HCS SB 345 -- REMOVAL OF WEEDS

SPONSOR:  House (Holt)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee
on Local Government and Related Matters by a vote of 17 to 0.

This substitute allows the City of St. Peters to order the
abatement of weeds or trash within 5 business days after notice
is sent or posted on the property.  If the weeds or trash are
not removed within 5 days, the city may have them removed and
the cost of removal billed on a special tax bill to be collected
by the collector with other taxes assessed against the property.

Kansas City is also authorized to enact ordinances to protect
private property from nuisance and property maintenance code
violations.  Punishment for the violation of these ordinances
may be a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment of up to one year
or both for each offense.  The substitute also requires a
limited liability company that owns unoccupied real property in
Kansas City to file with the city's clerk an affidavit listing
the name and address of at least one person who has management
control and responsibility for the property.

The substitute also requires persons, corporations, state
commissions, state agencies, county commissions, township
boards, school boards, drainage boards, railroad companies,
governing bodies of incorporated cities, other transportation
companies, and persons supervising state-owned lands to control
the spread of and eradicate cut-leaved teasel (Dipsacus
laciniatus), common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), and kudzu vine
(Pueraria lobata) by methods approved by the Environmental
Protection Agency.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill will allow St. Peters
to force persons to clean up weeds and trash.

Testifying for the bill was Senator House.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Steve Bauer, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:47 am