FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE BILL NO. 544

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SMITH (150) (Sponsor), TILLEY, KOENIG, BIVINS, WILSON (119), NANCE, HOSKINS (121), JONES (89), SCHAAF, KELLY, DIXON, McGHEE, NIEVES, LAMPE, SCHOELLER, EMERY, DIECKHAUS, MUNZLINGER, THOMSON, SCHARNHORST, FRANZ, GATSCHENBERGER, DAY, STEVENSON, COOPER, SCHAD, WELLS, VIEBROCK, BRANDOM, POLLOCK, SCHLOTTACH, DIEHL, PARKINSON, PRATT, BROWN (149), STREAM, BRUNS, YATES, RICHARD, ICET AND BURLISON (Co-sponsors).

0733L.01P                                                                                                                                                 D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 37, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to Missouri accountability portal.

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

            Section A. Chapter 37, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 37.850, to read as follows:

            37.850. 1. The commissioner of administration shall maintain the Missouri accountability portal established in executive order 07-24 as a free, Internet-based tool allowing citizens to demand fiscal discipline and responsibility.

            2. The Missouri accountability portal shall consist of an easy-to-search database of financial transactions related to the purchase of goods and services and the distribution of funds for state programs.

            3. The Missouri accountability portal shall be updated each state business day and maintained as the primary source of information about the activity of Missouri’s government.

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