HB 1894 -- STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

CO-SPONSORS:  Black, Myers, Moore, King, Jetton, Merideth,
Barnitz, Quinn

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on
Transportation by a vote of 16 to 4 with 1 present.

This bill requires that members of the State Transportation
Commission be appointed by the Governor from among candidates
supplied by the House and Senate leadership of each political
party.  Every two years the Governor will appoint one candidate
from each party.  Candidates must be appointed by July 1 in
even-numbered years.  When a vacancy on the commission occurs,
the House and Senate leadership of the political party of the
vacating member must submit three candidates for selection within
30 days.  The Governor has 15 days to appoint the new member.
The new member will serve only the remainder of the unexpired
six-year term of the vacating member.

All references to the Highway Commission or the Highways and
Transportation Commission and the Department of Highways in the
statutes will mean the Transportation Commission and the
Department of Transportation.

FISCAL NOTE:  Not available at time of printing.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the Highways and Transportation
Commission as organized in this proposed legislation will give
more legislative involvement and will be more responsive to
Missourians.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Black; and Missouri
Farm Bureau.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Robert Triplett, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:02 am