HB 963 -- Urban Conservation

Co-Sponsors:  Bowman, Coleman, Thompson, Villa, Brooks, Bland,
Kreider, Carnahan, Kennedy, Rizzo, Reid

This bill creates the Urban Conservation Commission.  The
commission is responsible for creating a comprehensive 10-year
plan to address the problems associated with distressed urban
areas.  Specifically, the plan must address how distressed urban
areas can do the following:

(1)  Promote a vigorous and growing economy;

(2)  Prevent economic stagnation and encourage the creation of
new jobs;

(3)  Reduce the level of public assistance;

(4)  Reduce the rate of crime and delinquency;

(5)  Increase the level of education;

(6)  Reverse declining property values in urban areas;

(7)  Increase revenues to the state and municipalities; and

(8)  Achieve a diversified economy.

The plan will contain initial proposals for addressing the
revitalization of each area in the state that is identified as a
distressed urban area and will propose a time line in which the
revitalization of each area will occur.  The commission will
update the comprehensive plan periodically.

The bill is contingent upon approval of a constitutional
amendment creating the Urban Conservation Commission and the
Department of Urban Conservation.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated September 13, 2001 at 2:04 pm