or physical securing of the structure;
(2) "Agent", a person authorized by an owner to act for him;
(3) "Code enforcement agency", the official, agency, or board that has been delegated the responsibility for enforcing the housing code by the governing body;
(4) "Community", any county or municipality;
(5) "County", any county in the state;
(6) "Dwelling unit", premises or part thereof occupied, used, or held out for use and occupancy as a place of abode for human beings, whether occupied or vacant;
(7) "Governing body", the board, body or persons in which the powers of a community are vested;
(8) "Housing code", a local building, fire, health, property maintenance, nuisance or other ordinance which contains standards regulating the condition or maintenance of residential buildings;
(9) "Local housing corporation", a not for profit corporation organized pursuant to the laws of the state of Missouri for the purpose of promoting housing development and conservation within a specified area of a municipality or an unincorporated area;
(10) "Municipality", any incorporated city, town, or village;
(11) "Neighborhood association", any group of persons organized for the sole purpose of improvement of a particular geographic area having specific boundaries within a municipality, provided that such association is recognized by the municipality as the sole association for such purpose within such geographic area;
(12) "Notice of deficiency", a notice or other order issued by the code enforcement agency and requiring the elimination or removal of deficiencies found to exist under the housing code;
[(12)] (13) "Nuisance", a violation of provisions of the housing code applying to the maintenance of the buildings or dwellings which the code official in the exercise of reasonable discretion believes constitutes a threat to the public health, safety or welfare;
[(13)] (14) "Occupant", any person occupying a dwelling unit as his or her place of residence, whether or not that person is occupying the dwelling unit as a tenant from month to month or under a written lease, undertaking or other agreement;
[(14)] (15) "Owner", the record owner or owners, and the beneficial owner or owners when other than the record owner, of the freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, personal representative, trustee, lessee, agent, or any other person in control of a dwelling unit;
[(15)] (16) "Person", any individual, corporation, association, partnership, or other entity.
441.510. 1. If any building or dwelling is found to be in violation of building or housing codes which the county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association in the exercise of reasonable discretion believes constitutes a threat to the public health, safety or welfare, and alleges the nature of such threat in its petition, the county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association, in addition to any other remedies available to it, may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver to perform an abatement.
2. At least sixty days prior to the filing of an application for appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643, the county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association shall give written notice by regular mail to all interested parties of its intent to file the application and information relative to:
(1) The identity of the property;
(2) The violations of the building or housing codes giving rise to the application for the receiver;
(3) The name, address and telephone number of the person or department where additional information can be obtained concerning violations and their remedy; and
(4) The county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association which may seek the appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 unless action is taken within sixty days by an interested party.
3. A county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association may not apply for the appointment of a receiver pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 if an interested party has commenced and is then prosecuting in a timely fashion an action or other judicial or nonjudicial proceeding to foreclose a security interest on the property, or to obtain specific performance of a land sale contract, or to forfeit a purchaser's interest under a land sale contract.
4. Notice of the application for the appointment of a receiver shall be served on all interested parties.
5. If, following the application for appointment of a receiver, one or more of the interested parties elects to correct the conditions at the property giving rise to the [county's or municipality's] application for the appointment of a receiver, the party or parties shall be required to post security in an amount and character as the court deems appropriate to ensure timely performance of all work necessary to make corrections, as well as such other conditions as the court deems appropriate to effect the timely completion of the corrections by the interested party or parties.
6. In the event that no interested party elects to act pursuant to subsection 5 of this section or fails to timely perform work undertaken pursuant to subsection 5 of this section, the court shall make a determination that the property is in an unsafe or insanitary condition and appoint a receiver to complete the abatement.
7. A receiver appointed by the court pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall not be required to give security or bond of any sort prior to appointment.
441.520. 1. The action to appoint a receiver authorized by section 441.510 shall be commenced by the filing of a verified petition by the county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association.
2. There shall be named as defendants:
(1) The last owner of record of the dwelling as of the date of the filing of the petition; and
(2) The last holder of record of any mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien of record against the building as of the date of the filing of the petition.
3. Any owner of the dwelling who is not a party defendant may be permitted by the court to join as a party defendant.
4. (1) Any owner, whether or not a citizen or resident of this state, who in person or through agent, owns, uses, or is possessed of any real estate situated in this state thereby subjects himself or itself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state as to any cause of action arising pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643. Personal service of process shall be made in accordance with the rules of civil procedure; provided that, if such service cannot with due diligence be made, service of process may be made by personally serving process upon the defendant outside this state, or by service in accordance with the rules of civil procedure as in all cases affecting a res within the jurisdiction of the court.
(2) If a landlord of residential property is not a resident of this state or is a corporation, [he must] the landlord shall designate an agent upon whom service of process may be made in this state. The agent shall be a resident of this state or a corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The designation shall be in writing and include the address and the name of the registered agent and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. If no designation is made and filed or if process cannot be served in this state upon the designated agent, process may be served upon the secretary of state, but service upon him or her is not effective unless the petitioner forthwith mails a copy of the process and pleading by certified mail to the defendant or respondent at the address stated on the assessor's records for the subject property. An affidavit of compliance with this section shall be filed with the clerk of the court.
5. Any action brought pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall be expedited by the court and may be given precedence over other suits.
441.550. In any application for receivership brought pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643, the county [or], municipality, local housing corporation or neighborhood association shall file for record, with the recorder of deeds of the county in which any such real estate is situated, a written notice of the pendency of the suit pursuant to the requirements of section 527.260, RSMo. From the time of filing such notice the pendency of suit shall be constructive notice to persons thereafter acquiring an interest in the building.
441.590. 1. The court may, in any order entered pursuant to section 441.570:
(1) Authorize the receiver to draw upon the rents deposited in court to pay for the cost of necessary repairs upon presentment to the court of the original copy of any invoice for work performed or materials purchased;
(2) Appoint the code enforcement agency, the mortgagee or other lienor of record, a local housing corporation established to promote housing development and conservation in the area in which such property that is the subject of receivership is located or, if no local housing corporation exists for such area, then the local neighborhood association, a licensed attorney or real estate broker, or any other qualified person, as a receiver provided, however, that all lienholders of record shall be given the right of first refusal to serve as receiver in the order in which their lien appears of record. In the event of the refusal of all lienholders of record to serve as receiver or in the absence of any lienholders of record, the local housing corporation that is established to promote housing development and conservation in the area in which such property that is the subject of receivership is located, if any, shall be given the right of first refusal to serve as receiver for any residential property consisting of four units or less; provided that, if no local housing corporation exists for such area, then the local neighborhood association shall be given such right of first refusal; or
(3) Where the building is vacant, appoint the code enforcement agency, the mortgagee or other lienor of record, a local housing corporation established to promote development and conservation in the area in which such property that is the subject of receivership is located or, if no local housing corporation exists for such area, then the local neighborhood association, a licensed attorney or real estate broker, or any other qualified person, as a receiver to remove all of the housing code violations which constitute a nuisance as found by the court, except that all lienholders of record shall be given the right of first refusal to serve as receiver in the order in which their liens appear of record. In the event of the refusal of all lienholders of record to serve as receiver or in the absence of any lienholders of record, the local housing corporation that is established to promote development and conservation in the area in which such property that is the subject of receivership is located, if any, shall be given the right of first refusal to serve as receiver for any residential property consisting of four units or less; provided that, if no local housing corporation exists for such area, then the local neighborhood association shall be given such right of first refusal.
2. The court may allow a receiver reasonable and necessary expenses, payable from the rent moneys.
3. No receiver appointed shall serve without bond. The amount and form of such bond shall be approved by the court and the cost of such bond shall be paid from the moneys so deposited.
4. The receiver may, on order of the court, take possession of the property, collect all rents and profits accruing from the property, and pay all costs of management, including all insurance premiums and all general and special real estate taxes or assessments.
5. The receiver shall with all reasonable speed remove all of the housing code violations which constitute a nuisance as found by the court, and may make other improvements to effect a rehabilitation of the property in such fashion as is consistent with maintaining safe and habitable conditions over the remaining useful life of the property. The receiver shall have the power to let contracts therefor, in accordance with the provisions of local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations applicable to contracts.
6. The receiver may with the approval of the circuit court borrow money against, and encumber, the property as security therefor in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out his or her responsibilities pursuant to sections 441.500 to 441.643. The circuit court may authorize the receiver to issue receiver's certificates as security against such borrowings, which certificates shall be authorized investments for banks and savings and loan associations, and shall constitute a first lien upon the property and its income and shall be superior to any claims of the receiver and to all prior or subsequent liens and encumbrances except taxes and assessments, and shall be enforceable as provided in subsection 8 of this section.
7. In addition to issuance of receiver certificates, the receiver may pledge the rentals from the property and borrow or encumber the property on the strength of the rental income.
8. Any receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 441.500 to 441.643 shall have a lien, for the expenses necessarily incurred in the execution of an order, upon the rents receivable from the premises on or in respect of which the work required by such order has been done or expenses incurred, and this lien shall have priority over all other liens and encumbrances of record upon the rents receivable from the premises, except taxes, assessments, receiver's certificates, and mortgages recorded prior to October 13, 1969.
9. For the purposes of this section, "local housing corporation" shall mean only those local housing corporations established prior to April 28, 1999.
441.900. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Manufactured home", the same meaning as provided in section 700.010, RSMo;
(2) "Manufactured or mobile home land lease community", any area, lot, parcel or tract held in common ownership and on which individual portions of such area, lot, parcel or tract are leased for the placement of manufactured or mobile homes as a primary residence;
(3) "Mobile home", a residential building constructed or assembled in a factory which is not certified pursuant to the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Code and which conforms to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards for mobile homes.
2. A landlord of a manufactured or mobile home land lease community shall provide written notice to all of the community's tenants who own their manufactured or mobile homes at least one hundred eighty days prior to requiring such tenants to vacate the property due to a change in use of the property. In cases where more than one hundred eighty days remain on a current lease, the longer time period shall apply for purposes of providing notice pursuant to this section. The landlord shall not increase the rent, except for a rent increase based solely on an increase in property taxes, for any tenant of the manufactured or mobile home land lease community within sixty days of providing such notice.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant with less than one hundred eighty days' notice for a violation of the lease or as otherwise provided by law.
447.620. As used in sections 447.620 to 447.640, the following terms mean:
(1) "Housing code", a local building, fire, health, property maintenance, nuisance or other ordinance which contains standards regulating the condition or maintenance of residential buildings;
(2) "Last known address", the address where the property is located or the address as listed in the property tax records;
(3) ["Low- or moderate-income housing", housing for persons and families who lack the amount of income necessary to rent or purchase adequate housing without financial assistance, as defined by such income limits as shall be established by the Missouri housing development commission for the purposes of determining eligibility under any program aimed at providing housing for low- and moderate-income families or persons;
(4)] "Municipality", any incorporated city, town or village;
[(5)] (4) "Nuisance", any property which because of its physical condition or use is a public nuisance or any property which constitutes a blight on the surrounding area or any property which is in violation of the applicable housing code such that it constitutes a substantial threat to the life, health or safety of the public. For purposes of sections 447.620 to 447.640, any declaration of a public nuisance by a municipality pursuant to an ordinance adopted pursuant to sections 67.400 to 67.450, RSMo, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the property is a nuisance;
[(6)] (5) "Organization", any Missouri not for profit organization validly organized pursuant to law and whose purpose includes the provision or enhancement of housing opportunities in its community;
[(7)] (6) "Parties in interest", any owner or owners of record, occupant, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, personal representative, agent or other party having an interest in the property as shown by the land records of the recorder of deeds of the county wherein the property is located, except in any municipality contained wholly or partially within a county with a population of over six hundred thousand and less than nine hundred thousand, "parties in interest" shall mean owners, lessees, mortgagees or lienholders whose interest has been recorded or filed in the public records;
[(8)] (7) "Rehabilitation", the process of improving the property, including, but not limited to, bringing the property into compliance with the applicable housing code.
447.622. Any organization may petition to have property declared abandoned pursuant to the provisions of sections 447.620 to 447.640 and for temporary possession of such property, if:
(1) The property has been continuously unoccupied by persons legally entitled to possession for at least one month prior to the filing of the petition; and
(2) The taxes are delinquent on the property; and
(3) The property is a nuisance; and
(4) The organization intends to rehabilitate the property [and use the property as low- or moderate-income housing].
513.605. As used in sections 513.600 to [513.645] 513.660, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1) (a) "Beneficial interest":
a. The interest of a person as a beneficiary under any other trust arrangement pursuant to which a trustee holds legal or record title to real property for the benefit of such person; or
b. The interest of a person under any other form of express fiduciary arrangement pursuant to which any other person holds legal or record title to real property for the benefit of such person;
(b) "Beneficial interest" does not include the interest of a stockholder in a corporation or the interest of a partner in either a general partnership or limited partnership. A beneficial interest shall be deemed to be located where the real property owned by the trustee is located;
(2) "Civil proceeding", any civil suit commenced by an investigative agency [under] pursuant to any provision of sections 513.600 to [513.645] 513.660;
(3) "Criminal activity" is the commission, attempted commission, conspiracy to commit, or the solicitation, coercion or intimidation of another person to commit any crime which is chargeable by indictment or information [under] pursuant to the following Missouri laws:
(a) Chapter 195, RSMo, relating to drug regulations;
(b) Chapter 565, RSMo, relating to offenses against the person;
(c) Chapter 566, RSMo, relating to sexual offenses;
(d) Chapter 568, RSMo, relating to offenses against the family;
(e) Chapter 569, RSMo, relating to robbery, arson, burglary and related offenses;
(f) Chapter 570, RSMo, relating to stealing and related offenses;
(g) Chapter 567, RSMo, relating to prostitution;
(h) Chapter 573, RSMo, relating to pornography and related offenses;
(i) Chapter 574, RSMo, relating to offenses against public order;
(j) Chapter 575, RSMo, relating to offenses against the administration of justice;
(k) Chapter 491, RSMo, relating to witnesses;
(l) Chapter 572, RSMo, relating to gambling;
(m) Chapter 311, RSMo, but relating only to felony violations of this chapter committed by persons not duly licensed by the supervisor of liquor control;
(n) Chapter 571, RSMo, relating to weapons offenses;
(o) Chapter 409, RSMo, relating to regulation of securities;
(p) Chapter 301, RSMo, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles;
(q) Sections 260.211 and 260.212, RSMo, relating to the criminal disposition of waste in any city with at least three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants which is located in more than one county;
(4) "Criminal proceeding", any criminal prosecution commenced by an investigative agency [under] pursuant to any criminal law of this state;
(5) "Investigative agency", the attorney general's office, or the office of any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney;
(6) "Pecuniary value":
(a) Anything of value in the form of money, a negotiable instrument, a commercial interest, or anything else the primary significance of which is economic advantage; or
(b) Any other property or service that has a value in excess of one hundred dollars;
(7) "Real property", any estate or legal or equitable interest in land situated in this state or any interest in such real property, including, but not limited to, any lease or deed of trust upon such real property;
(8) (a) "Trustee":
a. Any person who holds legal or record title to real property for which any other person has a beneficial interest; or
b. Any successor trustee or trustees to any of the foregoing persons;
(b) "Trustee" does not include the following:
a. Any person appointed or acting as a personal representative [under] pursuant to chapter 475, RSMo, or [under] pursuant to chapter 473, RSMo;
b. Any person appointed or acting as a trustee of any testamentary trust or as trustee of any indenture of trust under which any bonds are or are to be issued.
2. The provisions of paragraph (g) of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section shall expire August 28, 2002.
513.660. Any person, upon receipt of notice of an action against such person pursuant to sections 513.600 to 513.660 for a violation of section 260.211 or 260.212, RSMo, may remove the material dumped within ten days of the receipt of notice. Adequate removal of such material shall be an affirmative defense to such action.
537.523. 1. Irrespective of any criminal prosecution or the result thereof, any owner of property adjacent to an abandoned family cemetery or private burying ground, as defined in section 214.131, RSMo, any caretaker of an abandoned family cemetery or private burying ground, as defined in section 214.131, RSMo, any person related by blood or marriage to any person buried in such family cemetery or private burying ground, or any person incurring bodily injury or damage or loss to [his] such person's property as a result of conduct in violation of section 574.085[, 574.090 or 574.093] or conduct when the defendant's sentence is enhanced pursuant to section 557.035, RSMo, shall have a civil action to secure an injunction, damages or other appropriate relief in law or in equity against any and all persons who have violated section 574.085[, 574.090 or 574.093] RSMo, or any defendant whose sentence was enhanced pursuant to section 557.035, RSMo.
2. In any such action, whether a defendant's sentence was enhanced pursuant to section 557.035, RSMo, or a violation of section 574.085, [574.090 or 574.093] RSMo, has occurred shall be determined according to the burden of proof used in other civil actions for similar relief.
3. Upon prevailing in such civil action, the plaintiff may recover:
(1) Both special and general damages; and
(2) Reasonable attorney fees and costs.
574.085. 1. A person commits the crime of institutional vandalism by knowingly vandalizing, defacing or otherwise damaging:
(1) Any church, synagogue or other building, structure or place used for religious worship or other religious purpose;
(2) Any cemetery, mortuary, military monument or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead;
(3) Any school, educational facility, community center, hospital or medical clinic owned and operated by a religious or sectarian group;
(4) The grounds adjacent to, and owned or rented by, any institution, facility, building, structure or place described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection;
(5) Any personal property contained in any institution, facility, building, structure or place described in subdivision (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection; or
(6) Any motor vehicle which is owned, operated, leased or under contract by a school district or a private school for the transportation of school children.
2. Institutional vandalism is punishable as follows:
(1) Institutional vandalism is a class A misdemeanor[, except as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection] if the damage to or loss of the property is valued at less than five hundred dollars;
(2) Institutional vandalism is a class D felony if the [offender commits any act described in subsection 1 of this section which causes damage to, or loss of, the property of another in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars] damage to or loss of the property is valued at at least five hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars;
(3) Institutional vandalism is a class C felony if the [offender commits any act described in subsection 1 of this section which causes damage to, or loss of, the property of another in an amount in excess of five thousand dollars] damage to or loss of the property is valued at at least ten thousand dollars and less than one hundred thousand dollars;
(4) Institutional vandalism is a class C felony and the offender shall be sentenced to seven years incarceration without possibility of probation or parole, if the damage to or loss of the property is valued at at least one hundred thousand dollars.
3. In determining the amount of damage to property or loss of property, for purposes of this section, damage includes the cost of repair or, where necessary, replacement of the property that was damaged or lost.
4. In addition to any other penalty, the offender shall be ordered to pay restitution for the damage to or loss of the property.
620.018. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Benefit date", the date of receipt of an economic incentive. If the economic incentive involves the purchase, lease or donation of physical equipment, then the benefit date is the date the recipient puts the equipment into service. If the economic incentive is for improvements to property, then the benefit date is the earlier of either:
(a) The date the improvements are finished for the entire project; or
(b) The date the recipient occupies the property;
(2) "Economic incentive", any form of state or local assistance designed to encourage the recipient thereof to promote a specific public purpose, including but not limited to grants; subsidies; forgivable loans; loans at rates below those commercially available to the recipient; any guarantee of any payment under any loan, lease, other obligation; any reduction or deferral of any tax or fee, including tax credits; contributions of personal property, real property or infrastructure; and preferential use of government facilities; except that, the phrase shall not apply to tax deductions available to all taxpayers;
(3) "Person", any sole proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, S corporation or other entity;
(4) "Public purpose", a specific economic or social goal other than increasing the tax base.
2. Effective January 1, 2002, no person shall be eligible to receive an economic incentive unless such person enters into an agreement with the state or local agency, department or other entity administrating the economic incentive on a form obtained from the department of economic development. Such agreement shall include:
(1) A description of the economic incentive, including the amount and type of economic incentive;
(2) A statement of the public purposes for the economic incentive;
(3) Goals for the economic incentive;
(4) A description of the financial obligation of the recipient if the goals are not met;
(5) A statement of why the economic incentive is needed;
(6) A commitment to continue operations at the site where the economic incentive is used for at least five years after the benefit date, if the economic incentive is intended to promote the creation of jobs;
(7) The name and address of the parent corporation of the recipient, if any; and
(8) A list of all other financial assistance received by the recipient for the same project.
3. A recipient which violates any term of an economic incentive agreement shall be required to repay the benefit received to the provider of the benefit plus reasonable interest and penalties and shall be ineligible to receive any economic incentives for a period of five years from the date of violation or until the recipient satisfies its repayment obligation pursuant to this section.
4. All providers of economic incentives shall monitor progress by the recipient in achieving agreement goals. A recipient shall provide information regarding goals and results for two years after the benefit date or until the goals are met. If the goals are not met, the recipient shall continue to provide information on the economic incentive until the economic incentive is repaid.
5. All providers of economic incentives shall prepare an annual report regarding all economic incentives administered in the previous calendar year and submit such report to the department of economic development by April first. The director of economic development shall promulgate rules governing the contents of such reports. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo.
6. The department of economic development shall publish a compilation and summary of the results of all such reports for the previous calendar year by July first of each year. The annual report shall be made available to the public and the department shall coordinate the production of annual reports so the useful comparisons across time periods and across providers can be made. The department's annual report shall include:
(1) The total amount of economic incentives awarded in each congressional district of the state;
(2) The distributions of economic incentives by the size of all business recipients;
(3) Distribution of economic incentives by time category, such as quarterly or monthly;
(4) Distribution of economic incentives by type and public purpose;
(5) Percent of all recipients of economic incentives that reached their goals;
(6) Percent of all recipients of economic incentives that failed to reach their goals by two years from the benefit date;
(7) Total dollar amount of recipients of economic incentives that failed to reach their goals by two years from the benefit date;
(8) Percent of recipients of economic incentives that failed to meet their goals and that did not repay the amount of the economic incentives received in full; and
(9) List of recipients that failed to meet the terms of their economic incentive agreement in the past five years and have not satisfied their repayment obligations.
7. The provisions of this section shall apply to all economic incentives allowed by law which are given or received after December 31, 2001; except that, no provision of this section shall apply to replace a comparable provision contained in a statute creating an economic incentive which was effective before January 1, 2002.
Section 1. 1. The Missouri housing development commission shall establish a pilot project, in conjunction with the governing body of any city not within a county, to renovate abandoned houses within any city not within a county, for sale to individuals with incomes at or below three hundred percent of the federal poverty level. The price of the renovated housing sale shall not exceed the costs incurred for the renovation.
2. The Missouri housing development commission shall establish a priority plan for renovating housing pursuant to subdivision 1 of this section, with areas within any city not within a county with the largest number of abandoned houses receiving first priority.
3. In addition to all court fees and costs prescribed by law, a surcharge of five dollars shall be assessed as costs in each court proceeding filed within the twenty-second judicial circuit for all violations of traffic laws of the state including an infraction, except that no surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to paid by the state, county or municipality.
4. Any city not within a county shall use all funds received pursuant to subdivision 3 of this section to fund the housing renovation program pursuant to this section.
5. The provisions of this section shall expire on January 1, 2006.
Section B. Section 353.020, RSMo 1994, and sections 144.757, 144.759 and 144.761, RSMo Supp. 1999, are repealed and nine new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 67.478, 67.481, 67.484, 67.487, 67.490, 67.493, 144.757, 144.759 and 144.761 to read as follows:
67.478. Sections 144.757 to 144.761, RSMo, and sections 67.478 to 67.493 shall be known and may be cited as the "Community Comeback Act".
67.481. As used in sections 144.757 to 144.761, RSMo, and sections 67.478 to 67.493, the following terms mean:
(1) "Community comeback plan" and "plan", a comprehensive countywide plan adopted by the community comeback trust board and the governing body of the county that identifies potential areas for reinvestment, projects and strategies to promote neighborhood reinvestment throughout the county, and that clearly identifies on a map the priority comeback communities. The plan shall be a five-year strategic and operating plan, complete with goals, objectives, targets and mechanisms or methods of measuring accomplishments, revised annually;
(2) "Community comeback program", "community comeback trust" and "trust", a fund held in the treasury of the county which shall be the repository for all taxes and other moneys raised pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761, RSMo, and sections 67.478 to 67.493, and authorized by the governing body of the county for the purposes of promoting neighborhood reinvestment;
(3) "Community comeback program board", "community comeback trust board" and "board", the entity established pursuant to sections 67.478 to 67.493 that is responsible for administering the comeback community trust;
(4) "Community comeback trust citizen advisory committee" and "advisory committee", an eleven-member committee established pursuant to sections 67.478 to 67.493 that is responsible for advising the community comeback fund board on the best methods of promoting neighborhood reinvestment;
(5) "Eligible expenses", costs qualified for funding through the community comeback trust which are:
(a) Incurred for the purchase, assembly, clearance, demolition and environmental remediation of land, structures and facilities, public or private, either as part of a neighborhood reinvestment project or to prepare sites for future use in areas with underutilized, derelict, economically challenged or environmentally troubled sites;
(b) Related to planning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction, structure rehabilitation, site remediation, construction, modification, expansion, remodeling, structural alteration, replacement or renovation of any structure in a priority comeback community;
(c) Expended for capital improvements or infrastructure improvements to facilitate economic development;
(d) Expended for residential redevelopment including, but not limited to, buyouts, land-assembly costs, infrastructure improvements and costs associated with preparing sites for housing construction; professional service expenses such as architectural, planning, engineering, design, marketing or other related expenses;
(e) Related to community improvement district or special business district expenses such as facade improvements, landscaping, street lighting, sidewalk construction, trash receptacles, park benches and other public improvements;
(f) Expenses related to facilitating transit-oriented developments, home improvement and home buyer loan programs; and
(g) Expenses eligible for funding through the select neighborhood action program;
(6) "Neighborhood reinvestment project" and "project", the planning, development, redesign, clearance, reconstruction or rehabilitation or any combination thereof in order to improve those residential, commercial, industrial, public or other structures or spaces and the infrastructure serving them as may be appropriate or necessary in the interest of the general welfare;
(7) "Petition", a petitioner's request for funding made to the community comeback trust;
(8) "Petitioner", the governing body of any municipality, the governing body of the county, any land clearance for redevelopment authority within the county organized pursuant to chapter 99, RSMo, or any not-for-profit economic development organization with a governing board not less than two-thirds of the members of which are appointed by the chief elected official of the county or by one or more organizations with governing boards appointed by the chief elected official;
(9) "Priority comeback community", an area in a county which encompasses an entire United States census block group and has a median household income below the median household income for such entire county;
(10) "Priority comeback project", a funding proposal submitted to a community comeback trust by a petitioner whose area is substantially within a priority comeback community;
(11) "Proposal", a petitioner's funding request for the eligible expenses of a neighborhood reinvestment project submitted to a trust by a petitioner;
(12) "Select neighborhood action program" and "SNAP", a grant program, administered and funded pursuant to subsection 5 of section 67.490;
(13) "Select neighborhood action program applicant" and "SNAP applicant", a neighborhood organization or not-for-profit organization whose mission is consistent with the community comeback plan. The organization shall have a municipal sponsor or a county sponsor if the area is unincorporated. The organization shall have been in existence for at least six months and meet at least once a year in order to be eligible for a SNAP grant;
(14) "SNAP grant", an endowment of money by the board to a SNAP applicant pursuant to subsection 5 of section 67.490.
67.484. 1. A community comeback trust may be created, incorporated and managed pursuant to this section by any county of the first classification with a charter form of government and a population of at least nine hundred thousand inhabitants according to the last decennial census, and may exercise the powers given to such trust pursuant to sections 67.478 to 67.493. A trust may sue and be sued, issue general revenue bonds and receive county use tax revenue pursuant to the limitations of this section. A trust shall have as its primary duties the prevention of neighborhood decline, the demolition of old deteriorating and vacant buildings, rehabilitating historic structures, the cleaning of polluted sites and the promotion of neighborhood reinvestment where such investment is essential to reverse or stabilize a stagnant or declining pattern in household income, assessed values, occupancies and related characteristics.
2. The governing body of the county is hereby authorized to impose by ordinance a local use tax pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761, RSMo, for the purpose of funding the creation, operation and maintenance of a community comeback trust, as well as to provide revenue to the county and municipalities authorized to receive moneys generated by said tax pursuant to section 144.759, RSMo. The governing body of the county enacting such an ordinance shall submit to the voters of such county a proposal to approve its ordinance imposing the tax. Such ordinance shall become effective only after the majority of the voters voting on such ordinance approve such ordinance. The question shall be submitted to the voters in the county pursuant to section 144.757, RSMo.
3. (1) The community comeback trust board shall be composed of seven members as provided in this subsection. No member shall be an elected official, employee or contractor of the county or any municipality within the county or of any organization representing the county or any municipality within the county. Board members shall be citizens of the United States and shall reside within the county. No two members of the board shall be residents of the same county council district of such county. No member shall receive compensation for performance of board duties. No member shall be financially interested directly or indirectly in any contract entered into by the trust or by any petitioner. In the event that any property owned by a board member or the immediate family member of such board member is located in a priority comeback community, the member shall disclose such information to the board and abstain from any formal or informal actions regarding any project in that neighborhood.
(2) The chief elected official of any municipality wholly within the county and any member of the governing body of the county shall nominate individuals to serve on the board by providing a list of nominees to the county executive who shall appoint the members. Of the total members, at least four shall be residents of municipalities within the county and at least one shall have each of the following professions: a professional architect or engineer; an urban planner or design professional; a developer or builder; and an accountant or an attorney.
(3) The seat of a member shall be automatically vacated when the member changes his or her residence so as to no longer conform to the terms of the requirements of the member's appointment. The board shall promptly notify the county executive of such a change of residence, the pending expiration of any member's term, any member's need to vacate his or her seat or any vacancy on the board. A member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until the successor is appointed and qualified.
(4) Upon the passage of an ordinance by the governing body of the county establishing the community comeback trust, the governing body of the county shall, within ten days, send by United States mail written notice of the passage of the ordinance to the chief elected officials of each municipality wholly in the county.
(5) Each of the nominating authorities described in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall, within forty-five days of the passage of the ordinance establishing the board or within fourteen days of being notified of a board vacancy by the county executive, submit its list of nominees to the county executive. The county executive shall appoint members within sixty days of the passage of the ordinance or within thirty days of being notified by the board of a vacancy on the board. If a list of nominees is not submitted by the time specified, the county executive shall appoint the members using the criteria set forth in this section.
(6) At the first meeting of the board appointed after the effective date of the ordinance, the members shall choose by lot the length of their terms. Three shall serve for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. All succeeding members shall serve terms of three years. Terms shall end on December thirty-first of the respective year. No member shall serve more than two consecutive full terms. Full terms shall include any term longer than two years.
4. The board, its employees and subcontractors shall be subject to the regulation of conflicts of interest as defined in sections 105.450 to 105.498, RSMo, and to the requirements for open meetings and records pursuant to chapter 610, RSMo. The board shall enact and adopt all rules, regulations and procedures that are reasonably necessary to achieve the objectives of sections 67.478 to 67.493, and not inconsistent therewith, no sooner than twenty-seven calendar days after notifying all municipalities and the county of the proposed rule, regulation or procedure enactment or change. Notice may be given by ordinary mail, by electronic mail or by publishing in at least one newspaper of general circulation qualified to publish legal notices. No new or amended rule, regulation or procedure shall apply retroactively to any proposal pending before the trust without the agreement of the petitioner. The board shall have the exclusive control of the expenditures of all money collected to the credit of the trust, subject to annual appropriations by the governing body of the county. The county government shall provide the trust staff. No more than five percent of the trust's annual budget shall be used for the trust's annual administrative expenses.
5. The trust is authorized to issue bonds, notes or other obligations for any proposal, and to refund such bonds, notes or obligations, as provided in subsection 3 of this section; and to receive and liquidate property, both real and personal, or money which has been granted, donated, devised or bequeathed to the district. The trust shall not have any power of eminent domain.
6. (1) Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by five-sevenths of the board which shall set out the estimated cost to the trust of the proposed improvements, and shall further set out the amount of the bonds to be issued, their purpose or purposes, their date or dates, denomination or denominations, rate or rates of interest, time or times of payment, both of principal and of interest, place or places of payment and all other details in connection with such bonds. Any such bonds may be subject to such provision for redemption prior to maturity, with or without premium, and at such times and upon such conditions as may be provided by the resolution.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 108.170, RSMo, such bonds shall bear interest at rate or rates determined by the trust, shall mature within a period not exceeding twenty years and may be sold at public or private sale for not less than ninety-five percent of the principal amount of such bonds. Bonds issued by the trust shall possess all of the qualities of negotiable instruments pursuant to the laws of this state.
(3) Such bonds may be payable to the bearer, may be registered or coupon bonds, and, if payable to bearer, may contain such registration provisions as to either principal and interest, or principal only, as may be provided in the resolution authorizing such bonds, which resolution may also provide for the exchange of registered and coupon bonds. Such bonds and any coupons attached thereto shall be signed in such manner and by such officers of the district as may be provided by the resolution authorizing the bonds. The trust may provide for the replacement of any bond which has become mutilated, destroyed or lost.
(4) Bonds issued by the trust shall be payable as to principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, out of all or any part of the trust fund, including revenues derived from use taxes. Neither the board members nor any person executing the bonds shall be personally liable on such bonds by reason of the issuance of such bonds. Bonds issued pursuant to this section shall not constitute a debt, liability or obligation of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, nor shall any such obligations be a pledge of the faith and credit of this state, but shall be payable solely from the revenues and assets held by the trust. The issuance of bonds pursuant to this section shall not directly, indirectly or contingently obligate this state or any political subdivision of this state to levy any form of taxation for such bonds or to make any appropriation for their payment. Each obligation or bond issued pursuant to this section shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the trust shall not be obligated to pay such bond nor interest on such bond except from the revenues received by the trust or assets of trust lawfully pledged for such trust, and that neither the faith or credit nor the taxing power of this state or of any political subdivision of this state is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such obligation or bond. The proceeds of such bonds shall be disbursed in such manner and pursuant to such restrictions as the trust may provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds.
(5) The trust may issue negotiable refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding, extending or unifying the whole or any part of such bonds then outstanding, or any bonds, notes or other obligations issued by any other public agency, public body or political subdivision in connection with any facilities or land to be acquired, leased or subleased by the trust, which refunding bonds shall not exceed the amount necessary to refund the principal of the outstanding bonds to be refunded and the accrued interest on such bonds to the date of such refunding, together with any redemption premium, amounts necessary to establish reserve and escrow funds and all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the refunding. The board shall provide for the payment of interest and principal of such refunding bonds in the same manner as was provided for the payment of interest and principal of the bonds refunded.
(6) In the event that any of the members or officers of the trust whose names appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be on the board or cease to be an officer before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall remain valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such board members or officers had remained in office until such delivery.
(7) The trust is hereby declared to be performing a public function and bonds of the trust are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose, and, accordingly, interest on such bonds and income from such bonds shall be exempt from income taxation by this state. All purchases in excess of ten thousand dollars shall be made pursuant to the lowest and best bid standard as provided in section 34.040, RSMo, or pursuant to the lowest and best proposal standard as provided in section 34.042, RSMo. The board of the trust shall have the same discretion, powers and duties as the commissioner of administration has in sections 34.040 and 34.042, RSMo.
67.487. 1. Within fourteen days of the first meeting of the first board appointed following the effective date of the ordinance, the board shall notify by mail the chief elected officials of all municipalities wholly within the county, the chief elected official of the county and all the members of the governing body of the county of the requirement to conduct a planning process and adopt a community comeback plan.
2. The board shall solicit full citizen, county and municipal involvement in developing the plan. The board shall conduct public hearings throughout the county to seek input regarding the plan, and may convene meetings with the appropriate staff of the county and municipalities in order to seek input and to coordinate the logistics of producing the plan. A copy of the plan shall be sent to the chief elected official of every municipality wholly within the county, the chief elected official of the county and each member of the governing body of the county.
3. The board and the governing body of the county shall annually revise and adopt a plan.
4. Each plan shall include a map of the county, as well as a text enumerating the efforts expected each year in the various subregions of the county. Each plan shall address the factors that are causing or are likely to cause one or more of the following:
(1) Assessed values below the county average;
(2) Median household incomes below the county median;
(3) An unemployment rate above the county average;
(4) A reduction in the number of jobs with an emphasis upon those jobs paying average or above average salaries;
(5) Failure to keep pace with the average growth rate in home values in the metropolitan area or county; and
(6) A high vacancy rate among residential, commercial and industrial properties.
5. Each plan shall include an analysis of the condition of the housing stock in the various subregions of the county, a market analysis of the home-buying market with a focus on the impediments to attracting home buyers to those subregions and an analysis of the physical infrastructure needs that prevent economic growth.
6. The board may consider the following factors when determining the appropriate areas and strategies for investment:
(1) Buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy for occupancy due to code violations, dilapidation, defective design, faulty utilities or any other negative conditions;
(2) Factors that prevent or substantially hinder the economically viable use of buildings or lots, such as substandard design, inadequate size, lack of parking or any other conditions;
(3) Incompatible uses that prevent economic development;
(4) Subdivided lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness that have multiple ownership;
(5) Depreciated or stagnant property values, including properties that contain hazardous wastes;
(6) Abnormally high business vacancies, abnormally low lease rates, high turnover rates, abandoned buildings, or excessive vacant lots within an area developed for urban use and served by utilities;
(7) The existence of conditions that are not conducive to public safety; and
(8) The lack of necessary commercial facilities normally found in neighborhoods.
7. Each plan shall outline specific strategies to address the problems facing the various subregions and neighborhoods within the county. The plan shall also discuss the partnerships that can be made with federal, state and local governments, as well as businesses, labor organizations, nonprofit groups, religious and other groups and citizens to help implement the plan. These strategies shall include estimated costs and time lines for completion.
8. The board shall produce an annual report focusing on the accomplishments of the trust relative to the goals set forth in the plan, the goals for the next year and the challenges facing the trust. The annual report shall be given to the chief elected officials of all the municipalities wholly within the county, the chief elected official of the county, the members of the governing board of the county and the public libraries within the county, and shall be posted on the county Internet web site.
9. Every year, the board shall commission an independent financial audit, the report of which shall be distributed in the same manner as the annual report pursuant to subsection 8 of this section.
10. Every five years, the board shall commission an independent management audit. The management audit shall include a comprehensive analysis of development trends, factors and practices along with specific recommendations to improve the trust's ability to achieve its mission. The management audit shall be reviewed by the advisory committee which may offer constructive advice on enhancing practices in order to achieve the goals of the program. The management audit shall be distributed in the same manner as the annual report pursuant to subsection 8 of this section. The board is authorized to take any necessary and proper steps to address the issues and recommendations contained within the management audit.
11. (1) The board shall establish an eleven member advisory committee that shall meet four times each year and shall advise petitioners, staff and the board. The advisory committee members shall be appointed by the county executive. At least six of the advisory committee's members shall be nominated by the municipal league within the county and at least three shall be nominated by the members of the governing body of the county. No advisory committee member shall receive compensation for performance of duties as a committee member.
(2) At least one of the advisory committee members shall be a university professor well-versed in regional development issues. At least two of the advisory committee members shall be municipal officials from communities that have undertaken redevelopment programs as part of larger planning efforts. At least one of the advisory committee members shall be an attorney with experience in redevelopment activities. At least two of the advisory committee members shall be residents of priority comeback communities who have been active in advocating effective redevelopment policies. At least one of the advisory committee members shall be a private professional familiar with the factors influencing business location decisions. At least one of the advisory committee members shall be an individual familiar with education and training practices and workforce needs, with an understanding of how labor availability impacts business location decisions. At least one of the advisory committee members shall be a planner from the private sector knowledgeable in the area of strategic planning and the principles of multiyear rolling plans.
(3) The advisory committee shall promptly notify the county executive of the pending expiration of any member's term or any vacancy on the advisory committee. A member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
(4) The board shall establish the advisory committee by resolution at the board's first meeting. The board shall, within ten days of the passage of the resolution establishing the advisory committee, send by United States mail written notice of the passage of the resolution to the county's municipal league and the members of the governing body of the county. The municipal league and the members of the governing board of the county shall, within forty-five days of the passage of the resolution establishing the advisory committee or within fourteen days of being notified of a vacancy by the county executive, submit its list of nominees to the county executive. The county executive shall appoint members within sixty days of the passage of the resolution or within thirty days of being notified by the committee of a vacancy on the advisory committee. If a list of nominees is not submitted by the time specified, the county executive shall appoint the members using the criteria set forth in this section before the sixtieth day from the passage of the resolution or before the thirtieth day from being notified of a vacancy on the existing advisory committee.
(5) At the advisory committee's first meeting, the members shall choose by lot the length of their terms. Two shall serve for one year, three for two years, three for three years and three for four years. All succeeding committee members shall serve for four years. Terms shall end on December thirty-first of the respective year.
(6) The committee members shall be subject to the regulation of conflicts of interest as defined in sections 105.450 to 105.498, RSMo, and to the requirements for open meetings and records pursuant to chapter 610, RSMo.
67.490. 1. The board shall in a timely manner adopt rules setting forth basic guidelines for acceptance and evaluation of petitions, including a common understandable format, as well as appropriate supporting material, maps, plans and data. The board shall begin to accept petitions one month after the adoption of the plan by the governing body of the county pursuant to section 67.487. The board shall review all petitions submitted by any petitioner. Review shall begin no later than thirty days after submission of the petition to the commission. In order to qualify as a proposal, a petition shall address the criteria set forth in subsection 4 of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "pending" means any proposal submitted to the board which has not yet been approved by the board.
2. When practical, a petition shall be initially submitted to the advisory committee for constructive review and comment in a manner likely to result in a proposal that addresses a strategy outlined in the plan.
3. The board shall hold a public hearing concerning the petition, which may be on the same day as a scheduled meeting of the board.
4. (1) In reviewing any petition for funding, the board shall first determine if funds are sought for eligible expenses for a neighborhood reinvestment project. If the petition seeks such funds, the board shall certify such petition as a proposal subject to further review unless the board finds that the petition seeks funds for expenses that do not qualify as eligible expenses, or seeks funds for an endeavor other than a neighborhood reinvestment project. If the board finds that funds are sought for ineligible expenses or for an ineligible endeavor, the board need not take any further action and shall notify the petitioner in writing of all deficiencies that prevent the petition from being a proposal. If the board determines that there is a minor error or discrepancy in a petition, the board, with the petitioner's concurrence, may make such changes to the petition as are necessary to rectify the error that prevents the petition from being certified as a proposal subject to further review. Within six months of certification of a petition as a proposal, the board shall issue a finding approving or disapproving such proposal. In disapproving any proposal, the board shall issue a document indicating the reasons that the proposal was disapproved.
(2) If the board determines that a proposal is a priority comeback project consistent with the strategies and priorities set forth in the community comeback plan and that the project is well planned, realistic, creative, resourceful, benefits the local community and is cost-effective, then the board shall award funding. If the board determines that a proposal is a priority comeback project, but is inconsistent with the strategies and priorities in the community comeback plan, the board may award funding if it finds that the project is well planned, realistic, creative, resourceful, benefits the local community, is cost-effective and addresses the reinvestment needs of neighborhoods by one or more of the following:
(a) Reducing or removing impediments to attracting home buyers;
(b) Providing the necessary physical infrastructure needed to promote significant job growth;
(c) Reducing or removing any such factor or factors that constitute an economic or social liability or a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use.
(3) If the board determines that a proposal, which is not a priority comeback project, is consistent with the strategies and priorities set forth in the community comeback plan and is well planned, realistic, creative, resourceful, benefits the local community and is cost-effective, the board may award funding if the board adds such proposal to the plan. If the board determines that a proposal, which is not a priority comeback project, is inconsistent with the strategies and priorities in the community comeback plan, the board may award funding if it finds that the project is well planned, realistic, creative, resourceful, benefits the local community, is cost-effective and addresses the reinvestment needs of neighborhoods by one or more of the following:
(a) Reducing or removing impediments to attracting home buyers;
(b) Providing the necessary physical infrastructure needed to promote significant job growth;
(c) Reducing or removing any such factor or factors that constitute an economic or social liability or a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare in its present condition and use.
(4) The board, the advisory committee and the staff of both may advise petitioners on issues related to petitions or proposals. The board may meet informally, subject to the requirements of chapter 610, RSMo, with representatives of potential petitioners with regard to future petitions and plans.
5. The board shall establish a select neighborhood action program. SNAP applicants shall provide a ten-percent cash or in-kind match to be eligible for a SNAP grant. Project categories eligible for SNAP grant funding shall be:
(1) Neighborhood beautification projects which enhance the appearance of the overall neighborhood. Such projects include, but are not limited to, tree and flower plantings, cleanups, entranceway landscaping, community gardens, public art and neighborhood identification signs/banners;
(2) Neighborhood organization or capacity projects which create or increase membership in a neighborhood organization promoting community betterment. Such projects include, but are not limited to, neighborhood newsletters, neighborhood marketing brochures, neighborhood meetings and special events, and technology such as web site development;
(3) Neighborhood-school partnership projects which benefit a school and the adjacent neighborhood. Involvement of both the school and the neighborhood in planning, implementation and maintenance must be substantiated. Partnership projects include, but are not limited to, youth and community programs that promote safety, culture or the environment and that are beneficial to both the school and the neighborhood;
(4) Capital purchase projects which include the acquisition of equipment or property. Such projects include, but are not limited to, land acquisition, playground equipment, bicycle racks and major supplies;
(5) Neighborhood improvement projects which benefit the local infrastructure in a neighborhood, and include construction of sidewalks or installation of street lights.
6. Project categories ineligible for SNAP grant funding shall be:
(1) Projects accomplished in more than twelve months;
(2) Projects that duplicate existing private or public programs;
(3) Projects that require ongoing services, or requests to support continual operating budgets; and
(4) Projects that conflict with the community comeback plan.
7. When making SNAP grant funding decisions, the board shall consider the level of neighborhood participation including the percentage of residents who are involved in planning and implementing the idea, the diversity of parties involved or that will benefit, and the amount of neighborhood opposition; the community benefit of the project, including the number of people who will benefit from the project and the overall quality of the project.
67.493. Of the funds available to the trust, a minimum of five percent of the funds, not to exceed an unallocated balance of five hundred thousand dollars rolled over from the previous fiscal year, shall be set aside annually for the SNAP grant program. Of the remaining funds seventy-five percent calculated on a rolling three-year average shall be set aside for priority comeback projects. The balance of the funds shall be used to indirectly or directly benefit priority comeback communities or residents of those areas by utilizing such funds to:
(1) Promote job preparation and job creation in areas easily accessed by residents of priority comeback communities;
(2) Improve neighborhoods adjacent to priority comeback communities that are unlikely to be improved without such funding; and
(3) Abate through low-interest home improvement loan programs or similar mechanisms the functional or marketable obsolescence of any owner-occupied residential structure over twenty-five years old which is located within a census block group below one hundred ten percent of the median income level for the metropolitan statistical area for this state; provided that, there is a significant threat of economic decline within the area without intervention by the trust.
144.757. 1. Any county or municipality, except municipalities within a county of the first classification having a charter form of government with a population in excess of nine hundred thousand may, by a majority vote of its governing body, impose a local use tax if a local sales tax is imposed as defined in section 32.085, RSMo, at a rate equal to the rate of the local sales tax in effect in such county or municipality; provided, however, that no ordinance or order enacted pursuant to [the authority granted by the provisions of this act] sections 144.757 to 144.761 shall be effective unless the governing body of the county or municipality submits to the voters thereof at a municipal, county or state general, primary or special election prior to August 7, 1996, or after December 31, 1996, a proposal to authorize the governing body of the county or municipality to impose a local use tax [under the provisions of this act] pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761. Municipalities within a county of the first classification having a charter form of government with a population in excess of nine hundred thousand may, upon voter approval received pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section, impose a local use tax at the same rate as the local municipal sales tax with the revenues from all such municipal use taxes to be distributed pursuant to subsection 4 of section 94.890, RSMo. The municipality shall within thirty days of the approval of the use tax imposed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section select one of the distribution options permitted in subsection 4 of section 94.890, RSMo, for distribution of all municipal use taxes.
2. (1) The ballot of submission except for counties and municipalities described in subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection, shall contain substantially the following language:
Shall the .............. (county or municipality's name) impose a local use tax at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, currently .......... (insert percent), provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
YES NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "Yes". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "No".
(2) (a) The ballot of submission in a county of the first classification having a charter form of government with a population in excess of nine hundred thousand shall contain substantially the following language:
[Shall the county governing body be authorized to impose a local use tax which is equal to the total of the existing county sales tax of one percent and the existing county transportation sales taxes of three-quarters of one percent, provided that if any county sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.] For the purposes of preventing neighborhood decline, demolishing old deteriorating and vacant buildings, rehabilitating historic structures, cleaning polluted sites, promoting reinvestment in neighborhoods by creating the (name of county) Community Comeback Program; and for the purposes of enhancing local government services; shall the county governing body be authorized to collect a local use tax equal to the total of the existing county sales tax rate of (insert tax rate), provided that if the county sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same voter action? The Community Comeback Program shall be required to submit to the public a comprehensive financial report detailing the management and use of funds each year.
A use tax is the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases from out-of-state sellers by in-state buyers and on certain taxable business transactions. A use tax return shall not be required to be filled by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
YES NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "Yes". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "No".
(b) The ballot of submission in a municipality within a county of the first classification having a charter form of government with a population in excess of nine hundred thousand shall contain substantially the following language:
Shall the municipality be authorized to impose a local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax by a vote of the governing body, provided that if any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
YES NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "Yes". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "No".
(3) The ballot of submission in any city not within a county shall contain substantially the following language:
Shall the ............... (city name) impose a local use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax, currently at a rate of ........ (insert percent) which includes the capital improvements sales tax and the transportation tax, provided that if any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year.
YES NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "Yes". If you are opposed to the question, place an "X" in the box opposite "No".
(4) If any of such ballots are submitted on August 6, 1996, and if a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance or order and any amendments thereto shall be in effect October 1, 1996, provided the director of revenue receives notice of adoption of the local use tax on or before August 16, 1996. If any of such ballots are submitted after December 31, 1996, and if a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the ordinance or order and any amendments thereto shall be in effect on the first day of the calendar quarter which begins at least forty-five days after the director of revenue receives notice of adoption of the local use tax. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting are opposed to the proposal, then the governing body of the county or municipality shall have no power to impose the local use tax as herein authorized unless and until the governing body of the county or municipality shall again have submitted another proposal to authorize the governing body of the county or municipality to impose the local use tax [under the provisions of this act] pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761 and such proposal is approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon.
3. The local use tax may be imposed at the same rate as the local sales tax then currently in effect in the county or municipality upon all transactions which are subject to the taxes imposed [under] pursuant to sections 144.600 to 144.745 within the county or municipality adopting such tax; provided, however, that if any local sales tax is repealed or the rate thereof is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be deemed to be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action repealing, reducing or raising the local sales tax.
4. For purposes of sections 144.757 to 144.761 and sections 67.478 to 67.493, RSMo, the use tax may be referred to or described as the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases made from out-of-state sellers by in-state buyers and on certain intrabusiness transactions. Such a description shall not change the classification, form or subject of the use tax or the manner in which it is collected.
144.759. 1. All local use taxes collected by the director of revenue [under this act] pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761 on behalf of any county or municipality, less one percent for cost of collection, which shall be deposited in the state's general revenue fund after payment of premiums for surety bonds as provided in section 32.087, RSMo, shall be deposited with the state treasurer in a local use tax trust fund, which fund shall be separate and apart from the local sales tax trust funds. The moneys in such local use tax trust fund shall not be deemed to be state funds and shall not be commingled with any funds of the state. The director of revenue shall keep accurate records of the amount of money in the trust fund which was collected in each county or municipality imposing a local use tax, and the records shall be open to the inspection of officers of the county or municipality and to the public. No later than the tenth day of each month, the director of revenue shall distribute all moneys deposited in the trust fund during the preceding month, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, to the county or municipality treasurer, or such other officer as may be designated by the county or municipality ordinance or order, of each county or municipality imposing the tax authorized by [this act] sections 144.757 to 144.761, the sum due the county or municipality as certified by the director of revenue.
2. The director of revenue shall distribute all moneys which would be due any county of the first classification having a charter form of government and having a population of nine hundred thousand or more to the county treasurer or such other officer as may be designated by county ordinance, who shall distribute such moneys as follows: the portion of the use tax imposed by the county which equals one-half the rate of sales tax [levied pursuant to section 94.660, RSMo,] in effect for such county shall be disbursed to the [bi-state agency authorized pursuant to sections 70.370 to 70.441, RSMo, to be used only to provide the local share of construction costs for additional light rail lines] county community comeback trust authorized pursuant to sections 67.478 to 67.493, RSMo. The treasurer or such other officer as may be designated by county ordinance shall distribute one-third of the balance to the county and to each city, town and village in group B according to section 66.620, RSMo, as modified by this section, a portion of the remainder of such balance equal to the percentage ratio that the population of each such city, town or village bears to the total population of all such group B cities, towns and villages. For the purposes of this subsection, population shall be determined by the last federal decennial census or the latest census that determines the total population of the county and all political subdivisions therein. For the purposes of this subsection, each city, town or village in group A according to section 66.620, RSMo, but whose per capita sales tax receipts during the preceding calendar year pursuant to sections 66.600 to 66.630, RSMo, were less than the per capita countywide average of all sales tax receipts during the preceding calendar year, shall be treated as a group B city, town or village until the per capita amount distributed to such city, town or village equals the difference between the per capita sales tax receipts during the preceding calendar year and the per capita countywide average of all sales tax receipts during the preceding calendar year.
3. The director of revenue may authorize the state treasurer to make refunds from the amounts in the trust fund and credited to any county or municipality for erroneous payments and overpayments made, and may redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such counties or municipalities. If any county or municipality abolishes the tax, the county or municipality shall notify the director of revenue of the action at least ninety days prior to the effective date of the repeal, and the director of revenue may order retention in the trust fund, for a period of one year, of two percent of the amount collected after receipt of such notice to cover possible refunds or overpayment of the tax and to redeem dishonored checks and drafts deposited to the credit of such accounts. After one year has elapsed after the effective date of abolition of the tax in such county or municipality, the director of revenue shall authorize the state treasurer to remit the balance in the account to the county or municipality and close the account of that county or municipality. The director of revenue shall notify each county or municipality of each instance of any amount refunded or any check redeemed from receipts due the county or municipality.
4. Except as modified in [this act] sections 144.757 to 144.761, all provisions of sections 32.085 and 32.087, RSMo, applicable to the local sales tax, except for subsection 12 of section 32.087, RSMo, and all provisions of sections 144.600 to 144.745 shall apply to the tax imposed [under this act] pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761, and the director of revenue shall perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of the tax.
144.761. 1. No county or municipality imposing a local use tax pursuant to [this act] sections 144.757 to 144.761 may repeal or amend such local use tax unless such repeal or amendment is submitted to and approved by the voters of the county or municipality in the manner provided in section 144.757; provided, however, that the repeal of the local sales tax within the county or municipality shall be deemed to repeal the local use tax imposed [under this act] pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761.
2. Whenever the governing body of any county or municipality in which a local use tax has been imposed in the manner provided by [this act] sections 144.757 to 144.761 receives a petition, signed by fifteen percent of the registered voters of such county or municipality voting in the last gubernatorial election, calling for an election to repeal such local use tax, the governing body shall submit to the voters of such county or municipality a proposal to repeal the county or municipality use tax imposed [under the provisions of this act] pursuant to sections 144.757 to 144.761. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the registered voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal to repeal the local use tax, then the ordinance or order imposing the local use tax, along with any amendments thereto, is repealed. If a majority of the votes cast by the registered voters voting thereon are opposed to the proposal to repeal the local use tax, then the ordinance or order imposing the local use tax, along with any amendments thereto, shall remain in effect.
Section C. Because immediate action is necessary in order to prevent
further neighborhood decline and to stimulate economic investment,
section B of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be
an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and section B of
this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and
approval.
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