CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2004)
Bills Indexed by Subject
CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES

: Limits the liability of certain cities and villages that sponsor fairs or festivals.

: Permits the City of Springfield to sell utility services outside the city at the same rates as charged inside the city.

: Establishes additional tax increment financing guidelines.

: Establishes the Public Service Accountability Act.

: Revises various statutues relating to county government.

: Authorizes a transient guest tax for tourism purposes and infrastructure improvements in the cities of Marston, Matthews, Concordia, and Steele.

: Allows certain municipalities to license electricians and plumbers.

: Establishes recall procedures and referendum procedures for cities of the fourth class.

: Allows the cities of Cameron, Boonville, Sikeston, and Kirksville to remove weeds or trash on private property.

: Requires railroads travelling through the City of Pacific to establish a suitable station in the city.

: Authorizes certain city councils to establish council member salaries by ordinance.

: Authorizes the charging of vehicle-related fees and fines to personal property tax bills.

: Allows credit for franchise fees paid by a public utility right-of-way user.

: Requires certain entities taking property under eminent domain procedures to declare the intended use of the property.

: Requires a countywide election after a favorable municipal election to approve gambling boats in cities located within a county.

: Regulates the removal of a tenant's property by a landlord.

: Facilitates joint municipal utility projects.

: Revises law regarding disposal of damaged vehicles to require that ordinances contain certain specific provisions.

: Requires school board approval of tax increment financing plans for areas with residential or multi-family properties.

: Changes the procedures for the formation of certain levee districts.

: Authorizes municipalities to accept escrows secured with cash or irrevocable letters of credit as security for utility installation in subdivisions.

: Protects water districts from encroachment by municipalities when the water district has guaranteed outstanding loans.

: Authorizes a transient guest tax for tourism in the City of Pacific.

: Extends immunity from civil liability to owners of land next to certain dedicated trail systems.

: Makes cities owning natural gas systems subject to violations of gas safety rules, rather than the penalties found in Section 386.570, RSMo.

: Allows the governing body of each contracting municipality in a joint municipal utility commission to vote on whether or not the commission should issue bonds rather than having the citizens vote on the matter.

: Outlines procedures for water corporations contracting with sewer providers to terminate the water service of persons in arrears on sewer bills.

: Authorizes a bid process for selecting the depositary of city funds in the City of Maryville.

: Requires the Department of Economic Development to authorize enterprise zones in any qualifying area, establishes the Jobs Now Program, and establishes and modifies several tax credit programs.

: Authorizes a transient guest tax for tourism purposes and infrastructure improvements in the cities of Marston, Matthews, Concordia, and Steele.

: Gives civilian review boards the authority to issue subpoenas, administer oaths, and examine witnesses under oath.

: Authorizes the conveyance of various state property.

: Exempts the owner of property from lawsuits for an occupant's past due water and sewer service bills.

: Authorizes a local sales tax for economic development purposes.

: Prohibits St. Louis City from requiring peace officers to live within the city limits after they have been employed as a peace officer for four consecutive years.

: Creates the Police Chiefs' and Officers' Annuity and Healthcare Fund.

: Establishes additional local planning regulations and programs.

: Adds $1 to court costs in criminal cases to be used by the county for law enforcement training.

: Authorizes a transient guest tax for funding a convention and multipurpose center in the City of St. Robert.

: Changes the allocation of Solid Waste Management Fund moneys.

: Requires board members of home rule city boards to be city residents.

: Extends the termination date of certain statutes relating to nuisances in the City of Hazelwood.

: Expands the definition of "municipality" for purposes of downtown and rural development.

: Increases the maximum amount a small village may impose in business license taxes.

: Revises the statutes relating to special business districts.

: Requires fire protection service rates to be rationally related to the cost of providing water and hydrants.

: Revises a statute relating to Kansas City municipal judges.

: Authorizes an enterprise zone in the City of St. Ann.

: Allows armored car crew members who have a valid permit or license issued by any political subdivision in the state to carry concealable firearms anywhere in the state.

: Allows municipalities and counties to establish school zones with enhanced fines for speeding and moving violations in designated areas.

: Revises the statutes relating to concealed firearms to allow certain governmental bodies to prohibit or limit the carrying of them in playgrounds, parks, pools, and athletic or recreational facilities.

: Authorizes a transient guest tax in the City of Hermann.

: Authorizes an enterprise zone in the City of Columbia.

: Expands the definition of a "city" authorized to impose a transportation sales tax.

: Creates a Senior Property Tax Deferral Program.

: Modifies laws relating to local taxes.

: Requires countywide election approving gambling boats in cities.

: Authorizes the conveyance of various parcels of state land.

: Gives the power of eminent domain to towns and villages in St. Louis County.

: Modifies provisions of Sunshine Law.

: Increases maximum fine in certain cities from $500 to $1000.

: Prohibits reassessment of previously assessed real property and improvements until a transfer of ownership occurs.

: Regulates removal of a tenant's property by the landlord in Kansas City.

: Creates requirements for orders and ordinances of political subdivisions relating to amateur radio antennas.

: Extends the charitable sales tax exemption to certain transient guest taxes.

: Enables Hermann to enact a transient guest tax.

: Modifies laws relating to removal of nuisances.

: Changes procedures for the formation of certain levee districts.

: Allows various jurisdictions to adopt ordinances to install automatic traffic control enforcement systems.

: Expands the type of securities that may be used for certain subdivision development laws.

: Clarifies the definition of "city" as it relates to urban redevelopment corporations.

: Modifies the laws governing the condemnation of real property by the state or any political subdivision thereof.

: Creates requirements for membership on a civilian review board.

: Enables the cities of Steele, Marston, and Mathews to propose a transient guest tax for certain purposes.

: Removes portion of the Missouri Constitution which prohibits distribution of state funds to religious organizations.

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Last Updated October 7, 2004 at 11:09 am