BUSINESS AND COMMERCE

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

: Authorizes an annual state sales tax holiday in August

: Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Minority Business Advocacy Commission

: Requires used motor vehicle dealers to display a buyers guide on any used motor vehicle offered for sale

: Establishes additional tax increment financing guidelines

: Requires residences and commercial businesses to display their street address in a clear, visible manner

: Expands the definition of "eligible industry" in the Business Use Incentives for Large-Scale Development (BUILD) Program

: Requires that all state service contracts awarded after August 28, 2005, must include specifications that employees of contractors or subcontractors be citizens of the United States

: Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, sometimes referred to as "pay day loans," and allows the Attorney General to maintain an action to enforce compliance

: Changes the laws regarding the sale of liquor on Sunday to include St. Charles County and lowers the number of gross annual sales that must be exceeded from $250,000 to $150,000

: Allows lenders of motor vehicle time sale loans to collect a fee in advance for permitting the debtor to defer monthly loan payments

: Authorizes a sales tax exemption for certain fees and dues paid to health and fitness centers

: Establishes additional requirements on the sale of used motor vehicles and implements a consumer awareness program

: Changes the laws regarding the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement relating to tobacco product manufacturers

: Specifies that businesses are not required to be licensed as pharmacies in order to dispense veterinary legend drugs

: Allows the Commissioner of the Office of Administration to use the reverse auction procurement method for state purchasing

: Establishes the Missouri Seed Availability and Competition Act

: Requires rebates to be paid within 30 days of submission by the applicant

: Revises unlawful transactions with a child by making it a crime to sell or rent a video game to a child when the video game has been rated mature or adults only by the Entertainment Software Rating Board

: Creates notice and reporting requirements, public market rates, and presumptions for the Department of Insurance and entities providing medical malpractice and professional negligence insurance

: Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence

: Establishes the Workplace Domestic Violence Safety and Education Program Act

: Authorizes a tax credit for an employer's expenses in developing domestic violence prevention programs

: Establishes a tax credit for implementing workplace violence safety and education programs

: Changes the laws regarding telecommunications company regulation

: Changes the laws regarding the sale of compounds containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine

: Allows people to take an opened bottle of wine out of a restaurant and transport it in a vehicle

: Changes the laws regarding property assessment

: Adds motorcycles to the provisions of the Lemon Law

: Establishes regulations for wholesale distributors of prescription drugs

: Changes the laws regarding the transfer of a business and its unemployment experience rate by an employer

: Extends the hours of operation for premises operated by wine manufacturers who sell liquor by the drink and reduces the amount of Missouri wine that must be sold under certain liquor licenses

: Allows a person to legally transport an open bottle of wine from a restaurant or winery under certain circumstances

: Changes the laws regarding schedule V controlled substances by adding ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and prohibits a drug offender from entering certain treatment programs

: Requires the Office of Administration to include certain products in the Cafeteria Plan for state employees

: Allows licensed motor vehicle dealers to buy and sell vehicles without a contemporaneous assignment of the certificate of title

: Requires liquefied petroleum gas dealers to maintain liability insurance

: Changes the laws regarding buyers clubs by adding travel club language

: Limits the amount of interest a title lender can charge on loans

: Establishes a procedure which allows automobile repair businesses to sell vehicles that have been abandoned by the owner at the repair shop

: Changes the laws regarding the procedures of the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board and the procedure for obtaining judicial review of administrative decisions

: Limits the liability of watercraft outfitters

: Creates the crime of aggravated fraudulent transmission of multiple commercial e-mail messages and changes the laws regarding unsolicited commercial e-mail

: Establishes the Missouri Wine and Grape Board and creates the Missouri Wine and Grape Fund

: Clarifies who is subject to penalties for noncompliant cigarette sales

: Adds llamas, alpaca, and buffalo to the definition of livestock for purposes of meat inspection

: Makes certain employers ineligible for receipt of any state aid or financial incentives if at least 25% of their workforce earn less than the federal poverty level

: Allows automobile dealers to provide disclaimers and disclosures by referencing a web page and toll-free telephone number when advertising by means of a broadcast media

: Requires employers to pay employees equal wages for equal work regardless of employee's gender

: Prohibits businesses from sending unsolicited commercial mail to people who register with the Attorney General

: Requires certification of trade associations for the purpose of providing health insurance to their members

: Establishes the MBE/WBE Oversight Review Committee to assist certified socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses or minority business enterprises in state contracts

: Requires motor vehicle inspection stations to have liability insurance to cover damages to vehicles during an inspection

: Changes the laws regarding special business districts

: Establishes the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act

: Requires tax preparers to file individual income tax returns electronically under certain circumstances

: Requires entities that sell or distribute tobacco products or rolling papers to obtain a license from the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control within the Department of Public Safety

: Requires certification of trade associations for the purposes of providing health insurance

: Regulates sexually oriented businesses

: The Office of Administration may only contract with telemarketers who operate in the United States

: Prohibits use of posted inquiries in calculating credit risk scores

: Extends the dry cleaning fees until 2012

: Provides a valuation process for business personal property

: Modifies sales and use tax exemption eligibility for manufacturing and material recovery plants

: Prohibits foreign ATM fees

: Modifies law regarding titling and registering motor vehicles and requires school districts to perform criminal background checks on school bus drivers

: Establishes requirements and penalties for mail-order cigarette sales

: Regulates travel clubs

: Regulates unemployment benefits, the transfer of companies for the purpose of calculating the contribution rate for unemployment, and sets out provisions for alcohol and controlled substance tests

: Creates provisions for transfer of ownership of a company and the employer's obligation for the unemployment experience

: Restructures the board of directors for tourism districts and recalculates the dispersion of sales taxes in those districts

: Authorizes the governor to convey the State Health Laboratory in Jefferson City

: Creates new provisions for the interaction of agencies and small business regarding rules.

: Creates a tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance for employees.

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