SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 753
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Commerce, April 11, 2000, with recommendation that the House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 753 Do Pass.ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 82.300, RSMo 1994, relating to constitutional charter cities, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject, with a termination date for a certain section.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 82.300, RSMo 1994, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 82.300 and 82.1050, to read as follows:
82.300. 1. Any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county may enact all needful ordinances for preserving order, securing persons or property from violence, danger and destruction, protecting public and private property and for promoting the general interests and ensuring the good government of the city, and for the protection, regulation and orderly government of parks, public grounds and other public property of the city, both within and beyond the corporate limits of such city; and to prescribe and impose, enforce and collect fines, forfeitures and penalties for the breach of any provisions of such ordinances and to punish the violation of such ordinances by fine or imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment; but no fine shall exceed five hundred dollars nor imprisonment exceed twelve months for any such offense, except as provided in [subsection 2] subsections 2 and 3 of this section.
2. Any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county which operates a publicly owned treatment works in accordance with an approved pretreatment program under the federal Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. and chapter 644, RSMo, may enact all necessary ordinances which require compliance by an industrial user with any pretreatment standard or requirement. Such ordinances may authorize injunctive relief or the imposition of a fine of at least one thousand dollars but not more than five thousand dollars per violation for noncompliance with such pretreatment standards or requirements. For any continuing violation, each day of the violation shall be considered a separate offense.
3. Any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county may enact all needful ordinances to protect public and private property from illegal and unauthorized dumping and littering and to punish the violation of such ordinances by fine or imprisonment, or by both fine and imprisonment; but no such fine shall exceed one thousand dollars nor imprisonment exceed twelve months for any such offense.
82.1050. 1. Beginning January 1, 2001, any landlord who leases real property located in any city with a population of more than four hundred thousand inhabitants shall submit a registration form to the governing body of such city pursuant to this section.
2. The registration form shall be developed by the governing body of such city and shall contain:
(1) The name, personal address, business address and telephone numbers of the landlord;
(2) The address of each property located in the city that is owned and leased by the landlord;
(3) The name, address and phone number of a person who will serve as a legal representative of the landlord for purposes of receiving public safety violations, code violations or other violations of any kind involving the property listed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. In the event no legal representative is named pursuant to this subdivision, the landlord shall serve as his or her own legal representative for purposes of this subdivision; and
(4) Any other information that the governing body of such city deems necessary to enhance compliance with city public safety and code regulations.
3. The city shall compile the registration forms submitted pursuant to this section for the purposes of ensuring greater efficiency in compliance with, and enforcement of, local public safety and code regulations. On or before July 1, 2002, and on or before every July first thereafter, the city shall issue a report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate as to the effectiveness of the compilation of the forms in ensuring greater efficiency in compliance with, and enforcement of, public safety and code regulations.
4. This section shall be of no force and effect on or after January 1, 2006.