Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2008)
Bills Indexed by Subject
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT


HB 1320 --- Sponsor: Brown, Michael R.
Authorizes community improvement districts that are political subdivisions to sponsor and operate a polytechnic institute for science and technology within the authorizing city or county
HB 1371 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Larry --- CoSponsor: Pearce, David
Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 18,000 or fewer residents and prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county
HB 1378 --- Sponsor: Portwood, Dr. Charles R.
Changes the laws regarding tax increment financing
HB 1434 --- Sponsor: Wildberger, Edward --- CoSponsor: Baker, Judy
Requires individuals or businesses convicted of knowingly accepting any state-administered or subsidized tax credit, tax abatement, or loan while employing illegal aliens to repay the amount to the state
HB 1508 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike
Establishes the Economic Development Grant Program for companies to reopen a closed manufacturing factory
HB 1568 --- Sponsor: Hobbs, Steve --- CoSponsor: Pearce, David
Establishes the Regional Economic Development Initiative which allows tax credits for donations to regional economic development organizations
HB 1613 --- Sponsor: Bowman, John L. --- CoSponsor: Fallert, Joseph Jr.
Establishes the Office of Trade Enforcement within the Department of Economic Development and the Citizen's Commission on Globalization
HB 1660 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David --- CoSponsor: Fisher, Barney
Establishes the Missouri Voluntary Developer Agreement Law
HB 1755 --- Sponsor: Curls, Shalonn --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike
Increases from $3 to $5 the fee charged by the county recorder of deeds for certain recorded documents pertaining to real property
HB 1865 --- Sponsor: Curls, Shalonn --- CoSponsor: Hubbard, Rodney R.
Requires affordable housing to be included in any tax increment financing project which includes housing units and is approved after December 31, 2008
HB 1957 --- Sponsor: Hughes, Leonard --- CoSponsor: Curls, Shalonn
Establishes the Duty Free Zone Act, upon voter approval of a constitutional amendment, to authorize the creation of tax-free or reduced-tax zones
HB 2058 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David --- CoSponsor: Richard, Ron
Changes the laws regarding tax incentives for business development
HB 2215 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Day, David
Increases the annual cap on the amount of tax credits the Department of Economic Development may issue for the Quality Jobs Program from $40 million to $60 million
HB 2249 --- Sponsor: Onder, Bob
Authorizes a tax credit for qualified research costs paid by a qualified Missouri business
HB 2377 --- Sponsor: Flook, Tim --- CoSponsor: Storch, Rachel
Establishes the Seed Capital Technology Business Finance Program Act and the Proof of Concept Technology Business Finance Program Act to assist in financing business programs
HB 2393 --- Sponsor: Richard, Ron --- CoSponsor: Pearce, David
Authorizes a tax credit for mega-projects in enhanced enterprise zones
HB 2395 --- Sponsor: Villa, Thomas --- CoSponsor: Daus, Michael
Excludes any sales tax for the operation of public safety departments and funding for local parks in the City of St. Louis from being considered levies for certain tax increment financing transactions
HB 2449 --- Sponsor: Silvey, Ryan
Requires revenue from a tax increase within a tax increment financing district to be used only for the taxing purpose
HB 2483 --- Sponsor: Schoeller, Shane --- CoSponsor: Talboy, Mike
Changes the laws regarding neighborhood and community improvement districts
HB 2490 --- Sponsor: Roorda, Jeff
Requires purchasers of property located in a neighborhood improvement district to place into escrow the amount that the city or county has assessed on the property and requires disclosure of the assessment
HB 2534 --- Sponsor: Villa, Thomas --- CoSponsor: Daus, Michael
Prohibits any sales tax for the operation of public safety departments and funding for local parks in the City of St. Louis from being diverted to tax increment financing projects
HB 2555 --- Sponsor: Pearce, David --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim
Establishes the Entrepreneurial Development Council within the Department of Economic Development
HCR 20 --- Sponsor: Ervin, Doug --- CoSponsor: Flook, Tim
Supports Taiwan in its efforts to play a constructive role in the International Community
SB 718 --- Sponsor: Kennedy, Harry
Modifies provisions of certain tax credit programs administered by the Department of Economic Development
SB 814 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
Decreases acreage requirements for eligibility under the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit Act
SB 949 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
Modifies provisions of law relating to rural empowerment zones
SB 1131 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
Excludes tax revenues, derived from certain transportation sales taxes imposed by the City of Kansas City, from tax increment finance and MODESA economic activity taxes used to pay redevelopment costs
SB 1136 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
Creates tax incentives for secondary mining uses
SB 1161 --- Sponsor: Lager, Brad
Provides low interest loans for alternative energy generation
SB 1188 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Modifies provisions of the qualified research expense tax credit program
SB 1234 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
SB 1270 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
Modifies provisions of the enhanced enterprise tax benefit program
SB 1276 --- Sponsor: Griesheimer, John E.
Modifies provisions of law requiring the creation of county-wide tax increment finance commissions

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