SB 211 -- MERCHANDISING PRACTICES

SPONSOR:  Loudon (Cooper, 120)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Small Business by a vote of 11 to 0.

Currently, if a salesperson sells merchandise and is paid on a
commission basis and the employer fails to pay the salesperson
the agreed upon commission, the salesperson has a civil claim
against the employer under Chapter 407, RSMo.  This bill expands
the provision by adding the selling of services.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and
FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill simply fixes a loophole
in the law that protects commission salespersons when they are
not paid their commissions as agreed upon.  A commission
salesperson selling a service faces the same problem as a person
selling merchandise, in terms of battling an employer when there
is a dispute over the amount of the commission.

Testifying for the bill was Senator Loudon.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Richard Smreker, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:21 pm