COUNTIES

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2004)
Bills Indexed by Subject
COUNTIES

: Revises various statutues relating to county government.

: Changes the calculation and reporting of assessed valuation requirements for St. Louis County.

: Authorizes certain counties to use moneys from law library funds for courtroom renovation, technology enhancement, and for debt service on bonds.

: Changes the calculation and reporting of assessed valuation requirements for St. Louis County.

: Authorizes an exhibition center and recreational facility district in certain counties; a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district in St. Charles County; and modifies Community Comeback Act.

: Establishes dissolution procedures for certain road districts in Jasper County.

: Authorizes the Board of Fund Commissioners to issue bonds for waste water pollution control, rural water and sewer projects, and storm water control plans.

: Authorizes the issuance of payroll checks before county budget estimates are filed in third and fourth classification counties.

: Modifies the classification of counties.

: Modifies the classification of counties.

: Increases the percentage of ad valorem property tax collections deposited in county assessment funds.

: Clarifies immunity from civil liability for certain landowners.

: Revises various statutues relating to county government.

: Revises the statutes relating to the number of associate circuit court judges in each county.

: Revises certain statutes governing land trusts in charter counties.

: Increases the number of county political party committee members in Jackson County.

: Revises the statutes relating to sexual offenses, assault on law enforcement officers, and the payment of restitution for criminal offenses.

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

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

: Revises various statutues relating to county government.

: Removes the biennial audit requirement for fire protection districts in Greene County.

: Specifies new qualifications for the board of governors of Missouri Southern State University.

: Revises various statutues relating to county government.

: Modifies the classification of counties.

: Authorizes the creation of the County Law Enforcement Restitution Fund and revises the statute on probation conditions to include restitution to that fund and restorative justice methods.

: Modifies the classification of counties.

: Changes the procedure allowing Clay County to operate concession stands at privately operated marinas.

: Relates to the distribution of moneys in the Pettis County school fund.

: Authorizes a tax to fund 911 emergency services.

: Allows the Randolph County Court to have a courthouse and/or jail at a site other than at the seat of justice.

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

: Authorizes counties to establish regional recreational districts on certain undeveloped properties.

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

: Allows certain counties to establish mechanical codes and regulations for the licensing of mechanical contractors.

: Establishes the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act authorizing counties to freeze certain property assessments.

: Requires persons committed to a county jail who are convicted to pay the cost per diem for each day they were in the county jail.

: Requires the State Highway Patrol to maintain a one page web site on the Internet which includes links to all sex offender registry web sites maintained by any county in the state.

: Revises the statutes relating to sex offender registration to allow the chief law enforcement official of a county to charge fees for registration and changes in registration.

: 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 the creation of a watershed improvement district in the Upper White River Basin or any county of the third classification.

: Authorizes a local sales tax for economic development purposes.

: Authorizes planning and zoning in specified unincorporated areas of counties.

: Establishes additional local planning regulations and programs.

: Provides for election of regional recreational district board members in Clay County.

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

: Authorizes directional or on-premises signs for businesses near state highways.

: Permits nursing home districts to establish and maintain senior housing in any county of the third classification within its corporate limits.

: Creates the Economic Development Through Community Schools Fund.

: Authorizes a deferral of taxes on real property owned by citizens who are 62 years of age or older.

: Changes the allocation of Solid Waste Management Fund moneys.

: Creates a $2 surcharge in criminal cases to be paid to the sheriff where the violation occurred to offset expenses for housing prisoners in the county jail.

: Requires a subsequent countywide vote to follow a favorable citywide vote authorizing the licensing of gambling boats located on any river of the state other than the Mississippi or Missouri rivers.

: Authorizes certain counties to impose a county sales tax for emergency services without reorganizing the existing board administering the emergency services.

: Increases the county administrative services fee from 3% to 5% in counties of the third classification.

: Requires semiannual payments of real and personal property taxes.

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

: Authorizes rural empowerment zones.

: Extends the time period of the enterprise zones in Linn and Macon counties and authorizes an enterprise zone in Shelby County.

: Revises the statutes relating to the County Sheriff's Revolving Fund by allowing the funds to be used to pay for the expenses associated with the processing of concealed carry endorsements.

: Adds overgrown or noxious weeds to the conditions for which counties of the first classification can enact an ordinance.

: Increases the surcharges on civil actions and fees on marriage licenses to provide funding for certain homeless shelters.

: Allows Jefferson and Clay counties to establish county municipal courts and to adopt orders with penal provisions in the areas of traffic violations, solid waste management, and animal control.

: Designates the "Mel Hancock Freeway."

: Authorizes the creation of a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district in St. Charles County.

: 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.

: Authorizes an income tax credit for property taxes paid by school volunteers in St. Charles County.

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

: Makes discretionary several audits performed by the State Auditor.

: 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 public notices to be published in certain newspapers.

: Encourages the United States Congress to amend the federal laws and regulations regarding outdoor advertising controls to allow businesses to erect and maintain directional and on-premises signs.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing any county to adopt a charter form of government.

: Requires imposition of recoupment fees.

: Creates a Senior Property Tax Deferral Program.

: Changes and creates provisions relating to counties.

: Creates the Exhibition Center & Recreation Facility District Act.

: Establishes procedures for disincorporation of a road district in Jasper County.

: Requires countywide election approving gambling boats in cities.

: Modifies the classification of counties.

: Implements the provisions of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement.

: Allows some political subdivisions to exempt themselves from the state prevailing wage law upon voter approval.

: Enables persons with hardships to pay property taxes in installments.

: Modifies the percentage of property taxes deposited in the county assessment fund.

: Provides an alternative method for issuing certain utilities revenue bonds.

: Limits the class-by-class roll-back provisions in the property tax law to only Saint Louis county.

: Eliminates the requirement that political subdivisions file a copy of their contracts with certain offices.

: Modifies various laws relating to property tax assessment.

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

: Allows public hospitals in Clay County to close certain records and meetings.

: Changes a provision concerning the percentage of ad valorem tax collections to be put in county assessment funds.

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

: Creates the Exhibition Center and Recreation Facility District Act.

: Authorizes use of certain court costs to pay guardian ad litem fees in Phelps County.

: Allows Jefferson County to pass an ordinance creating a mechanical code.

: Allows Grundy County to use certain moneys collected to be used for courtroom renovation and technology.

: Amends law regarding how certain counties establish speed limits within their jurisdiction.

: Changes procedures for the formation of certain levee districts.

: Modifies provisions of certain regional recreation districts.

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

: Enables first class counties to enact certain nuisance abatement ordinances.

: Repeals the Shannon County tourism tax.

: Authorizes certain counties to adopt ordinances to impose civil fines for certain misdemeanors.

: Provides additional compensation to county clerks for additional duties to perform.

: Requires regional recreational district board members in Clay County to be elected.

: Grants additional powers to park rangers in certain counties.

: Expands the community improvement district law.

: Enables Dent County to enact a transient quest tax.

: Modifies provisions relating to the Warren County Emergency Services Board.

: Enables Raytown to establish a sales tax for homeland security.

: Allows sheriffs to pay the costs of issuing concealed carry endorsements with sheriff's revolving fund money.

: Exempts property owned by veterans' organizations from property taxation.

: Eliminates the requirement of one judge per county and converts associate circuit judges into circuit judges.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 7, 2004 at 11:09 am