HB 2047 -- STREET GRADING IN CERTAIN CITIES

SPONSOR:  Curls

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

Currently, cities with 300,000 or more inhabitants have the
authority to establish or change the grade of any street after
the two houses of legislation of the city adopt and publish a
resolution in a newspaper declaring the necessity for the
grading, unless a majority of the property owners fronting the
street file a remonstrance within 30 days of the first
publication.  If a remonstrance is filed, the city cannot make
the proposed change until a sufficient number of remonstrators
withdraw their signatures so that there is less than a majority.

This bill deletes the references to the "two houses of
legislation" and replaces the term "resolution" with "ordinance."

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2009, FY 2010, and
FY 2011.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that this is basically a clean-up
bill that eliminates some redundancy and reduces the process time
for approving a street grading project.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Curls; and City of
Kansas City.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:11 pm