HCS HB 563 -- DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS

SPONSOR:  Myers (Rucker)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Agriculture Policy by a vote of 20 to 0.

This substitute gives any drainage district, levee district, or
drainage and levee district five years after the lapse of the
corporate charter to reinstate and extend the time of its
corporate existence through the circuit court having
jurisdiction.

The substitute contains an emergency clause.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2006, FY 2007, and
FY 2008.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that without the time extension for
the renewal of the corporate charter of a drainage district,
levee district, or drainage and levee district these districts
will be required to go through a long and costly formation
process.  Reinstatement is financially preferable to the
formation of these districts.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Rucker; and Joel
Muller.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Roland Tackett, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:19 pm