HCS/SS/SCS/SB 594 - This act modifies several provisions relating to political subdivisions.JOINT COMMITTEE ON COVID-19 RESPONSE
This act establishes the Joint Committee on the COVID-19 Response, which shall be composed of eighteen members as described in the act. The Committee shall study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state, including the rate and spread of infections, the impact on various organizations, relief efforts, federal funds received by the state, and the impact on the economy of the state, as described in the act.
The Committee shall issue periodic reports to the General Assembly and the Governor as the Committee deems appropriate. (Section 21.855)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SB 587 (2020) and HCS/SS/SB 725 (2020).
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ISRAEL ACT
This act creates the "Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act". Under this act, public entities are prohibited from entering into certain contracts with a company unless the contract includes a written certification that the company is not currently engaged in, and agrees for the duration of the contract not to engage in, a boycott of goods or services from the State of Israel or any company, or person or entity, doing business with or in the State of Israel. Any contract failing to comply with the provisions of this act shall be void against public policy.
This act does not apply to contracts with a total potential value of less than $100,000 or to contractors with fewer than 10 employees. (Section 34.600)
This provision is substantially similar to SCS/SB 739 (2020), HCS/HB 2179 (2020), HB 1344 (2020), HB 1738 (2020), SB 308 (2019), HB 1006 (2019), SCS/SB 849 (2018), and the perfected HB 2179 (2018).
COST OPENNESS AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY ACT
This act requires all individuals and entities receiving state money to include in any statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations, or any other documents describing projects or programs to include on such communications a statement indicated the amount of state money used for the project, the percentage of the project funded with state money, and the amount and percentage of the project funded with non-governmental sources. (Section 37.965)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020) and is substantially similar to a provision contained in SCS/HCS/HB 2555 (2020).
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE DATABASE
This act establishes the Missouri Local Government Expenditure Database to be maintained on the Missouri Accountability Portal. The database shall be available on the Office of Administration website and shall include information on expenditures made in each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2023. For each expenditure, the database shall include certain information, as described in the act.
Municipalities and counties may participate in the database on a voluntary basis, or shall be required to participate if the requisite number of residents of the municipality or county makes such a request, as described in the act.
Subject to appropriation, the Office of Administration shall provide financial reimbursement to any participating municipality or county for expenditures incurred from participation in the database. (Sections 37.1090 to 37.1098)
These provisions are identical to HB 1933 (2020), and to provisions contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020) and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS
This act provides that no state of emergency declared by a county executive shall be imposed or continue for more than fifteen days without a majority vote of at least 60% of the governing body of such county. (Section 44.080)
This provision contains an emergency clause.
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SB 587 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 617 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HCS/SB 774 (2020).
USE OF COUNTY PROPERTY
Currently, the county commissions in all first, second, and fourth class counties are authorized to promulgate regulations concerning the use of county property. This act authorizes the county commission in all noncharter to promulgate such regulations. (Section 49.266)
This provision is identical to HB 1698 (2020) and to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and is substantially similar to SB 747 (2020), SB 464 (2019), HB 1269 (2018), and HB 1210 (2017), and to a provision contained in SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Under current law, by the first Monday in March of each year, non-charter first class counties must prepare and publish in a qualified newspaper a financial statement for the previous year.
Under this act, all non-charter counties, by the first Monday in March of each year, must prepare and publish in a qualified newspaper a financial statement for the previous year. The financial statement shall include the name and current gross annual salary of each elected or appointed county official whose salary is set by the county salary commission.
Under this act, the county clerk or other officer responsible for the preparation of the financial statement shall preserve the documents relied upon in the making of the financial statements and shall provide an electronic copy free of charge to any newspaper requesting a copy of the data. The newspaper publishing the statement shall charge and receive no more than its regular local classified advertising rate. The county commission shall pay the publisher upon the filing of proof of publication. After verification, the State Auditor shall notify the county commission.
This act repeals a provision that any county treasurer paying or entering for protest any warrant for any commissioner of the county commission prior to notice from the State Auditor shall be liable on his or her official bond. The act also repeals current provisions regarding financial statements by second, third, and fourth class counties. (Sections 50.815 and 50.820)
These provisions are identical to SB 859 (2020) and HB 1814 (2020), and to provisions contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020).
ST. LOUIS CITY ASSESSOR
Current law requires assessors in each county to be elected every four years, but exempts St. Louis City from such requirement. This act removes such exemption and requires the St. Louis City assessor to be elected every four years. (Section 53.010)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HB 1710 (2020).
This section shall not become effective until the passage and approval of a constitutional amendment allowing all county assessors to be elected.
COUNTY RECORDERS
This act requires candidates for county recorder to provide to the election authority a copy of an affidavit from a surety company that indicates the candidate is able to satisfy the bond requirements provided by law. (Section 59.021)
This act also modifies the bond requirements for county recorders to be at least $1,000 if elected prior to January 1, 2021, and at least $5,000 if elected on or after January 1, 2021. (Section 59.100)
These provisions are identical to HB 2368 (2020) and to provisions contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020) and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
COUNTY PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND NUISANCE CODES
This act authorizes Boone County to adopt property maintenance regulations and ordinances as provided in the act. The unavailability of a utility service due to nonpayment is not a violation of the property maintenance code.
Under this act, the property maintenance code must require the county commission to create a process for selecting a designated officer to respond to written complaints of the condition of a rented residence that threaten the health or safety of the tenants. When a written complaint is filed, the owner of any rental residence must be served with a notice specifying the condition alleged in the complaint and state a reasonable date by which abatement of the condition must commence. If work to abate the condition does not commence as determined by the designated officer, the complaint shall be given a hearing before the county commission. If the county commission finds that the rented residence has a dangerous condition that is harmful to the health, safety, or welfare of the tenant, the county commission shall issue an order that the condition be abated. If the owner violates an order issued by the county commission the owner may be punished by a penalty, which shall not exceed a Class C misdemeanor. (Section 64.207)
These provisions are identical to HCS/HB 2336 (2020), and to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020) and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
DOG ORDINANCES
This act provides that the state of Missouri occupies the entire field of legislation relating to the control and regulation of dogs. (Section 67.142)
This provision is identical to HCS/HBs 2241 & 2244 (2020) and to a provision contained in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 523 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HCS/SB 774 (2020).
SENIOR CITIZENS' SERVICES FUND
This act authorizes the board of directors managing the Senior Citizens' Services Fund in the City of St. Louis to solicit, accept, and expend grants from private or public entities and enter into agreements so long as the transaction is in the best interest of the programs provided by the board and proceeds are used exclusively to fund such programs. (Sections 67.990 and 67.993)
This provision is identical to HB 1560 (2020) and to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020).
TEXT-TO-DONATE PILOT PROGRAM
This act creates a "Text-to-Donate" pilot program in Kansas City and St. Louis to provide services aimed at reducing the population of homeless persons in those cities. Each city shall create a fund within the city treasury to receive money for this program. This program will be funded by donations made via text messages. Each city shall provide the phone number to which donations can be sent via text message.
The cities shall be responsible for administering, promoting, securing donations to, and making distributions from the fund. Additionally, distributions from a city's fund shall only be made to pay for services aimed at reducing the homeless population of that city.
This act also requires the General Assembly to make a one-time appropriation sufficient to fund the initial signage promoting these funds. The signage shall be displayed in areas with a high population of homeless persons. Any further expenditures to promote a city's fund shall be paid out of the fund itself. (Section 67.1100)
This provision is identical to SB 544 (2020), HB 2500 (2020), and SB 152 (2019).
AIM ZONES
Under current law, no advanced industrial manufacturing (AIM) zone may be established after August 28, 2023. This act extends such date to August 28, 2030. (Section 68.075)
This provision is identical to SB 636 (2020) and HB 2334 (2020), and to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SB 686 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), HCS/SB 782 (2020), and HCS/SCS/SB 867 (2020).
LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Currently, member contributions for the Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System are 0% or 4% of compensation. This act allows each political subdivision to elect an alternative member contribution amount of 2% or 6% of compensation. If a political subdivision elected a benefit program for certain members covered concurrently by Social Security and another for those members not covered concurrently by Social Security, the political subdivision may also elect one member contribution for those members who are covered and another contribution amount for those members who are not covered. (Section 70.705)
This provision is identical to SCS/SB 768 (2020) and to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 599 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and SS/SCS/HB 1467 and HB 1934 (2020).
POLICE OFFICER RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS
This act provides that no city, village, town, county, township, or board of police shall require, as a condition of employment, any residency rule or requirement for current or prospective law enforcement officers, unless the rule is no more restrictive than requiring such personnel to reside within a one-hour response time. (Section 71.201)
Currently, commissioned and civilian personnel of the St. Louis City municipal police force must retain a primary residence in the city for a total of seven years and then may maintain a primary residence that is located within a one-hour response time. This act provides that such personnel shall not be subject to a residency requirement so long as the primary residence is located within a one-hour response time. (Section 84.344)
These provisions shall not apply to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
These provisions are identical to HB 2354 (2020) and to provisions contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), HCS/SB 774 (2020), and HCS#2/HB 1604 (2020), and are substantially similar to SCS/SB 558 (2020), SB 905 (2020), HB 1687 (2020), and to a provision contained in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 523 (2020).
COURT REPORTERS
This act provides that testimony, objections, and rulings held in board of adjustment hearings shall be taken down by a certified court reporter, made by a certified electronic recorder, or by an officer of the court, as described in the act. (Section 89.080)
This act also provides that circuit court reporters with at least six years of service shall receive salary adjustments as described in the act. (Section 485.060)
These provisions are identical to HCS/HB 1819 (2020) and to provisions contained in HCS/SCS/SB 662 (2020) and HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and are substantially similar to a provision contained in HB 1403 (2020).
TRANSIENT GUEST TAXES
This act authorizes the City of Springfield to submit to the voters a transient guest tax not to exceed 7.5% of the charges per occupied room per night. Such tax shall be used solely for capital investments that can be demonstrated to increase the number of overnight visitors.
Upon approval by the voters, the city may adopt rules and regulations for the internal collection of the tax, or may enter into an agreement with the Department of Revenue for the collection of the tax. (Section 94.842)
This provision is identical to SB 387 (2019) and HB 1073 (2019), and to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 616 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), SCS/SB 770 (2020), SS/SCS/SBs 46 & 50 (2019), SCS/HCS/HB 674 (2019), SCS/HB 761 (2019), and SCS/HB 1700 (2020), and is substantially similar to a provision contained in HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020) and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAXES
This act adds the cities of Clinton, Lincoln, Branson West, Cole Camp, Hallsville, Kearney, Smithville, and Claycomo to the list of cities and villages authorized to levy a sales tax upon voter approval for the purposes of improving public safety. The tax shall be 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%, or 1%. (Sections 94.900 and 94.902)
These provisions are identical to HB 1309 (2020), HB 1726 (2020), and HB 1731 (2020), and to provisions contained in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 523 (2020), HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), SCS/SB 770 (2020), HCS/SB 774 (2020), and HCS/HB 1701 (2020) and are substantially similar to SB 873 (2020) and to provisions contained in HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020), SCS/HB 1700 (2020), and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
FINANCIAL REPORTS OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
Current law requires political subdivisions to submit an annual report of the financial transactions of the political subdivision to the State Auditor, with any political subdivision failing to do so subject to a fine of $500 per day. This act provides that any political subdivision that has gross revenues of less than $5,000 or that has not levied or collected sales or use taxes in the fiscal year for which the annual report was not timely filed shall not be subject to the fine. This act also provides that if the annual report was not filed as a result of fraud or other illegal conduct by an employee or officer, such political subdivision shall not be subject to a fine if the annual report is filed within thirty days of the discovery of the fraud or illegal conduct.
The act authorizes the Director of Revenue to make a one-time reduction in the amount of outstanding fines for political subdivisions filing its first annual report after January 1, 2021, or if the Director determines the fine to be uncollectible, as described in the act.
For any political subdivision with outstanding fines or penalties that does not file an annual report by January 1, 2021, or that files such report but fails to file any subsequent report, the Director of Revenue shall initiate the process to disincorporate the political subdivision. If a resident of the political subdivision believes the annual report has not been filed, he or she may file an affidavit with the Department of Revenue, which shall investigate. If the report has not been filed, the political subdivision shall file it within ninety days. If the political subdivision fails after ninety days to file the annual report, the Director of Revenue shall initiate the process to disincorporate the political subdivision.
The question of whether a political subdivision shall be disincorporated shall be submitted to the voters, as described in the act. If a majority of voters vote for disincorporation, the circuit court shall appoint an administrative authority for the political subdivision, as described in the act. (Section 105.145)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020).
PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS
Current law provides that, in any charter county or in St. Louis City, if a valuation of residential real property is made by computer, computer-assisted method, or a computer program, the burden of proof shall be on the assessor at any hearing or appeal. This act modifies such provision to require the burden of proof to be on the assessor at any hearing or appeal in any county in the state and St. Louis City, regardless of whether a computer, computer-assisted method, or a computer program was used.
Current law requires assessors to conduct a physical inspection of a property prior to increasing the assessment of such property by more than 15%. This act requires such inspection prior to increasing an assessment by more than 10%. This act also modifies additional physical inspection requirements applicable only to St. Louis County by making such requirements applicable to the whole state.
These provisions are identical to provisions contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HB 1710 (2020), and are similar to a provision contained in SCS/SBs 675 & 705 (2020), HCS/SB 676 (2020), HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020), and SB 579 (2020).
This act also prohibits an increase in the valuation of any real property by more than ten percent from the previous assessed valuation, excluding new construction and improvements.
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020) and HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and is similar to a provision contained in SCS/SBs 675 & 705 (2020).
Additionally, this act prohibits an increase in the valuation of any residential real property for the duration of time that such property is located in a legally defined subdivision immediately adjacent to any subdivision that receives a tax abatement. (Section 137.115)
This section shall not become effective until the passage and approval of a constitutional amendment authorizing a statutory limitation on increases in assessed valuations.
Current law requires taxpayers in first class counties to appeal assessed valuations to the board of equalization by the third Monday in June. This act changes such deadline to the second Monday in July. (Section 137.385)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SB 676 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HB 1710 (2020), and is similar to a provision contained in HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020).
For property assessment appeals to the boards of equalization in the City of St. Louis, St. Charles County, and St. Louis County, current law provides that the assessor shall have the burden to prove that the valuation does not exceed the true market value of the property. Additionally, if a physical inspection of a property is required for assessment, the assessor shall have the burden to prove that such inspection was performed. If the assessor fails to provide sufficient evidence that the inspection was performed, the property owner shall prevail on the appeal as a matter of law.
This act applies such provisions to appeals in all charter counties, first class counties, and the City of St. Louis. (Section 138.060)
This provision is substantially similar to SB 655 (2020) and HB 2047 (2020), and to a provision contained in SB 579 (2020), HCS/SB 676 (2020), HCS/SS#2/SB 704 (2020), and HB 1710 (2020), and is similar to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020) and HB 1409 (2020).
IRON COUNTY SCHOOL FUND
This act prohibits money received into the Iron County School Fund from the payment of penalties under the administrative order issued by the Department of Natural Resources on August 30, 2019, from being included in the calculation of local effort for the Iron County School District. (Section 163.024)
This provision is identical to HCS/HB 1817 (2020) and to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 528 (2020), HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 617 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and SCS/HCS/HB 1540 (2020).
PRIVATE COLLEGE CAMPUS PROTECTION ACT
This act establishes the "Private College Campus Protection Act". The governing board of the College of the Ozarks may employ police officers for purposes set forth in the act. Such officers shall take an oath of office and complete police training to obtain a peace officer license. Additionally, the College of the Ozarks may establish and enforce traffic regulations for on-campus thoroughfares. (Sections 173.2700 to 173.2712)
These provisions shall sunset on August 28, 2025, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly.
These provisions are identical to HCS/HB 1282 (2020) and to provisions contained in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 523 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HCS/SB 774 (2020), and are substantially similar to SB 729 (2020), SB 129 (2019), HCS#2/HB 105 (2019), SB 1047 (2018) and HB 2495 (2018).
ALTERNATIVE COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSIONS
Under current law, a county that has adopted a alternative county highway commission may only abolish such commission by a vote of the people. This act allows the governing body of the county to abolish the commission.
Once abolished, or in counties that did not adopt the alternative county highway commission, current law requires the county to retain the county highway commission provided under current law. This act allows the county to adopt the county highway commission or county road overseers. (Section 230.205)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SB 686 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and HB 1403 (2020).
WORKING ANIMALS
Under this act, the right to utilize working animals, as defined in the act, is guaranteed. No law, ordinance, or rule shall be enacted by any political subdivision of the state that terminates, bans, or effectively bans, by creating undue financial hardship, the job or use of working animals or an enterprise employing working animals.
Nothing in the act shall prevent the establishment of or alter the laws, ordinances, or rules of a political subdivision regarding animal care, public health, or public safety; unless such law, ordinance, or rule is in violation of the act, in which case, the act shall supercede such law, ordinance, or rule. (Section 262.760)
This provision is identical to SB 979 (2020) and HCS/HB 1752 (2020), and to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and is similar to SB 416 (2019), SCS/HB 559 (2019), and HB 1021 (2019).
PROPERTY RESTRICTIONS ON SOLAR PANELS
This act specifies that no deed restriction, covenant, or similar binding agreement running with the land shall limit or prohibit the installation of solar panels or solar collectors, as defined in the act, on the rooftop of any property or structure.
A homeowners' association may adopt reasonable rules regarding the placement of solar panels or solar collectors to the extent those rules do not prevent the installation of the device or adversely affect its functioning, use, cost, or efficiency.
This act shall apply only with regard to rooftops that are owned, controlled, and maintained by the owner of the property or structure. (Section 442.404)
This provision is identical to SB 1008 (2020) and HB 2526 (2020), and to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SB 618 (2020), HCS/SB 664 (2020), and HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020).
CHANGE OF VENUE REIMBURSEMENT
This act establishes a fund from which counties may apply to the Office of the State Courts Administrator for reimbursement of costs associated with the sequestering of jurors in capital cases in which there is a change of venue into the county. (Section 550.125)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in SCS/HBs 1450 et al. (2020) and is substantially similar to a provision contained in HCS/SCS/SB 662 (2020) and HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020).
SUNSHINE LAW
This act adds security procedures for property owned or leased by a public governmental body, including, but not limited to, evacuation and lockdown procedures for the buildings on such property, to the list of records that may be closed under the Sunshine Law.
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS#2/SCS/SB 523 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), HCS/SB 774 (2020), and HB 1366 (2020).
This act also adds individually identifiable customer usage and billing records for customers of a municipally owned utility, unless the records are requested by the customer or authorized for release by the customer, to the list of records that may be closed under the Sunshine Law. (Section 610.021)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SB 618 (2020), SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020), HB 1953 (2020), SCS/SB 453 (2019), and HCS/HB 1098 (2019), and is substantially similar to SB 828 (2020).
TIME ZONES
This act establishes the "Targeted Industrial Manufacturing Enhancement Zones Act".
This act allows any two or more contiguous or overlapping political subdivisions, as defined in the act, to create targeted industrial manufacturing enhancement (TIME) zones for the purpose of completing infrastructure projects to promote economic development. Prior to the creation of a TIME zone, each political subdivision shall propose an ordinance or resolution that sets forth the names of the political subdivisions which will form the zone, the general nature of the proposed improvements, the estimated cost of such improvements, the boundaries of the proposed TIME zone, and the estimated number of new jobs to be created in the TIME zone. The political subdivisions shall hold a public hearing prior to approving the ordinance or resolution creating the TIME zone.
This act allows the zone board governing the TIME zone to retain twenty-five percent of withholding taxes on new jobs created within the TIME zone to fund improvements made in the TIME zone. Prior to retaining such withholding taxes, the zone board shall enter into an agreement with the Department of Economic Development. Such agreement shall specify the estimated number of new jobs to be created, the estimated average wage of new jobs to be created, the estimated net fiscal impact of the new jobs, the estimated costs of improvements, and the estimated amount of withholding tax to be retained over the period of the agreement. The Department shall not approve an agreement unless the zone board commits to the creation of a certain number of new jobs, as described in the act.
The term of such agreement shall not exceed ten years. A zone board may apply to the Department for approval to renew any agreement. In determining whether to approve the renewal of an agreement, the Department shall consider the number of new jobs created and the average wage and net fiscal impact of such new jobs, and the outstanding improvements to be made within the TIME zone, the funding necessary to complete such improvements, and any other factor the Department requires. The Department may approve the renewal of an agreement for a period not to exceed ten years. If a zone board has not met the new job creation requirements by the end of the agreement, the Department shall recapture the withholding taxes retained by the zone board.
The zone board shall submit an annual report to the Department and to the General Assembly, as described in the act.
No political subdivision shall establish a TIME zone with boundaries that overlap the boundaries of an advanced industrial manufacturing (AIM) zone.
The total amount of withholding taxes retained by TIME zones under this act shall not exceed $5 million per year.
This act shall sunset on August 28, 2026, unless reauthorized by the General Assembly. (Section 620.2250)
This provision is identical to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SCS/SB 570 (2020), HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and SS#2/SCS/HCS/HB 1854 (2020), and is substantially similar to HCS/HB 1695 (2020).
BROADBAND INTERNET GRANT PROGRAM (Section 620.2459):
Currently, the broadband internet grant program for unserved and underserved areas of the state will expire on August 28, 2021. This act extends the program until August 28, 2027.
This provision is identical to HB 1859 (2020) and to a provision contained in HCS/SS/SB 618 (2020) and HCS/SCS/SB 725 (2020), and is substantially similar to a provision contained in SS/SB 632 (2020), HCS/SB 664 (2020), CCS#2/SS/SCS/HB 1768 (2020), and SS/SCS/HCS/HB 2120 (2020).
LAND CONVEYANCE
This act authorizes the conveyance of certain state property in the following locations (Sections 1-17):
• St. Francois County
• City of Rolla to Edgewood Investments
• City of Kirksville
• Macon County
• City of St. Louis
• Wyandotte County, Kansas
• Pike County to the State Highways and Transportation Commission
• Iron County to the State Highways and Transportation Commission
• City of Moberly
• Ste. Genevieve County to the National Park Service
• Cole County to the Heartland Port Authority of Central Missouri
• City of Fulton
These sections contain provisions that are identical to SB 585 (2020), SB 851 (2020), SB 948 (2020), SB 969 (2020), SB 1023 (2020), SCS/HB 1330 (2020), HCS/HB 1696 (2020), HB 1876 (2020), HCS/HB 2315 (2020), and HB 2405 (2020).
The act contains an emergency clause for certain conveyances of property in St. Francois County and Ste. Genevieve County.
JOSH NORBERG