HCS HB 184 -- CHILDREN'S SERVICES PROTECTION ACT

SPONSOR:  Schneider (Dempsey)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Local
Government by a vote of 10 to 1.

This substitute establishes the Children's Services Protection
Act which requires any city or county that has levied a sales tax
to provide services to children in need under Section 67.1775,
RSMo, to reimburse the community children's services fund the
amount of tax revenue that is used for or diverted to any tax
increment financing project approved or adopted after August 28,
2007.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2008, FY 2009, and
FY 2010.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that when the voters of the City of
St. Charles passed a sales tax in 2004 to fund a community
children's services fund, the voters did not intend for the
revenue to be diverted to tax increment financing projects.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Dempsey; Missouri
Coalition of Community Mental Health Centers; Jim Moody, Crider
Center for Mental Health; and City of St. Charles.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am