SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 709
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR DePASCO.
Pre-filed December 13, 1999, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 17, 2000, and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
Reported from the Committee February 7, 2000, with recommendation that the bill do pass with Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 adopted March 7, 2000.
Taken up March 7, 2000. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
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AN ACT
To amend chapter 8, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a permanent memorial for workers killed or injured on the job.
Section A. Chapter 8, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 8.900, to read as follows:
8.900. 1. There shall be established a permanent memorial for workers killed on the job in the state of Missouri.
2. The memorial shall be located on the grounds of the state capitol. The memorial shall be of a design selected by a competition organized by the "Workers Memorial Committee" which is hereby created. The workers memorial committee shall be composed of the members of the board of public buildings, or their designees, a member of the house of representatives selected by the speaker of the house of representatives and a member of the Missouri senate selected by the president pro tem of the senate. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties for the committee.
3. There is hereby established in the state treasury the "Workers Memorial Fund". Money from state appropriations, gifts, grants and devises may be deposited in the workers memorial fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, moneys in the fund shall not revert to general revenue. The state treasurer shall invest the moneys from the fund in the same manner as other state funds are invested. Interest accruing to the fund shall be deposited in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund.