BUSINESS AND COMMERCE

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

: Establishes the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2006 and requires certification of trade associations for the purpose of providing health insurance to their members

: Limits the liability of recipients of consumer loans made through unsolicited checks, convenience checks, or other negotiable instruments

: Requires all new signs erected after August 28, 2006, to contain the words "Accessible Parking" instead of "Handicap Parking"

: Changes the laws regarding child passenger restraints and safety belts

: Requires residences and commercial businesses to display street addresses in a clearly visible and readable manner

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

: Requires manufacturers of certain toxic household products to add an aversion agent to the product as a poison prevention measure and establishes the Poison Prevention Task Force to provide oversight

: Changes the laws regarding the release of personal information to unauthorized persons

: Requires professional fundraisers to maintain certain records for a period of three years

: Changes the laws regarding telephone solicitations

: Requires environmental audits to obtain certain protections from civil and criminal actions

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

: Changes the laws regarding unsecured loans of $500 or less, sometimes referred to as "payday loans"

: Requires businesses in areas taken by eminent domain to reimburse the persons displaced from those areas

: Authorizes a tax credit to a taxpayer for 100% of the salary and benefits paid to an employee while on active military duty

: Changes the preference requirements for Missouri businesses in letting state purchasing contracts

: Establishes the Office of Trade Enforcement within the Department of Economic Development and the Citizen's Commission on Globalization

: Requires the Secretary of State to establish and operate a no-mail list for businesses

: Establishes the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act

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

: Establishes the Fairness for Missouri Business Act which changes the laws regarding limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships

: Changes the laws regarding the exemption from sales and use tax for electricity used in manufacturing

: Changes the laws regarding Missouri's minimum wage and requires that every employee be paid at least a "living wage"

: Changes the laws regarding the registration of a trademark

: Allows residential and business cell phone numbers to be added to the telemarketing No-Call List

: Changes the laws regarding identity theft

: Reduces the distance fireworks can be manufactured, stored, or sold of any dispensing unit for ignitable liquids or gases

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

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

: Adds grocery and convenience stores to the list of donors that can donate food to a charity or nonprofit organization for distribution without being liable for damages resulting from the food's condition

: Requires applicants for a used car dealer's license to submit proof of completing an educational seminar approved by the Department of Revenue

: 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

: Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from determining a consumer's credit risk score based on the number of inquiries posted on a consumer's credit file

: Allows residential and business cellular phone numbers to be added to the telemarketing No-Call List

: Changes the laws regarding motor vehicle service contracts and product service agreements

: Requires the Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority to pay the first full year of interest charged on a linked deposit loan for the purchase of dairy cows for a Missouri dairy operation

: Changes the laws regarding massage therapy

: Changes the definition of "qualified company" so that a corporation dissolved under Chaper 351, RSMo, and currently in a state of dissolution cannot participate in the Missouri Quality Jobs Act

: Provides that the state or its agencies are not required to purchase goods or services from the Vocational Enterprise Program when other Missouri businesses can best meet their needs

: Grants appraisal rights to all voting and non-voting shareholders of a corporation which is a party to a merger or consolidation

: Repeals the provision allowing manufacturers of intoxicating liquor other than beer or wine to offer consumer cash rebate coupons

: Specifies that no business can prohibit the storage of firearms and other weapons in a locked employee-owned vehicle

: Allows retailers to advertise that the sales tax will be paid by the retailer as long as the amount is separately stated and added to the selling price of the property or services rendered

: Requires the Secretary of State to establish a toll-free number for business inquiries and to direct the inquiries to the appropriate state agency

: Creates the felony crime of employing an illegal alien

: Prohibits any person from advertising or conducting live musical performances while using a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation between the performing group and the original group

: Requires residential and commercial septage removal companies to register with the Department of Natural Resources

: Defines "secondhand dealer," "secondhand goods," and "shop" and establishes provisions relating to the merchandising practices of secondhand dealers

: Specifies that no ordinance of any political subdivision will regulate seeds or other propagules and the state will not enforce any rule more restrictive than federal rules regarding seed technologies

: Establishes the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Growth Act to allow for the expansion of small businesses

: Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to after-school programs

: Establishes the Uniform Debt-Management Services Act to regulate debt-management services

: Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence

: Creates the Missouri Discovery Fund and establishes the Missouri Discovery Alliance to assist with the recruitment, relocation, and expansion of technology businesses

: Changes the laws regarding the use of eminent domain

: Changes the laws regarding travel clubs

: Authorizes any county or municipality to establish a local economic development commission to study local large business expansions and prohibits an industrial loan company or industrial bank in this state

: Authorizes a deduction for all taxpayers from their Missouri adjusted gross income for contributions made to health savings accounts

: Changes the way corporate net operating losses are calculated and removes the restriction for specific depreciation deductions

: Authorizes certain licensed wine manufacturers who allow consumption of wine on their premises to open on Sundays at 9:00 a.m.

: Requires automobile insurers that provide repair shop lists to include all willing providers within a reasonable distance

: Allows any county or municipality to establish an ordinance requiring sexually oriented businesses to be licensed and authorizes them to regulate and restrict the location of these businesses

: Allows for the tasting of alcoholic beverages on or off a retail licensed premises with a special permit or license

: Allows any county or municipality to establish an ordinance requiring sexually oriented businesses to be licensed and authorizes them to regulate and restrict the location of these businesses

: Changes the laws regarding relocation assistance

: Changes the laws regarding the address information Missouri companies are required to provide the Secretary of State

: Changes the effective date for the laws regarding business personal property tax

: Requires the Life Sciences Research Board to award grants for the retrofitting of factory facilities for the production of supplies and technology used in human stem cell research

: Urges the United States Congress to intervene to ensure the productive potential of the automobile industry.

: Urges the United States Congress to include in the Federal Defense Budget an allocation for the United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III military transport plane program at Boeing St. Louis.

: Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring any replacement tax levy for loss in revenue from the exemption of certain personal property of manufacturers to be adjusted according to the Constitution

: Modifies existing tax base determination for municipal taxation of telecommunication businesses

: Creates an income tax deduction for small businesses and farmers that provide health insurance coverage for employees

: Modifies the Missouri Business Use Incentive for Large-Scale Development Act

: Modifies minimum experience requirements for interior designer registration

: Modifies requirements for labor posters

: Modifies fees and reinstatement processes in the event of corporate administrative dissolution

: Creates a tax credit for shareholders of S corp savings and loan associations

: Modifies requirements for corporate filings

: Creates a grace period for barber shop licensure when the establishment changes ownership or location

: Creates a grace period for barber shop licensure and removes requirements for barbers

: Allows for the formation of small employer purchasing alliances to purchase health insurance

: Imposes a surcharge on machinery rented within the state

: Amends laws relating to unsecured loans of $500 or less

: Allows retailers to pay sales tax on behalf of customers

: Allows Springfield to dissolve a special business district

: Requires those who contract to receive repossessed vehicles to deliver surety bonds

: Repeals tax deduction for registration and examination fees paid by insurance companies

: Creates the "Small-Business Advocacy Program" in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor

: Modifies various provisions of law relating to investments by insurance companies

: Requires licensees to renew sales tax licenses every two years

: Excludes gambling establishments from the definition of qualified company under the Quality Jobs Act

: Modifies the authority of the Small Business Regulatory Finance Board

: Prohibits certain activities relating to human trafficking and prostitution

: Creates the "Missouri Discovery Alliance" within the Department of Economic Development

: Modifies the law relating to travel clubs

: Creates the "Missouri Targeted Development Program"

: Regulates sexually-oriented businesses

: Establishes the "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2006"

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:53 am