HCS HB 135 -- MILITARY FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL

SPONSOR:  Day

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Special
Committee on Veterans by a vote of 10 to 0.

This substitute changes the laws regarding military facilities
and personnel.  In its main provisions, the substitute:

(1)  Allows Johnson County to utilize existing airport zoning
regulations but changes the composition of the airport zoning
commission and the board of variance; and

(2)  Requires the State Board of Education to establish a rule
that will permit the spouse of a United States military member
stationed in Missouri who has relocated within one year of
application for a Missouri teacher's certificate, is a holder of
a valid teacher's license from another state, and has undergone a
background check through the other state's licensing process to
receive a provisional license for immediate assumption of
classroom duties pending completion of a Missouri background
check.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2008, FY 2009, and
FY 2010.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill helps military families
by making children who have completed a kindergarten or
pre-kindergarten program in another state exempt from the
kindergarten birthday cutoff.  The bill will ease teacher
shortages by allowing spouses of members of the military to teach
while their background checks are pending.  In order to keep a
military installation in Johnson County, the county commission
needs to have some planning and zoning authority around Whiteman
Air Force Base airport hazard area.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Pearce; Scott Sader,
Johnson County Eastern District Commissioner; Mike Haynes,
Whiteman Area Leadership Council; Tom Kirber, Warrensburg School
Board; Greater Warrensburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors
Center; and Johnson County Economic Development Corporation.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am