COURTS

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2006)
Bills Indexed by Subject
COURTS

: Changes the laws regarding orders of protection

: Authorizes a court to order the sale of firearms and ammunition used in the commission of a crime

: Allows victims of certain offenses against the family access to official court records in certain circumstances

: Establishes the Missouri Catalog of Assistance Programs

: Imposes a $2 surcharge on dissolution of marriage cases for deposit in the Child Advocacy Center Fund which is created to provide financial support for child advocacy centers

: Requires the recorder of deeds to remove a notice of pendency of a suit affecting specific property from the real estate records if the suit is not filed within 60 days of the notice filing

: Changes the laws regarding strategic litigation against public participation

: Specifies that the court, and not the garnishee, will be responsible for determining whether a debtor is the head of a family and a resident of this state

: Changes the definition of "adult" to a person 18 years of age or older and "child" to a person under 18 years of age in Chapter 211, RSMo, pertaining to juvenile courts

: Requires that marshals appointed for the appellate courts be compensated at the same amount as the highest salary set for marshals of circuit courts

: Changes the laws regarding the litigation of damages for failure to wear a safety belt

: Changes the laws on the disposition of evidence by allowing law enforcement to collect hazardous samples without court approval, document and then destroy them, and makes them admissible

: Allows a person to petition the circuit court for a trial de novo as an alternative to seeking judicial review of an agency decision

: Creates the Corrections Officer Training Fund, authorizes a $5 surcharge to fund it, and requires corrections officers and jailers to receive at least 36 hours of training every three years

: Exempts landlords from liablility for damage to personal property that results from enforcement of a judgment granting possession and gives landlords the right to dispose of the property

: Changes the laws regarding criminal forfeitures

: Changes the laws regarding the DNA profiling system

: Requires foreign corporations to provide all records sought under a search warrant within five business days and gives immunity to corporations that provide records under a search warrant

: Authorizes an additional judge in the 26th Judicial Circuit

: Changes the laws regarding the procedures required in law enforcement investigations and establishes the Missouri Laboratory Oversight Committee

: Repeals the requirement that the City of Canton provide the resources and space for a circuit court in Lewis County

: Changes the laws regarding defensive use of force

: Adds cases dealing with the placement of a child in adoption and foster care to the types of cases given priority for expedited proceedings

: Allows for virtual visitation with a child for the noncustodial parent and custodial parent during times when the child is with the other parent

: Makes any term or provision in a contract unenforceable if it requires a public administrator who is acting as a guardian to pay the debt of a ward

: Requires labor unions not subject to the federal Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to publicly disclose information concerning their finances

: Allows insurers to intervene in any civil case where they may be obligated to provide a defense or indemnity for any judgment rendered in the action

: Requires the recorder of deeds to remove a notice of pendency of a suit affecting specific property from the real estate records if the suit is not filed within 90 days of the notice filing

: Allows the 24th Judicial Circuit to appoint a drug court commissioner and a drug court administrator

: Changes the laws regarding ethics and campaign contribution disclosures

: Revises the laws regarding landlord-tenant

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

: Increases the surcharge in domestic relations cases for court-appointed special advocate programs and allows individual counties to authorize additional surcharges on these cases

: Increases the surcharge in domestic relations cases for court-appointed special advocate programs and allows individual counties to authorize additional surcharges on these cases

: Transfers responsibility for various existing appropriation payments in the Office of Administration to the Department of Corrections and the Office of State Courts Adminstrator

: Changes the laws regarding domestic violence and orders of protection and allows a law enforcement officer to remove any firearm found at the scene of an alleged act of domestic violence

: Allows circuit courts to establish criminal nonsupport divisions to handle nonviolent criminal nonsupport cases and establishes a Criminal Nonsupport Divisions Coordinating Commission and a resources fund

: Creates the Guardian Ad Litem Fund for the purpose of compensating court-appointed guardians ad litem

: Requires English to be the language of all official proceedings in the state

: Lowers the mandatory retirement age for municipal judges from 70 to 65 years of age

: Authorizes the circuit court of the county to fill a vacancy on a county fire protection district board if the remaining elected members cannot agree

: Requires a court that does not award joint physical custody of a child when requested by a parent to make a statement with findings of fact and conclusions as to why it is not in the best interest of the child

: Changes the laws regarding orders of protection

: Requires legislative bodies, judicial bodies, public universities, and all governmental bodies to use the Department of Transportation's fiber optic network by January 1, 2009, for telecommunications service

: Increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree when shaking a child younger than five years of age to a minimum of 15 years in prison

: Creates qualifying standards for expert witnesses in certain cases, allows temporary licensing of out-of-state experts, makes some expert testimony inadmissible, and makes certain conduct unprofessional

: Changes the law regarding when an aggrieved person will be entitled to judicial review of an agency decision

: Requires courts to take guidance in its decisions from the policies and interpretations given by the Federal Trade Commission regarding trade practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act

: Amends Supreme Court Rule 14.06 by allowing a two-year temporary certificate for court reporters to be renewed once

: Allows the court to order alternative dispute resolution

: Changes the laws regarding the use of eminent domain

: Authorizes the addition of one circuit judge in Greene County

: Authorizes the circuit court in Greene County to levy a surcharge, not to exceed $20, on any civil case filed

: Makes all records and documents relating to an individual's suicide a closed record

: Proposes a constitutional amendment restricting state court jurisdiction in the areas of taxing, spending, and budgeting

: Proposes a constitutional amendment eliminating the power of the judiciary to determine whether private property is taken for a public use

: Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring all impeachments to be tried by the Senate

: Proposes a constitutional amendment eliminating the power of the judiciary to determine whether private property is taken for a public use

: Modifies the laws regarding sexual offenders

: Modifies the laws regarding sexual offenders

: Establishes surcharges on domestic relations petitions to fund Missouri court-appointed special advocate programs

: Extends the August 28, 2006 expiration date for the surcharge on certain criminal cases to August 28, 2013.

: Adds one circuit judge position and modifies one circuit judge position within the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit

: Establishes surcharges on certain court proceedings to fund certain school-related educational programs

: Modifies provisions relating to prostitution

: Prohibits discrimination based upon a person's sexual orientation

: Requires an affidavit of merit to be filed in actions against certain licensed professionals

: Makes changes to the criminal justice system

: Allows the court to order a person to pay into the county law enforcement restitution fund for a moving violation

: Provides that certain judgments of an associate circuit court shall constitute a lien on real estate property

: Modifies the laws regarding sexual offenders

: Modifies the laws regarding sexual offenders

: Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

: Allows for substituted service upon an insured defendant's automobile insurance company

: Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud

: Modifies the jurisdiction of small claims courts

: Includes certain juvenile court employees in the county employees' retirement system

: Modifies provisions regarding the termination of alimony and maintenance payments

: Authorizes the Circuit Court in the 24th Judicial Circuit to appoint a drug court commissioner and administrator

: Adds a circuit judge position within the twenty-sixth judicial circuit

: Replaces all state administrative hearings with a new "Office of Administrative Hearings"

: Provides that certain persons may not be required to disclose news sources or information

: Provides that the statute of limitations for recovery of lands does not extend to lands held by public utilities

: Modifies provisions regarding bond remittance in certain landlord and tenant actions

: Modifies provisions regarding court dates, issuance of summons, and writs of possession or restitution in certain landlord and tenant actions

: Allows videotaped depositions of mentally retarded persons to be admissible in certain criminal proceedings

: Modifies various provisions within the Missouri Uniform Trust Code

: Provides for immunity from liability for certain product retailers

: Requires the issuance of a "no contact" order under certain circumstances with sexual offense cases

: Authorizes issuance of temporary orders by a juvenile court and transfer of such orders to a circuit or probate court

: Modifies the types of orders or judgments that may be appealed through the prosecuting or circuit attorney

: Modifies the law relating to eminent domain and condemnation proceedings

: Divides the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit into two circuits

: Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud

: Authorizes an additional surcharge on cases involving certain municipal ordinance violations in Kansas City

: Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud, and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigation of such fraud

: Grants the power to determine public school funding exclusively to the General Assembly and Governor, not the Judiciary

: Adds the crime of manufacturing methamphetamine to the list of offenses that are not bailable

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:52 am