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This act reauthorizes the Joint Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Awareness, making it a permanent committee.

Additionally, this act removes the Director of the Department of Public Safety, the Director of the Department of Agriculture, and the Adjutant General as committee members and provides that the committee shall collect information from such departments.

Finally, this act provides that a chairperson and vice-chairperson, one of whom shall be a member of the Senate and the other a member of the House of Representatives, shall be elected for a two-year term.

This provision is identical to SCS/SB 319 (2023).

Under current law, the Missouri Development Finance Board shall be composed of twelve members. This act adds four additional members to the Board. Two members shall be members of the Senate, one of which shall be from the majority party appointed by the President Pro Tempore and one of which shall be from the minority party appointed by the minority leader. The remaining two members shall be members of the House of Representatives, one of which shall be from the majority party appointed by the Speaker of the House and one of which shall be from the minority party appointed by the minority leader.

This provision is identical to SB 277 (2023), SB 865 (2022) and to a provision in SCS/SB 864 (2022), SCS/SB 868 (2022), and SCS/SB 466 (2021), and is substantially similar to SB 469 (2021).

Currently, the Missouri Housing Development Commission shall be composed of ten members. This act adds four additional members to the Commission. Two members shall be members of the Senate, one of which shall be from the majority party appointed by the President Pro Tempore and one of which shall be from the minority party appointed by the minority leader. The remaining two members shall be members of the House of Representatives, one of which shall be from the majority party appointed by the Speaker of the House and one of which shall be from the minority party appointed by the minority leader.

This provision is identical to SB 237 (2023), to a provision in SCS/SB 864 (2022), SCS/SB 868 (2022), HCS/SS/SCS/SB 931 (2022), and SCS/SB 466 (2021).

Under the act, The State Fair Commission shall consist of twelve members, instead of nine members as currently provided.

Currently, two of such members shall be active farmers, two of whom shall be either current members or past presidents of county and regional fair boards, one of whom shall be employed in agribusiness, and three at-large members shall be Missouri residents. This act repeals these provisions and the provision requiring the Director of the Department of Agriculture to be the chairman of the Commission until January 31, 1997.

This act repeals the provisions regarding the County Fair Association submitting to the Governor a list of nominees for the appointment to the Commission as described in current law.

Under the act, there shall be no more than three Commission members from any Congressional district, instead of two members as currently provided.

This provision is similar to HB 2115 (2022).

JULIA SHEVELEVA