SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE BILL NO. 822

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES LUETKEMEYER (Sponsor), SELBY, MOORE, SANDER, WHORTON AND RUESTMAN (Co-sponsors)

         Pre-filed December 8, 2003, and copies ordered printed.

                  Read 2^nd time January 8, 2004 and referred to the Committee on Communications Energy Technology, January 26, 2004.

                  Reported from the Committee on March 10, 2004 with recommendation that the bill Do Pass by Consent.

                  Perfected by Consent March 18, 2004.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to amateur radio antenna regulations.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 67.329, to read as follows:

            67.329. No political subdivision shall enact or enforce any order or ordinance that does not comply with the limited preemption of the Federal Communications Commission Amateur Radio Preemption order, published at 101 F.C.C. 2d 952 (1985), or any regulation related to amateur radio service adopted under 47 CFR Part 97. Any order or ordinance relating to the placement, screening, or height of an amateur radio antenna based on health, safety, or aesthetic considerations shall reasonably accommodate amateur communications and represent the minimal practicable regulation to accomplish the political subdivision's legitimate purpose.