SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 994
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR FLOTRON.
Read 1st time February 9, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4420S.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapters 32, 105, 161 and 620, RSMo, by adding thereto four new sections relating to technology projects by state agencies.
Section A. Chapters 32, 105, 161 and 620, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto four new sections, to be known as sections 32.300, 105.1225, 161.640, and 620.1600, to read as follows:
32.300. In political subdivisions where personal property tax records are accessible via computer, and when proof of motor vehicle liability insurance can be verified via computer, the department of revenue shall design and implement, as one of the pilot projects in the technology master plan required pursuant to section 105.1225, RSMo, a motor vehicle license renewal system which may be used through the department's Internet web site connection which does not require an intermediary software supplier. The online license renewal system shall be available no later than January 1, 2002. The department of revenue shall design and implement an online system allowing the filing and payment of Missouri state taxes through the department's Internet web site connection, which does not require an intermediary software supplier. The online tax filing and payment system shall be available for the payment of Missouri state taxes for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2002.
105.1225. 1. The office of administration and the departments of agriculture, conservation, economic development, elementary and secondary education, health, higher education, insurance, labor and industrial relations, mental health, natural resources, public safety, revenue, social services, and transportation shall each develop a technology master plan to study methods of improving the delivery and efficiency of services to members of the public. Each technology master plan shall include the description of at least one pilot project which will allow easier access and availability of agency services through Internet web site connections and other technologies. The office of administration may contract for information technology consulting services and other services deemed necessary to conduct the study, provided that preference shall be given to Missouri-based companies. Each agency shall submit a copy of its technology master plan to the commissioner of the office of administration no later than December 31, 2000. The commissioner shall compile the master plans and submit a unified report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate no later than March 1, 2001.
2. The office of administration, as one of the pilot projects required pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, shall design and implement a purchasing system for supplies, as defined in section 34.010, RSMo, which may be used through the office of administration's Internet web site connection. The online purchasing system shall be available no later than January 1, 2002.
161.640. The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish, as one of the pilot projects in the technology master plan required pursuant to section 105.1225, RSMo, a grant program to provide funds, as appropriated by law, for school districts to purchase computer software designed for the reactive acquisition of vocabulary elements.
620.1600. The department of economic development shall establish, as one of the pilot projects in the technology master plan required pursuant to section 105.1225, RSMo, a program to provide contract consulting services to minority entrepreneurs through the agency's Internet web site connections. The online program shall be available no later than January 1, 2002.