Missouri Senate

House Amendment

JOINT COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND JUSTICE

The act creates a permanent joint committee of the General Assembly to be known as the Joint Committee on Judiciary and Justice. The Committee shall consist of members of the General Assembly and three ex officio members. The Committee is charged with reviewing of all aspects of the state's justice system and making any recommendations for legislative changes to the General Assembly. A permanent subcommittee of the Committee shall be established to periodically review the criminal code. An advisory committee is established to aid the subcommittee, consisting of representatives of the Missouri Supreme Court, the Attorney General, and other individuals known to be interested in the improvement of the state's criminal laws (21.880).

This provision is identical to provisions contained in SB 575 (2014).

REGIONAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SERVICE

The act designates the Regional Justice Information Service as a "Criminal Justice Agency" for the purposes of federal law. The Agency shall have the power to facilitate criminal identification activities, provide criminal history, and perform any other related functions not inconsistent with law (43.675).

This provision is identical to HB 2128 (2014).

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

This act provides that a special prosecutor appointed because the prosecutor and assistant prosecutor have a conflict of interest may not be employed by anyone except the state in any criminal proceeding. It also specifies that a special prosecutor is to be considered an appointed prosecutor for purposes of a statute making it a misdemeanor for a prosecutor to engage in such employment (56.110).

Under this act, the same judge can hear a preliminary hearing and the trial of a felony case if the defendant has signed a written waiver permitting the same judge to hear both (478.240).

These provisions are identical to provisions contained in SB 793 (2014).

PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS AND CIRCUIT ATTORNEYS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Currently, each county must transfer a certain sum of money to the Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement System Fund. The act provides that each county's contribution shall be adjusted in accordance with the retirement system's funded ratio and a schedule provided in the act (56.807).

The act also states that a four dollar surcharge, payable to the retirement system, shall be assessed in cases where a person pleads guilty and pays a fine through a fine collection center (56.807, 488.026).

These provisions are substantially similar to provisions contained in HCS/HB 1231 (2014), HCS/SCS/SB 672 (2014), and HB 1821 (2014), and identical to provisions contained in HCS/SB 615 (2014).

JEFFERSON COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT

The act modifies the county description of Jefferson County in provisions of law which allow Jefferson and Franklin Counties to prosecute violations of county orders in a county municipal court (67.320).

This provision is identical to provisions contained in HB 1921 (2014) and HCS/SB 614 (2014).

INTEREST ON JUDGEMENTS

The act provides a definition for the term "judgment balance" and states that post-judgment payments shall be applied first to post-judgment costs, then to interest, and then to judgment balance (408.040).

This provision is identical to provisions contained in HCS/HB 1612 (2014).

GUARDIANSHIP FORM

The act states that by January 1, 2015 the Missouri Supreme Court shall develop a form petition of the appointment of a guardian for a minor to be used in uncontested guardianship cases (475.072).

This provision is similar to HB 1205 (2014) and identical to HCS/HB 1231 (2014).

JUDICIAL RESOURCES AND JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

Current law states that it is the purpose of certain listed sections of law to provide the General Assembly and the Supreme Court with the mechanisms to obtain a comprehensive analysis of judicial resources and an efficient method for identifying problems and allocating personnel and resources within the judicial system. This act adds and repeals specific sections of law from this list of sections (476.001).

The act removes commissioners of the Supreme Court as members of the Judicial Conference. Under the act, the Conference shall meet every odd numbered year (476.320, 476.330, 476.340).

THIRTEENTH CIRCUIT DRUG COURT COMMISSIONER

The act reinstitutes the thirteenth circuit's authority to appoint a drug court commissioner (478.610).

This provision is identical to provisions contained in HCS/HB 1231 (2014) and HCS/HB 1448 (2014).

THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SURCHARGE

This act provides that a surcharge of up to ten dollars may be collected in all criminal proceedings filed in the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit if the surcharge was authorized by a county or municipal order, ordinance, or resolution.

The moneys collected from the surcharge must be use for the costs associated with the construction, maintenance and operation of any county or municipal judicial facility (488.2206).

These provisions are identical to SB 915 (2014), HCS/SB 615 (2014), and SCS/HB 1238 (2014).

GARNISHMENTS

Under the act, clerks of circuit courts are authorized to collect a surcharge of up to ten dollars when processing garnishments and money from the surcharge is to be used to maintain and improve case processing and record preservation (488.305).

The act adds language which provides that notice of garnishment shall have the effect of attaching all personal property at the time of service or in the case of a continuous wage garnishment, until the judgment is paid in full, or until the employment relationship is terminated.

Garnishments which would otherwise have equal priority shall have priority according to the date of service, and when wages have been attached by more than one writ of garnishment then the employer must inform the inferior garnisher of the other garnishments (525.040).

When applicable, a garnishee may discharge himself by paying the money or giving the property owed to the defendant to the attorney for the party on whose behalf the order of garnishment was issued, when applicable. Additionally, the court may order the delivery of the defendant's property possessed by the garnishee to the attorney for the party on whose behalf the order of garnishment was issued (525.070, 525.080).

The act allows the garnishee to deduct up to twenty dollars, or a fee previously agreed upon between the garnishee and judgment debtor when the garnishee is a financial institution, for expenses in answering interrogatories and withholding the funds. The garnishee may also file a motion with the court to obtain additional costs incurred in answering the interrogatories (525.230).

The act modifies provisions relating to the issuance of a writ of sequestration. Under current law, the wages of state government employees are not subject to direct garnishment, and instead must be collected under a process called sequestration. This act provides that sovereign immunity shall be waived for the purposes of garnishing the pay of employees who work for the state or a political subdivision, and that the government employer shall have the same duties as a private employer when served with a garnishment order. The act repeals language requiring a writ of sequestration when the judgment debtor is a government employee, and provides that all garnishments against such employees shall proceed in the same manner as any other garnishment proceedings (525.310).

These provisions are identical to provisions contained in HCS/HB 1612 (2014), HCS/SCS/SB 672 (2014), and similar to provisions contained in HB 204 (2013) and SS/SCS/HCS/HB 374 & 434 (2013).

SEARCH WARRANT FOR LOCATION INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

This act prohibits government entities from obtaining the location information of an electronic device without a search warrant. Violators of the act are subject to a $50 fine.

This act allows a government entity to obtain the location information of an electronic device if it is reported stolen, to respond to a call for emergency services, with informed consent, or when a possible life-threatening situation exists.

Evidence obtained in violation of the act is inadmissible in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding and cannot be used in an affidavit for a search warrant (542.375).

These provisions are identical to HB 1388 (2014), and substantially similar to SCS/HB 1388 (2014).

SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS

The act provides that a conviction in this state or any other jurisdiction for a sexually violent offense can be considered when determining if a person is a sexually violent predator for the purposes of confinement and treatment (632.480, 632.483, 632.484).

These provisions are identical to HB 1741 (2014) and provisions contained in HCS/SB 621 (2014).

CYBER CRIME INVESTIGATION FUND

Currently, the Cyber Crime Investigation Fund and its disbursement program expired on June 5, 2012. This act extends the existence of the fund and the program until August 28, 2024, and repeals the provision of law requiring three million dollars to be appropriate to the fund each year.

The act adds that money from the fund shall be used to pay the salaries of assistant prosecuting and circuit attorneys whose focus is investigating Internet sex crimes against children. The act also adds the executive director of the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services as a member of the panel which awards grants regarding cyber crime law enforcement (650.120).

This provision is identical to HB 1906 (2014), and provisions contained in HCS/HB 1448 (2014).

COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES

The act repeals provisions of law requiring the state to pay the costs of a capital case when imprisonment is the sole punishment and the defendant is acquitted, and that in all other trials on indictments the costs shall be paid by the county if the defendant is acquitted (550.040).

The act also repeals a provision of law which provides that the prosecutor or the person on whose oath the prosecution was commenced to be liable for all the court costs in any case where a person must be committed or recognized to answer for a felony and no indictment is issued against the person (550.060).

These provisions are identical to provisions contained in HCS/HB 1448 (2014).

JESSICA BAKER

HA 1 - THIS AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TITLE OF THE "JOINT COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND JUSTICE" TO THE "JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE JUSTICE SYSTEM." THE AMENDMENT ALSO REPEALS THE PROVISION WHICH STATES THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS SHALL CONTINUE DURING THEIR TERM OF OFFICE AS MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OR UNTIL A SUCCESSOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED. THE COMMITTEE MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE OR INFORMATION FROM ALL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AND STATE AGENCIES. THE AMENDMENT REPEALS THE PROVISION WHICH STATES THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS THE POWER TO SUBPOENA WITNESS, TAKE TESTIMONY, AND COMPEL THE GIVING OF RECORDS (21.880).

THE AMENDMENT ALSO MODIFIES THE LANGUAGE IN SECTION 56.110 TO STATE THAT A PROSECUTOR APPOINTED BY THE COURT SHALL NOT REPRESENT A PARTY OTHER THAN THE STATE IN ANY CRIMINAL CASE IN THAT CIRCUIT FOR THE DURATION OF THE APPOINTMENT.

THE AMENDMENT STATES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHALL HAVE IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY WHILE CONDUCTING SERVICE OF PROCESS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COURT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OFFICERS' ACTIONS DO NOT VIOLATE ESTABLISHED RIGHTS OF WHICH A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD HAVE KNOWN (57.095).

THE AMENDMENT STATES THAT A PRESIDING JUDGE OF A CIRCUIT MAY ASSIGN A JUDGE TO HEAR BOTH THE PRELIMINARY HEARING AND THE TRIAL OF A FELONY CASE IF THE DEFENDANT AGREES ON THE RECORD (478.240.2(2)).

HA 2 - THIS AMENDMENT MODIFIES THE LAW RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.

UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS, WHICH ARE UNCLAIMED PROPERTY, SHALL BE DEEMED ABANDONED WHEN THEY HAVE REMAINED UNCLAIMED FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS AFTER THEIR DATE OF MATURITY AND SHALL ESCHEAT TO THE STATE 3 YEARS AFTER BECOMING UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. AT LEAST 180 DAYS AFTER THE BONDS ESCHEAT TO THE STATE, THE TREASURER SHALL BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO CONFIRM THAT THE BONDS SHALL ESCHEAT TO THE STATE.

THE TREASURER SHALL RETAIN RECORDS OF THE NAMES ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH BONDS THAT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION (447.534, 447.560, 447.584).

THIS AMENDMENT HAS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE FOR THESE PROVISIONS.

HA 3 - CURRENTLY, "NO-CONTEST" OR "IN TERROREM" CLAUSES ARE ENFORCEABLE. THESE TYPES OF PROVISIONS IN A TRUST OR WILL GENERALLY PROVIDE THAT A BENEFICIARY FORFEITS INTEREST IN THE TRUST OR WILL PROPERTY IF THE BENEFICIARY CONTESTS THE TRUST OR WILL.

THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT WHEN AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST CONTAINS A NO-CONTEST CLAUSE, AS DEFINED IN THE AMENDMENT, THEN AN INTERESTED PERSON MAY STILL FILE A PETITION WITH A COURT FOR A RULING ON WHETHER A PARTICULAR CLAIM FOR RELIEF WOULD TRIGGER FORFEITURE. THE PETITION FOR SUCH A RULING MAY BE FILED EITHER AS A SEPARATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDING OR ALONG WITH OTHER CLAIMS FOR RELIEF. THE AMENDMENT SPECIFIES THAT WHEN RULING ON THE PETITION, THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER THE TEXT OF THE CLAUSE, AND THE CONTEXT OF THE TERMS OF THE TRUST AND FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS IN THE PETITION. THE COURT SHALL NOT ACCEPT EVIDENCE BEYOND WHAT IS PROVIDED IN THE PLEADINGS AND THE TRUST INSTRUMENT.

THE AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE JUDGMENT ON THE APPLICATION OF A NO-CONTEST CLAUSE IS APPEALABLE. FOLLOWING THE RULING, IF CLAIMS ARE SUBSEQUENTLY FILED IN WHICH DIFFERING FACTS ARE ASSERTED FROM THOSE WHICH THE NO-CONTEST CLAUSE JUDGMENT WAS BASED UPON, THEN THE PARTY IN WHOSE FAVOR THE JUDGMENT WAS RENDERED SHALL HAVE NO PROTECTION FROM ENFORCEMENT OF THE NO-CONTEST CLAUSE PROVIDED UNDER THIS AMENDMENT.

THE AMENDMENT ALSO PROVIDES THE TYPES OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A NO-CONTEST CLAUSE IS NOT ENFORCEABLE SUCH AS OBJECTIONS TO VENUE OR A CLAIM FOR RELIEF CONCERNING AN ACCOUNTING ERROR. IN THESE SITUATIONS THE COURT MAY AWARD ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS (456.4-420).

SIMILAR TO A TRUST, THE AMENDMENT STATES THAT IF A WILL CONTAINS A NO-CONTEST CLAUSE AN INTERESTED PERSON MAY FILE A PETITION WITH THE COURT FOR DETERMINATION ON WHETHER A COURT ACTION WOULD TRIGGER THE APPLICATION OF THE NO-CONTEST CLAUSE OR TRIGGER FORFEITURE (474.395).

HA 4 - CURRENTLY, THE REVISED STATUTES OF MISSOURI ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST EVERY TEN YEARS. THIS AMENDMENT REMOVES THIS TEN YEAR REQUIREMENT AND INSTEAD PROVIDES THAT THE STATUTES SHALL BE PUBLISHED ONLY UPON THE ADOPTION OF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. ANNOTATIONS AND STATUTORY SUPPLEMENTS MAY PRINTED WITHOUT THE ADOPTION OF A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION (3.010).

WHENEVER A STATE OR FEDERAL COURT ISSUES A PERMANENT ORDER ENJOINING A BILL OR STATUTE ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON PROCEDURAL GROUNDS, THE MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL NOTIFY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES OF SUCH ORDER AND THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH A FOOTNOTE ON THE COMMITTEE'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO EACH AFFECTED SECTION CALLING ATTENTION TO THE COURT RULING. THE FOOTNOTE SHALL REMAIN UNTIL A FINAL RULING BY THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT OR A FEDERAL COURT, AT WHICH TIME THE FOOTNOTE SHALL BE REMOVED OR UPDATED (3.066).

THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH THE REVISED STATUTES ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH. HOWEVER, THE ONLINE VERSION OF THE REVISED STATUTES IS NOT CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL VERSION OF THE REVISED STATUTES UNLESS THE REVISOR SO CERTIFIES. THE REVISOR MUST PERIODICALLY UPDATE SUCH WEBSITE AS NEW LAWS ARE ENACTED, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ANY SECTION THAT BECOMES LAW (3.090).

HA 5 - THIS AMENDMENT REPEALS PROVISIONS OF LAW WHICH STATE THAT WHEN A JUDICIAL WEIGHTED WORKLOAD INDICATES FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS THAT A JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WITH A POPULATION OF ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE IS IN NEED OF FOUR OR MORE FULL-TIME JUDICIAL POSITIONS, THEN THERE SHALL BE ONE ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE POSITION IN SUCH CIRCUIT(SECTION 478.320).

CURRENTLY, THE TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT HAS NINETEEN CIRCUIT JUDGES. THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT SHALL HAVE TWENTY CIRCUIT JUDGES WHICH SHALL SIT IN TWENTY DIVISIONS. THE TWENTY-FIRST CIRCUIT SHALL ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE WHICH SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE CURRENT STATUTORY FORMULA (478.437).

CURRENTLY, THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT HAS NINE ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES WITH FIVE OF THE JUDGES LOCATED IN KANSAS CITY AND FOUR OF THE JUDGES LOCATED IN INDEPENDENCE. THE AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SHALL HAVE TEN ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES, WHICH SHALL SIT IN DIVISIONS NUMBERED 25 THROUGH 34. THE 34TH DIVISION SHALL SIT IN A LOCATION DETERMINED BY THE COURT EN BANC. THIS TENTH ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE POSITION SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE STATUTORY FORMULA FOR AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGESHIPS UNDER CURRENT LAW (478.464).

THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES THE THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WITH AN ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE, AND SPECIFIES THAT THE ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES AWARDED IN FISCAL YEARS 2014 AND 2015 SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE STATUTORY FORMULA FOR AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGESHIPS UNDER CURRENT LAW (478.513).

THE AMENDMENT STATES THAT IN THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT THERE SHALL BE AN ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE POSITION. THIS POSITION SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2016, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED VACANT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2017, AND SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE STATUTORY FORMULA FOR AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGESHIPS UNDER CURRENT LAW (478.600).

THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CIRCUIT SHALL HAVE TWO CIRCUIT JUDGES. THE CIRCUIT JUDGE IN DIVISION TWO SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2016, AND SUCH POSITION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED VACANT UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2017. THE JUDGE IN DIVISION ONE SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2018 (478.740).

THIS AMENDMENT ALSO HAS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE FOR THESE PROVISIONS.

HA 6 - THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE ACT, A GOVERNMENT ENTITY SHALL NOT OBTAIN THE LOCATION INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITHOUT A AN INVESTIGATIVE SUBPOENA ISSUED BY A COURT OR WITHOUT A COURT ORDER FOR DISCLOSURE ISSUED AFTER A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OFFERS SPECIFIC AND ARTICULABLE FACTS SHOWING THAT THERE ARE REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION SOUGHT IS MATERIAL TO THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (525.375.2).

HA 7 - THIS AMENDMENT CREATES "CARRIE'S LAW" AND THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY A PERSON OF HIGHER AUTHORITY. IT IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF COMMITTING SUCH OFFENSE, AND A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR IF THE PERSON USES THE RELATIONSHIP TO COLLECT ANYTHING OF MONETARY VALUE FROM THE VICTIM (566.088).

HA 8 - THIS AMENDMENT CREATES THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL INTERNET COMMUNICATION WITH A MINOR.

UNDER THE AMENDMENT, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF CERTAIN SPECIFIED SEX OFFENSES TO VIOLATE A CONDITION OF PROBATION, PAROLE, OR SUPERVISED RELEASE THAT PROHIBITS THE PERSON FROM USING A SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE OR INSTANT MESSAGING OR CHAT ROOM PROGRAM TO COMMUNICATE WITH A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 16. ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE IS A CLASS D FELONY. IT IS A DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION THAT THE PERSON REASONABLY BELIEVED THE CHILD WAS 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

THIS AMENDMENT DEFINES "INSTANT MESSAGING OR CHAT ROOM PROGRAM" AND "SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE".

HA 9 - THE AMENDMENT CHANGES THE TITLE TO "RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PROCEDURES."

THIS AMENDMENT ALSO STATES THAT MEMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS WHO ARE EARNING CREDITABLE SERVICE AND WHO TRANSFER TO THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A PLACEMAN MUST ELECT TO REMAIN A MEMBER OF THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR TRANSFER MEMBERSHIP AND CREDITABLE SERVICE TO THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ST. LOUIS.

THE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS SHALL PAY THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ST. LOUIS AN AMOUNT ACTUARIALLY DETERMINED TO EQUAL THE LIABILITY AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSFER FOR ANY EMPLOYEE WHO ELECTS TO TRANSFER TO THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. AN EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT RECEIVE SERVICE CREDIT FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF SERVICE UNDER MORE THAN ONE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

THIS SECTION IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN WITH THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PASSES AN AUTHORIZING ORDINANCE AND HAS AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE (86.362, 95.540).

HA 10 - CURRENTLY, EACH COURT MUST MAIL A HANDBOOK CREATED BY THE OFFICE OF STATE COURTS ADMINISTRATOR TO INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN A DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING INVOLVING MINOR CHILDREN. THIS AMENDMENT SPECIFIES THAT THE COURT MUST "PROVIDE" THE HANDBOOK TO EACH PARTY TO THE DISSOLUTION RATHER THAN "MAIL" (452.556).

HA 11 - THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT THE CITY OF FLORISSANT MAY COLLECT A SURCHARGE OF UP TO TEN DOLLARS FOR EACH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATION CASE. THE MONEYS COLLECTED FROM THE SURCHARGE SHALL BE USED FOR THE LAND ASSEMBLAGE AND PURCHASE, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND UPKEEP OF A MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE (488.2245).