FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 447

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUETKENHAUS.

Read 1st time January 18, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

1379L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 620, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the advisory committee for electronic commerce.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A.  Chapter 620, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 620.1580, to read as follows:

620.1580.  1.  There is hereby established within the department of economic development the "Advisory Committee for Electronic Commerce".  The purpose of the committee shall be to advise the various agencies of the state of Missouri on issues related to electronic commerce.

2.  The committee shall be composed of eleven members, who shall be appointed by the director of the department of economic development, as follows:

(1)  One member shall be the director of the department of economic development;

(2)  One member shall be an employee of the department of revenue;

(3)  One member shall be an employee of the department of labor and industrial relations;

(4)  Seven members shall be from the business community, with at least one such member being a representative of the Associated Industries of Missouri, and with at least one such member being a representative of the Missouri chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business, and with at least one such member being a representative of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce; and

(5)  One member from the public at large.

3.  The members of the committee shall serve for terms of two years duration, and may be reappointed at the discretion of the director of the department of economic development.  Members of the committee shall not be compensated for their services, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their service on the committee.

4.  The director of the department of economic development shall serve as chair of the committee and shall designate an employee or employees of the department of economic development to staff the committee, or to chair the committee in the director's absence.

5.  The committee shall meet at such places and times as are designated by the director of the department of economic development, but shall not meet less than twice per calendar year.


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