COUNTIES

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2009)
Bills Indexed by Subject
COUNTIES

HB 65 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Larry --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob

Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 18,000 or fewer residents and prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county HB 85 --- Sponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Adds the counties of Andrew and Buchanan to the list of counties authorized to enact nuisance abatement ordinances regarding the condition of real property HB 101 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward --- CoSponsor: Meiners, Kate

Requires counties to accept quarterly payments of real and personal property taxes HB 102 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward --- CoSponsor: Meiners, Kate

Limits the increase in assessed valuation on certain residential property owned by a taxpayer 62 years of age or older HB 110 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt --- CoSponsor: Schaaf, Robert

Exempts all sales of eyeglasses from state and local sales and use tax HB 113 --- Sponsor: Pollock, Darrell

Requires collectors to establish a method by which taxes on personal property may be paid on or before June 30 of each year HB 147 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard

Establishes the School Improvement District Act HB 148 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward

Changes the laws regarding the collection of taxes HB 193 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Roorda, Jeff

Authorizes Jefferson County, upon voter approval, to impose a retail sales tax to fund public health and safety projects and programs of the county public health center HB 202 --- Sponsor: Sander, Therese --- CoSponsor: Wallace, Maynard

Requires all counties, excluding the City of St. Louis, to establish and maintain 911 addressing where enhanced 911 service has been approved HB 257 --- Sponsor: Schieffer, Ed --- CoSponsor: Witte, Terry L.

Allows Lincoln County to become a second classification county upon reaching the required assessed valuation and approval from the governing body HB 279 --- Sponsor: Meiners, Kate --- CoSponsor: Low, Beth

Increases from $3 to $10 the fee charged by the county recorder of deeds for certain recorded documents pertaining to real property HB 328 --- Sponsor: Hodges, Steve --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Prohibits reductions in county officials' salaries when a county changes classifications until the current official leaves office HB 340 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Mike

Designates December 25 of each year to be known as Christmas and requires state agencies, public schools and colleges, and political subdivisions to use the traditional names of holidays HB 374 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Kelly, Chris

Adds tires or storm water runoff conditions to the list of items for which certain counties may enact ordinances to provide for public nuisance abatement HB 375 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Kelly, Chris

Authorizes compensation to the county counselor in Boone County for duties relating to mental health and mental health facilities HB 376 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Kelly, Chris

Changes the laws regarding certain county purchases HB 378 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Kelly, Chris

Authorized counties of the first classification to establish occupancy standards for residental rental property and to establish licensing and inspection procedures HB 379 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike --- CoSponsor: Schlottach, Charles

Establishes the Missouri County Planning Act HB 391 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Weter, Raymond 'Ray'

Requires tax statements to be mailed to all resident taxpayers at least 45 days before the delinquent date in counties of the first classification HB 392 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Ervin, Doug

Removes the requirement that presiding county commissioners be paid $2,000 more than other county commissioners HB 396 --- Sponsor: Nance, Bob

Changes the laws regarding the service of process in cases where a city or county is a party in a suit HB 404 --- Sponsor: Franz, Ward --- CoSponsor: Pollock, Darrell

Allows money from the county law enforcement restitution fund to be used for county inmate work and service programs and limits the amount a county can assess an individual for certain offenses to $10 HB 431 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Bruns, Mark J.

Authorizes counties to use ballot language which indicates that a tax is an extension of an existing tax and not a new tax HB 444 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Authorizes counties to assess a fee on all civil case filings by the circuit court to provide funding to qualified nonprofit organizations to implement a neutral site child custody exchange program HB 447 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Casey, Ron

Requires all counties and fire protection districts to adopt and enforce the 2003 ICC International Fire Code HB 460 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike

Authorizes Montgomery County to impose a transient guest tax for the promotion of tourism HB 538 --- Sponsor: Dixon, Bob --- CoSponsor: Burlison, Eric

Grants immunity to certain entities and their employees against suits brought by an individual who engaged in uncompensated work or community service as part of a deferred prosecution agreement HB 556 --- Sponsor: Guest, Jim

Allows real property owners in the counties of Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, and DeKalb to petition for the creation of an exhibition center and recreational facility district HB 591 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Changes the laws regarding property taxation and requires tax rate rollbacks by school districts in reassessment years HB 718 --- Sponsor: Dugger, Tony

Changes the laws regarding the assessment and collection of volunteer fire protection association fees HB 785 --- Sponsor: Frame, Michael --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed

Exempts residential property owned by individuals 62 years of age or older from certain increases in assessed valuation HB 786 --- Sponsor: Frame, Michael --- CoSponsor: Schieffer, Ed

Prohibits any condemning authority from acquiring by eminent domain any real property of a commercial gun shop, hunting preserve, or shooting range HB 789 --- Sponsor: Corcoran, Michael George

Allows the counties of St. Charles and St. Louis and St. Louis City to declare that unencumbered lateral sewer line fees in a special account are surplus and can be transferred to another department or office HB 801 --- Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark A.

Exempts political subdivisions from paying taxes levied by the state or other political subdivisions HB 821 --- Sponsor: Cooper, Robert Wayne --- CoSponsor: Pollock, Darrell

Allows a first classification county to establish a county court HB 826 --- Sponsor: Brown, Dan --- CoSponsor: McGhee, Mike

Authorizes the Department of Mental Health to enter into agreements with county jails for the confinement of sexually violent predators HB 829 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Nance, Bob

Allows joint venture financing of certain educational facilities HB 843 --- Sponsor: Bruns, Mark J. --- CoSponsor: Deeken, Bill

Increases the rate that all counties and certain cities are authorized to impose, upon voter approval, of a transient guest tax on each occupied room, per night from up to 5% to up to 7% HB 854 --- Sponsor: McClanahan, Rebecca --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Requires any electronic version of municipal ordinances, resolutions, rules, orders, or bylaws authorized by the municipality to be accepted as evidence in all courts and places within the state HB 859 --- Sponsor: Dieckhaus, Scott --- CoSponsor: Lair, Mike

Reduces from three to one the number of required copies that must be filed and kept in the clerk's office of building or technical codes adopted by counties, fire protection districts, and municipalities HB 875 --- Sponsor: Largent, Scott --- CoSponsor: Leara, Mike

Requires political subdivisions to regulate firearms by adopting ordinances consistent with the weapons offenses and with the justification defense in state law HB 878 --- Sponsor: Bivins, Walt --- CoSponsor: Nasheed, Jamilah

Prohibits a political subdivision from imposing a fine or penalty on the owner of a pay telephone on his or her property for calls to the emergency telephone service from the pay telephone HB 884 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Holsman, Jason R.

Requires the governing body of a municipality or county, upon application, to authorize organizations of public safety officers to stand in a road to solicit charitable contributions HB 890 --- Sponsor: LeVota, Paul --- CoSponsor: Yates, Brian David

Increases from $2 to $4 the additional surcharge that may be assessed in a criminal case by the governing body of any county or city having a domestic violence shelter HB 902 --- Sponsor: Kingery, Gayle --- CoSponsor: Dethrow, Mike

Increases the assessed valuation thresholds for a county to move into a higher classification HB 930 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: Curls, Shalonn

Establishes the Duty Free Zones Act which authorizes the creation of tax-free or reduced-tax zones HB 939 --- Sponsor: Smith, Joe

Increases the minimum value of county property that the auditor in a charter county must annually inventory HB 940 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Kander, Jason

Establishes the Missouri False Claims Act HB 952 --- Sponsor: Sutherland, Mike

Establishes the Independence Day Sales Tax Holiday which authorizes a state sales and use tax exemption on certain purchases during the period of July 4 through July 31 HB 954 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Allows for the appointment of an acting county municipal court judge on a temporary basis if any judge of a county municipal court becomes ill or is otherwise unavailable HB 965 --- Sponsor: Parson, Michael L. --- CoSponsor: Self, Tom

Authorizes a percentage reduction in real and personal property taxes for property owners 70 years of age or older HB 975 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay

Allows for an alternative method for establishing a county planning commission HB 976 --- Sponsor: Wasson, Jay

Specifies that the limit on the amount which can be expended on roads and streets within the limits of any city will not apply to any city in Christian County HB 977 --- Sponsor: Parkinson, Mark A. --- CoSponsor: Munzlinger, Brian

Establishes the Annual Sportsman Sales Tax Holiday Act which authorizes an annual state sales and use tax exemption on purchases of certain outdoor sportsman equipment HB 982 --- Sponsor: Lipke, Scott A.

Removes the requirement to hold an election in nonpartisan elections when there are the same number of candidates as open offices HB 992 --- Sponsor: Dusenberg, Gary

Exempts real property owned by individuals 65 years of age and older from increases in the tax rate and assessed valuation until the owner moves, sells the property, or fails to notify of continued eligibility HB 997 --- Sponsor: Diehl, John

Prohibits individuals who have been found guilty of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to certain crimes from qualifying as a candidate for elective public office HB 1045 --- Sponsor: Nolte, Jerry --- CoSponsor: Allen, Sue

Limits the increase in assessed valuation of residential property by the percentage of increase in Social Security benefits for the elderly and disabled who own and live in their principal residence HB 1112 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Brandom, Ellen

Establishes the Missouri Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act to implement the economic development provisions of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 HB 1116 --- Sponsor: Dougherty, Curt

Requires all noncharter counties to prepare and publish a summarized financial statement instead of a detailed financial statement HB 1135 --- Sponsor: Holsman, Jason R. --- CoSponsor: Atkins, Bert

Allows any political subdivision to declare any real property blighted if the owner of the property cannot be contacted or located after five years HB 1136 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: LeBlanc, Roman Lee

Reduces the acreage requirements for eligibility under the Land Assemblage Tax Credit Program HB 1139 --- Sponsor: Leara, Mike

Requires a public entity, political subdivision, or governmental agency to have full ownership of any property obtained by the power of eminent domain HB 1145 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff --- CoSponsor: Meadows, Tim

Changes the laws regarding the county special allocation fund HB 1161 --- Sponsor: Deeken, Bill

Changes the laws regarding elections and establishes the Election Consolidation Act of 2009 HB 1184 --- Sponsor: Loehner, Tom

Establishes the Regional Taxing District Act with authorizes the establishment of regional taxing districts comprised of each of the counties surrounding a special business district HJR 19 --- Sponsor: Leara, Mike --- CoSponsor: Jones, Timothy W.

Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring all assessors in charter counties and St. Louis City to be elected instead of appointed HJR 22 --- Sponsor: Davis, Cynthia L. --- CoSponsor: Koenig, Andrew

Proposes a constitutional amendment eliminating the personal property tax and limiting the tax on real property to no more than 1% of the property's true value HJR 24 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Komo, Sam

Proposes a constitutional amendment changing the requirements for taking property by the power of eminent domain HJR 25 --- Sponsor: Harris, Belinda --- CoSponsor: Komo, Sam

Proposes a constitutional amendment repealing the authority of chartered cities or counties to take blighted property by eminent domain but authorizes them to enact ordiances to impose liens

SB 5 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Creates the Missouri County Planning Act

SB 19 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement

SB 38 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Allows a county, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications

SB 75 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act

SB 99 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Establishes the predictable property tax act

SB 123 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Modifies provisions of law relating to county collectors

SB 174 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
: Modifies provisions of law relating to property taxation

SB 187 --- Sponsor: Vogel, Carl
: Modifies provisions relating to the imposition of transient guest taxes by certain local governments

SB 196 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Modifies the procedure for detaching territory from a public water supply district

SB 242 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David
: Provides an alternate procedure to approve bond issuance for a sewer subdistrict in Cass County

SB 257 --- Sponsor: Schaefer, Kurt
: Allows for the extension of certain county taxes upon voter approval

SB 276 --- Sponsor: Barnitz, Frank A.
: Authorizes Montgomery County to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax

SB 351 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Modifies provisions of law regarding sales tax refunds

SB 358 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Increases the assessed valuation a county must maintain in order to move into a higher classification

SB 359 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Changes how a local government withdraws from a regional planning commission

SB 386 --- Sponsor: Lager, Brad
: Modifies provisions of law regarding political subdivisions

SB 455 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Increases the assessed valuation a county must maintain in order to move into a higher classification

SB 501 --- Sponsor: Cunningham, Jane
: Limits increases in assessed value of residential real property until transfer of ownership

SB 508 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Modifies provisions of law regarding metropolitan zoological parks and museum districts

SB 544 --- Sponsor: Schmitt, Eric
: Modifies provisions regarding organizations soliciting charitable contributions on roadways

SB 569 --- Sponsor: Lembke, Jim
: Modifies various provisions relating to the initiative and referendum process

SB 574 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Allows Lincoln County, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications

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