COUNTIES

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
COUNTIES

: Allows counties of the second classification to admit industrial development corporation board members from anywhere in the county

: Requires consolidated public library district trustees to reside within the district as well as in the county they represent on the board

: Changes the laws regarding political subdivisions

: Authorizes an annual state sales tax holiday in August

: Requires St. Francois County to spend at least 25% of the special road and bridge tax in the city, town, or village in the county from which the money accrued

: Allows fire protection districts in Jefferson County to serve areas that have been annexed into a municipality

: Authorizes various local taxes

: Allows an assessor to make a physical inspection of real or personal property in absence of a taxable property list

: Allows any city, county, town, or village to adopt by ordinance certain election procedures

: Requires all counties to mail property tax statements and receipts

: Prohibits certain city firefighters from serving on fire protection district boards in third and fourth classification counties

: Allows the Cass County Commission to submit the formation of a board of election commissioners to a public vote

: Makes the county commissioner and county highway engineer nonvoting members of the county planning board in Cass County

: Establishes the Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission

: Allows any city or county to create a geographical information system

: Allows moneys from the county sheriff's revolving fund to be used to cover the costs associated with the processing of concealed carry endorsements

: Changes the laws regarding fire protection districts

: Allows certain objections by first classification counties to municipal annexations to be resolved without following the current statutory procedures

: Requires the planning commission of each county to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan and clarifies the elements of the plan

: Authorizes the disincorporation of a regional recreational district in Clay County upon the request of the district

: Requires the Office of Administration to reimburse counties for expenses related to the prosecution of crimes occurring within facilities of the Department of Corrections

: Standardizes the due date of county budget estimates for all counties other than those of the first classification

: Allows cities and counties to prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms in any playground, park, pool, or athletic or recreational facility they own, lease, or control

: Exempts certain counties from the prevailing wage requirement

: Provides a method for any county which is a member of the Upper White River Basin Watershed Improvement District to opt out and changes the laws regarding well-volume monitoring and sewage disposal systems

: Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers in third and fourth classification counties to establish rates based on claims history in these counties

: Authorizes the Board of Fund Commissioners, in addition to amounts authorized prior to August 28, 2005, to issue bonds for grants and loans under Article III of the Missouri Constitution

: Authorizes all municipalities and counties to impose, upon voter approval, a local economic development sales tax

: Allows all counties to appoint a county counselor and modifies authorization for an economic development sales tax in certain counties with significant lake shoreline

: Changes the laws regarding change of venue in criminal cases to allow the sheriffs of the counties involved to make an agreement as to which county should house the defendant

: Changes the temporary chair of the county salary commission in noncharter counties from the circuit clerk to the county clerk

: Allows Ralls and Marion counties to establish nursing home districts

: Allows local government officials to accept certain methods of payment for taxes and licenses

: Consolidates the responsibilities of the treasurer and the collector in counties with a township form of orgnaization

: Establishes school zones and minimum fines for speeding in school zones

: Allows Greene County to charge a processing fee to persons committed to the county jail

: Establishes term limits for Jackson County officials

: Gives civilian review boards the power to subpoena witnesses and records

: Changes the laws regarding the prevailing hourly rate of wages

: Allows noncharter counties of the first classification to establish the base salaries of certain county officials and transfers the responsibility for computing salaries to the county salary commission

: Changes the distribution of some funds in the Gaming Commission Fund

: Requires payment of election costs and applicable penalties before elections can be certified

: Allows consolidated fire protection districts to have either three or five members on their board

: Permits several entities to place their facilities or systems within the right-of-way of state highways, county roads, and other political subdivisions

: Requires election authorities to mail a notice of election, including a sample ballot, to each registered voter in their jurisdiction no later than five days before an election

: Limits the school superintendent salaries in school districts with boundaries that overlap counties of the third and fourth classification

: Authorizes local governing bodies to adopt an option for making a partial payment of property taxes by December 31 with the balance due at the end of the following February

: Modifies the state sales tax holiday law

: Changes the definition of "prostitution-related offense"

: Modifies number of judges and commissioners in various judicial circuits

: Repeals HS/HCS/HB 1433 (2004) authorizing the creation of watershed improvement districts

: Adds an additional circuit judge to the 17th Judicial Circuit

: Prohibits more than 50% of any flood plain from being used for residential, industrial, or commercial use

: Reallocates a portion of the crime laboratory surcharge to counties and prosecutors

: Authorizes the Cass County Commission to seek a board of election commissioners

: Makes the election of the Warren County Emergency Services Board during the first yearly municipal election

: Amends provisions relating to property tax reassessment

: Revises regulation of tax increment financing

: Authorizes the Governor to convey land to Nodaway County to the Delta Nu Teke Association

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

: Raises the dollar value of property for which the county auditor in counties of the first and second classification are required to inventory.

: Requires expenditures made by the Jackson County Sports Authority for over $5000 be competitively bid.

: Exempts attorneys' fees from calculation in project costs in Jackson County for tax increment financing.

: Constitutional amendment to enable extension of property tax exemption to veterans' organization's property.

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