Progress: Chamber 1: Filed
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HB377 - Rep. David Casteel (R) - Modifies the process by which public notice is required to be published in charter counties
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This bill provides that in any county with a charter form of government, any notice required by law to be published in a newspaper can be published in a newspaper or on the Secretary of State's website. The Secretary of State must develop procedures for submission of the notices and create a specific page on its website that will contain all the notices in a searchable format.
This bill is similar to HB 2328 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB1112 - Rep. Scott Cupps (R) - Modifies provisions relating to income tax
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB1104 - Rep. Don Mayhew (R) - Modifies provisions relating to county hospitals
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB857 - Rep. Richard West (R) - Establishes general requirements for meetings of governing bodies of political subdivisions
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This bill establishes basic requirements for public comment periods in meetings of governing bodies of political subdivisions.
The bill requires each governing body to designate a time for public comment at the beginning of its public meetings. The comment period must be available to residents, businesses, and taxpayers of the political subdivision. Rules requiring decorum and civility will be allowed, but the category or content of remarks made during this time cannot be restricted.
The minimum length of time allowed for each speaker and for the public comment period itself are prescribed in the bill. Governing bodies can request identifying information of individuals desiring to participate in the comment period. No individual can be prohibited from participating in or removed from the meeting except as provided in the bill.
Governing bodies of political subdivisions are also required to provide a method for individuals who are unable to attend the public comment period of a meeting to submit a written statement.
If it is necessary to hold a meeting on less than 24 hours' notice, if the meeting is conducted exclusively electronically, or if it is conducted at a time not reasonably convenient to the public, the reason for departing from the normal requirements must be included in the meeting's minutes.
This bill is similar to HB 2206 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB794 - Rep. Ben Baker (R) - Creates limitations on actions permitted by local election authorities
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This bill prohibits any government entity from soliciting, accepting, or using any funds or in-kind goods or services for election administration, unless the funds or in-kind goods or services are of de minimis value or provided by another government entity.
The bill also prohibits any government entity or election officer from joining the membership of any entity, participating in any program, or purchasing services from any entity unless the entity complies with certain certification requirements, as provided in the bill.
If an election officer joins the membership of such an entity in his or her private capacity, the officer has a duty to disclose that information The information required to be included in and the requirements for publication of the disclosure are provided in the bill.
A violation of this section will be a class B misdemeanor. |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB788 - Rep. Sean Pouche (R) - Transfers appointment authority of juvenile officers and other juvenile court personnel from the court or the family court administrator to the county prosecuting attorney
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Currently, a juvenile officer and other necessary juvenile court personnel are appointed by the court or the family court administrator to serve under the direction of the court. In each judicial circuit, a grievance review committee is appointed to serve as the final administrative authority of a grievance regarding personnel policy or action that negatively affects an employee of the family court or juvenile court.
This bill allows the governing body of any county to, by order and with the consent of the county's prosecuting attorney, transfer the appointing authority to the prosecuting attorney. In that case, the juvenile officer, deputy juvenile officer, and other necessary personnel will be considered at-will employees of the prosecuting attorney and the grievance review committee will not be the final administrative authority for personnel policy or action grievances and the statute describing qualifications for a juvenile officer will not apply. The prosecuting attorney will assume all nonjudicial duties related to the juvenile officer, deputy juvenile officer, and other necessary personnel, and the prosecuting attorney will have full administrative control and discretion regarding the juvenile officer, deputy juvenile officer, and other necessary personnel. |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB749 - Rep. Don Mayhew (R) - Modifies provisions governing annual budgets of political subdivisions
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This bill requires certain materials related to proposed budgets of political subdivisions to be submitted to each member of the governing body of the political subdivision no later than seven days in advance of any vote on the budget. |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HJR40 - Rep. Burt Whaley (R) - Proposes a Constitutional amendment creating provisions relating to sheriffs
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Upon voter approval, this resolutions amends the Missouri Constitution to require a county to elect, by a majority vote of the qualified voters, a sheriff for a term of four years and every four years thereafter. This provision will not apply to counties in which the office of sheriff is not an elected office. A county in which the office of sheriff is not an elected office can irrevocably restore the office to an elected office, at which point the provision will apply.
The elected sheriff will be notified of all federal investigations in his or her county and will perform the duties specified in the resolution. An elected sheriff will not be removed from office except by writ of quo warranto initiated by the Missouri Attorney General.
The resolution also allows the General Assembly to levy court costs and fees to support the salaries or benefits for sheriffs and retired sheriffs.
This bill is similar to SCS SJR 42 (2023). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HJR36 - Rep. Aaron Crossley (D) - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Missouri to require Jackson County to have an elected county assessor instead of an unelected assessment department
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Currently, all charters of charter counties are required to provide for the election of a county assessor, except for the charter of Jackson County.
Upon voter approval, this Constitutional amendment requires the Jackson County assessor to be elected as well.
This bill is the same as HJR 115 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB532 - Rep. Ann Kelley (R) - Modifies provisions relating to certain local taxes
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COMPENSATION FOR COUNTY CORONERS
This bill provides that the salary of a coroner in a noncharter county may be set at a base schedule as provided by law subject to an increase up to $14,000 upon the majority approval of the salary commission.
Additionally, under current law, when the office of the sheriff is vacant, the county coroner is authorized to perform all the duties of the sheriff, until another sheriff is appointed.
This bill provides that if the coroner becomes acting sheriff and the sheriff is no longer receiving the sheriff's salary, the coroner may be paid, in addition to the coroner's salary, the difference between the salaries of the sheriff and coroner so that the coroner receives the equivalent of the sheriff's salary while serving as acting sheriff. (Sections 50.327, 58.095, & 58.200)
BASE SALARY SCHEDULES FOR THIRD CLASS COUNTIES
This bill provides that the salary commission of any third class county may amend the base salary schedules as provided by law for the computation of salaries for county officials to include assessed valuation factors in excess of $300 million dollars; provided that the percentage of any adjustment is equal for all county officials in that county (Section 50.327).
PUBLISHING OF COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
This bill changes the date counties must prepare and publish their financial statements from the first Monday in March to June 30th of each year. Additionally, the county treasurer will not pay the county commission until notice is received from the state auditor that the county's financial statement has been published in a newspaper after the first day of July.
The bill also requires second, third, and fourth class counties to produce and publish a county annual financial statement in the same manner as counties of the first classification. The financial statement must include the name, office, and current gross annual salary of each elected or appointed county official.
The county clerk or other county officer preparing the financial statement must provide an electronic copy of the data used to create the financial statement without charge to the newspaper requesting the data.
Finally, the newspaper publishing the financial statement cannot charge more than its regular local classified advertising rate as published 30 days before the publication of the financial statement (Sections 50.815, 50.820, 50.800, & 50.810).
COUNTY AUDITORS
This bill provides that, upon request, a county auditor in certain counties must have access to and the ability to audit and examine claims of every kind and character for which a county officer has a fiduciary duty (Section 55.160).
BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF
Under current law, first and second class county sheriffs must receive salaries equal to 80% of the compensation of associate circuit judges of the county. This bill excludes sheriffs in Boone County (Section 57.317).
COUNTY PLANNING BOARD HEARING NOTICES
Current law requires county planning boards to post notice of a hearing prior to the adoption of a master plan, with the notice being posted in at least two conspicuous places in each township. This bill modifies the requirement to require the posting on the county's website (Section 64.231).
HOSPITAL SALES TAX
This bill authorizes Bates County to impose a sales tax not to exceed 1% for the purposes of supporting the operations of hospital services in the county (Section 67.597).
RECREATION SALES TAX
Current law authorizes the counties of Bollinger and Cape Girardeau to jointly impose a sales tax for the purpose of the financing, acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of recreational projects and programs. This bill allows these counties to separately levy the tax (Section 67.782, 67.783, and 67.785).
TRANSIENT GUEST TAXES
The bill adds the cities of Weldon Spring and Cottleville to the list of cities authorized to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 5% for the purpose of the promotion of tourism (Section 67.1003).
This bill authorizes the city of Knob Noster to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 6% for the purpose of promoting tourism, promoting economic development, and promoting the retention and growth of any military base near the city (Section 67.1009).
The bill authorizes the cities of Harrisonville and Jackson to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 6% for the purpose of the promotion of tourism (Section 67.1013).
This bill adds the county of New Madrid to the list of counties authorized to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 5% for the purpose of the promotion of tourism. (Section 67.1018)
The bill adds the city of Richmond to the list of cities authorized to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 5% for the purpose of the promotion of tourism (Section 67.1360).
Current law authorizes certain cities to impose a transient guest tax for the purpose of funding the promotion, operation, and development of tourism. This bill also allows the proceeds from such tax to be used for the operating costs of a community center (Section 67.1366).
The bill adds the county of Ste. Genevieve to the list of counties authorized to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 6% for the purpose of the promotion of tourism (Section 67.1367).
This bill authorizes the city of Wentzville to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 5% for general revenue purposes. (Section 94.961)
The bill authorizes the Village of Arrow rock to impose, upon voter approval, a transient guest tax of not more than 6% per occupied lodging establishment room per night or more than 6% per rental term of such lodging facility for economic development purposes and the construction and maintenance of infrastructure improvements(Section 94.1016).
THEATER, CULTURAL ARTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS
Under current law, certain counties may establish a theater, cultural arts, and entertainment district. This bill adds counties that border the Lake of the Ozarks to the list of counties authorized to establish such districts (Section 67.2500). MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
The bill provides that, for fourth class cities with two thousand or fewer inhabitants, if the mayor of such city is authorized to appoint a member of a board or commission, any requirements that the appointed person be a resident of the city are satisfied under conditions specified in the bill (Section 79.235).
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SALES TAX
Current law authorizes the city of Lamar Heights to impose a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed 6% and a food sales tax at a rate not to exceed 2% for the purpose of funding the construction, maintenance, and operation of capital improvements. This bill allows these taxes to be used for emergency services and public safety (Section 94.838).
PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX
The bill adds the cities of Joplin, Hannibal, Moberly, Richmond, and Warrensburg to the list of cities authorized to impose a sales tax at a rate of up to 0.5% for the purposes of improving public safety (Section 94.900).
COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENT PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO FILE
Under current law, any transportation development district having gross revenues of less than $5,000 in a fiscal year for which an annual financial statement was not timely filed to the State Auditor is not subject to a fine.
This bill provides that any political subdivision that has gross revenues of less than $5,000 or that has not levied or collected sales or use taxes in the fiscal year for which the annual financial statement was not timely filed is not be subject to a fine.
Additionally, if failure to timely submit the annual financial statement is the result of fraud or other illegal conduct by an employee or officer of the political subdivision, the political subdivision will not be subject to a fine if the statement is filed within 30 days of discovery of the fraud or illegal conduct.
If the political subdivision has an outstanding balance for fines at the time it files its first annual financial statement after August 28, 2025, the Director of Revenue must make a one-time downward adjustment to the outstanding balance in an amount that reduces the outstanding balance by no less than 90%. If the Director of Revenue determines a fine is uncollectable, the Director will have the authority to make a one-time downward adjustment to any outstanding penalty (Section 105.145).
AUCTIONS FOR LAND WITH DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES
This bill allows a county collector to hold an auction of lands with delinquent property taxes through electronic media at the same time as said auction is held in-person (Sections 140.170 and 140.190).
The bill provides that all funds collected for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the county or city sheltered workshop, residence, facility, related services, or any combination thereof must be deposited in a special fund and will be expended only upon approval of the board as follows:
(1) Funds for the operation and maintenance of sheltered workshops that are compliant with board funding request requirements;
(2) No board of directors established under Section 205.968, RSMo, shall require additional certifications or requirements for a compliant and credentialed applicant that are contrary to, or not currently required by, rules and standards developed and adopted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the operation of a sheltered workshop; and
(3) This section must not be construed to prohibit board expenditures from being used for the purposes of residence, facility, related services, or any combination thereof in addition to using board expenditures for the establishment or maintenance of the county or city sheltered workshop (Section 205.971).
REGIONAL JAIL DISTRICTS
Under current law, any two or more contiguous counties may establish a regional jail district.
This bill provides that if an existing regional jail district already levies a sales tax and another county joins the district, the county joining with the district will not be effective until the voters of the county have approved the sales tax. If the voters do not approve the sales tax, the county attempting to join the district will not be permitted to join.
The bill also adds that a district may equip and maintain jail facilities, as well as lease its properties. The regional jail commission will have the power to acquire, construct, repair, alter, improve, and extend a regional jail and it may contract with governmental or private entities. Commissioners must serve until their successors have assumed office.
Under current law, any regional jail district may impose a one- eighth, one-fourth, three-eighths, or one-half of one percent sales tax. This bill changes the amount to up to 1%. The bill also repeals the provision that the sales tax may be used for court facilities in the regional jail district.
This bill also provides that expenditures paid for by the regional jail district sales tax trust fund may be made for any of the district's authorized purposes.
These provisions repeal the sunset provision (Section 221.400, 221.402, 221.405, 221.407, & 221.410).
REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS
Under current law, state funds for the East-West Gateway Coordinating Council and for the Mid-America Regional Council are not to exceed $65,000 and state funds for other regional planning commissions are not to exceed $25,000. This bill changes the sums to $130,000 and $50,000.
The bill removes the regional planning commissions of Show-Me, Missouri Valley, Ozark Gateway, ABCD, and Lakes County and adds Harry S. Truman, MO-Kan, Pioneer Trails, and Southwest Mo.
This bill provides that beginning July 1, 2027, the maximum grant amount for each regional planning commission will be adjusted with the consumer price index (Section 251.034).
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ALCOHOL LICENSES
The bill provides that the Supervisor of Alcohol and Tobacco Control may issue an entertainment district special license to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink for retail consumption dispensed from one or more portable bars within the common areas of the entertainment district, as such terms are defined in the bill, until 3:00am on Mondays-Saturdays, and from 6:00am on Sundays until 1:30am on Mondays.
The bill defines an entertainment district as any area located in any county that borders on or that contains part of a lake with not less than 1,000 miles of shoreline and that is located in the city of Lake Ozark and contains a combination of entertainment venues, bars, nightclubs, and restaurants (Section 311.094).
This bill is similar to SCS HCS HB 1564 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB460 - Rep. Mazzie Christensen (R) - Modifies provisions relating to county health officers
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This bill specifies that in instances in which a county health officer is not reappointed, or in the event a vacancy is created, the county commission may appoint an interim county health officer until the vacancy is filled.
This bill is the same as HB 1572 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HJR24 - Rep. Will Jobe (D) - Proposes a constitutional amendment that requires Jackson County to have an elected county assessor instead of an unelected assessment department
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Currently, all charters of charter counties are required to provide for the election of a county assessor, except for the charter of Jackson County.
Upon voter approval, this Constitutional amendment requires the Jackson County assessor to be elected as well.
This bill is the same as HJR 115 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HJR23 - Rep. Carolyn Caton (R) - Proposes a constitutional amendment that requires Jackson County and St. Louis City to have an elected assessor
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Currently, all charters of charter counties are required to provide for the election of a county assessor, except for the charter of Jackson County.
Upon voter approval, this Constitutional amendment requires the Jackson County assessor to be elected as well.
This amendment also requires Saint Louis City to have an elected assessor. |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB394 - Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R) - Modifies provisions relating to proceedings of the judicial finance commission
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This bill requires the Attorney General to provide representation to the circuit courts in proceedings before the Judicial Finance Commission unless hiring of private counsel is approved by the court. Money in the State Legal Expense Fund must be available for the reimbursement of such claims.
This bill is the same as HB 2154 (2024) and HB 204 (2023). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HJR3 - Rep. Jeff Coleman (R) - Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Missouri to require Jackson County to have an elected county assessor instead of an unelected assessment department
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Currently, all charters of charter counties are required to provide for the election of a county assessor, except for the charter of Jackson County.
Upon voter approval, this constitutional amendment would require the Jackson County assessor to be elected as well.
This bill is the same as HJR 79 (2024) and similar to HJR 79 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB374 - Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R) - Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri ethics commission
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Currently, governing bodies of political subdivisions with general operating budgets in excess of $1 million are required to file financial interest statements with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
This bill requires the governing body of each political subdivision, before July 16 of each calendar year, to submit an attestation to the Commission of whether the body's annual operating budget exceeds $1 million.
The bill requires certain entities, before December 16 of each calendar year, to send the Commission a list of the names of all individuals required to file a financial interest statement.
Currently, each official, officer, employee, or candidate of certain political subdivisions are required to file a financial interest statement unless the political subdivision adopts an ordinance, order, or resolution biennially in which it establishes its own method for disclosing potential conflicts of interest for such officials.
This bill removes the requirement that this be done biennially, allowing the above mentioned ordinance, order, or resolution to remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the governing body of the political subdivision.
The bill requires political subdivisions and the Secretary of State, within two business days after the close of candidate filing, to provide the Commission a list of all candidates required to file a financial interest statement.
This bill adds these provisions to the information that the Commission is allowed to request and receive.
This bill is the same as HCS HB 2146 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB373 - Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R) - Modifies provisions relating to the expenditure of public funds
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Currently, no contribution or expenditure of public funds can be made directly by any officer, employee, or agent of any political subdivision, school district, or charter school to advocate, support, or oppose the passage or defeat of any ballot measure or candidate for public office.
This bill adds special districts to the list of public entities in this prohibition. |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB353 - Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R) - Changes the law regarding advertisements and orders of publication in newspapers
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Currently, in order to qualify to run public notices and advertisements, a newspaper must have been published regularly for a period of three years; or must be the successor newspaper to a defunct newspaper and begin publication no later than 30 days after the termination of the prior newspaper.
This bill reduces the time period of regular publication from three years to one year, and increases the time period from 30 days to 90 days within which a successor newspaper must begin publication.
The bill also allows a newspaper that has been purchased or newly established by another newspaper that satisfies these conditions to qualify.
This bill is the same as HB 2301 (2024) and 782 (2023). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB352 - Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R) - Modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments
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Currently, counties of the first classification without a charter form of government are required to prepare and publish in a qualified paper a financial statement for the previous year by the first Monday in March.
This bill requires all non-charter counties to prepare and publish in a qualified newspaper a financial statement for the previous year by June 30th.
The financial statement also must include the name, office, and current gross annual salary of each elected or appointed county official.
The county clerk or other officer responsible for the preparation of the financial statement must preserve the documents relied upon in the making of the financial statements and provide an electronic copy free of charge to any newspaper requesting a copy of the data.
Newspapers are prohibited from charging any more than the standard rate for advertising to publish these financial statements.
Currently, any political subdivision that fails to file the required annual financial statement with the State Auditor is subject to a fine. This bill exempts any political subdivision that has gross revenues of less than $5,000 from that fine. It also exempts a political subdivision from the fine if the failure to submit the statement is a result of fraud or other illegal conduct by an officer or employee of the political subdivision if the financial statement is filed within 30 days of the discovery of the fraud or illegal conduct.
If a political subdivision has outstanding fines due when filing its first annual financial statement after August 28, 2025, the Director of the Department of Revenue will make a one-time downward adjustment of the total amount due by no less than 90%. In addition, the Director has the authority to make a one-time downward adjustment to any fine he or she deems uncollectible.
This bill is similar to HB 2571 (2024). |
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HB323 - Rep. Phil Amato (R) - Requires the county recorder to notify each property owner or owner of record when a deed that affects the ownership of the property has been submitted for recording
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This bill establishes "The Real Property Fraud Prevention Act".
The bill requires the recorder of deeds of each county to provide notice to each property owner of a parcel of real property that a general warranty deed or quitclaim deed that affects the ownership of the parcel has been submitted for recording.
The recorder must delay the recording of the deed for at least five working days from the date of the deed's receipt to provide time for notification of the property owner.
The recorder must notify each property owner by phone, text, fax, or email, if that information is known about the property owner. The recorder must also send the notification by first class mail to the address of record of the property owner of the parcel informing them that the deed affects the ownership interest in the property.
If the owner of the property provides written confirmation that the deed is legitimate, the delay need no longer be observed if it has not fully expired.
If the recorder is notified that the deed is fraudulent by each property owner prior to the expiration of the delay period, the recorder must delay recording the deed for at least two additional business days to provide time for the property owner to seek an order from a court to prohibit the recording of the fraudulent deed.
The recorder must not delay the recording of a general warranty or quitclaim deed if it was submitted by a real estate broker with a valid license, or if it was reviewed by a title company that is duly licensed and has issued title insurance to guaranty the validity of the deed.
The recorder of deeds is authorized to reject and return a general warranty or quitclaim deed that is deemed by the recorder to be defective, as defined in the bill. |
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SJR40 - Sen. Jill Carter (R) - Modifies provisions relating to sheriffs
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SJR 40 - This constitutional amendment, if adopted by the voters, provides that each county and St. Louis City shall elect a sheriff for a term of four years by a majority of the qualified voters of the county. This constitutional amendment shall not apply to any county which does not elect a sheriff, unless such county restores the office of sheriff as an elected office. Additionally, the sheriff shall be notified of federal investigations in his or her jurisdiction and shall commit to jail all felons and traitors as well as other duties as provided in the act. The sheriff may be removed from office by a quo warranto petition brought by the Attorney General. Finally, this constitutional amendment provides that because sheriffs are part of the administration of justice, the General Assembly may levy court costs to support salaries or benefits for sheriffs and retired sheriffs. This constitutional amendment is similar to SJR 75 (2024). JOSH NORBERG
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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SJR35 - Sen. Joe Nicola (R) - Requires all county assessors in charter counties to be elected
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SJR 35 - Currently, assessors of all charter counties except for Jackson County are required to be elected officers. This proposed Constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, removes this exception for Jackson County. This amendment is identical to HJR 79 (2024), HCS/HJR 68 (2024), SJR 46 (2022), SJR 10 (2021), SJR 47 (2020), and SJR 17 (2017) and is substantially similar to SJR 55 (2024) and SJR 13 (2023). JOSH NORBERG
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SJR1 - Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R) - Requires all county assessors in charter counties to be elected
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SJR 1 - Currently, assessors of all charter counties except for Jackson County are required to be elected officers. This proposed Constitutional amendment, if approved by the voters, removes this exception for Jackson County. Additionally, this amendment adds that assessors shall have any other qualifications as provided by law. This amendment is identical to SJR 55 (2024) and SJR 13 (2023) and substantially similar to HCS/HJR 68 (2024), SJR 46 (2022), SJR 10 (2021), SJR 47 (2020), and SJR 17 (2017). JOSH NORBERG
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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SB193 - Sen. Rick Brattin (R) - Creates provisions relating to term limits for local government officers
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SB 193 - This act provides that county officers, mayors, and members of any school board in this state shall serve no more than twelve years total. Any term of a person elected before August 28, 2025, shall not be counted or any term of less than two years of a person completing the term of another shall not be counted. JOSH NORBERG
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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SB2 - Sen. Sandy Crawford (R) - Modifies provisions relating to financial statements of certain local governments
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SB 2 - This act amends the sections of law which were declared unconstitutional in Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. PUBLISHING OF COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Sections 50.815, 50.820, 50.800, & 50.810) This act changes the date counties shall prepare and publish their financial statements from the first Monday in March to June 30th of each year. Additionally, the county treasurer shall not pay the county commission until notice is received from the State Auditor that the county's financial statement has been published in a newspaper after the first day of July. This act also requires second, third, and fourth class counties to produce and publish a county annual financial statement in the same manner as counties of the first classification. The financial statement shall include the name, office, and current gross annual salary of each elected or appointed county official. The county clerk or other county officer preparing the financial statement shall provide an electronic copy of the data used to create the financial statement without charge to the newspaper requesting the data. Finally, the newspaper publishing the financial statement shall charge and receive no more than its regular local classified advertising rate as published 30 days before the publication of the financial statement. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1362 (2024), the perfected HB 2571 (2024), HS/HCS/SB 1363 (2024), truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022), SB 845 (2022), and SB 1191 (2022) and substantially similar to SB 1541 (2022) and HB 381 (2021). COUNTY FINANCIAL STATEMENT PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO FILE (Section 105.145) Under current law, any transportation development district having gross revenues of less than $5,000 in a fiscal year for which an annual financial statement was not timely filed to the State Auditor is not subject to a fine. This act provides that any political subdivision that has gross revenues of less than $5,000 or that has not levied or collected sales or use taxes in the fiscal year for which the annual financial statement was not timely filed shall not be subject to a fine. Additionally, if failure to timely submit the annual financial statement is the result of fraud or other illegal conduct by an employee or officer of the political subdivision, the political subdivision shall not be subject to a fine if the statement is filed within 30 days of discovery of the fraud or illegal conduct. If the political subdivision has an outstanding balance for fines at the time it files its first annual financial statement after August 28, 2025, the Director of Revenue shall make a one-time downward adjustment to such outstanding balance in an amount that reduces the outstanding balance by no less than 90%. If the Director of Revenue determines a fine is uncollectable, the Director shall have the authority to make a one-time downward adjustment to any outstanding penalty. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1362 (2024), the perfected HB 2571 (2024), HS/HCS/SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022) and the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/SB 724 (2022) and substantially similar to HB 441 (2021), HB 826 (2021), and to provisions in SCS/SB 527 (2021). JOSH NORBERG
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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SB1 - Sen. Sandy Crawford (R) - Modifies provisions relating to county officials
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SB 1 - This act amends the sections of law which were declared unconstitutional in Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. COMPENSATION FOR COUNTY CORONERS (Sections 50.327, 58.095, & 58.200) This act provides that the salary of a coroner in a noncharter county may be set as a base schedule as provided by law subject to an increase up to $14,000 upon the majority approval of the salary commission. These provisions are identical to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022) and SCS/SB 1128 (2022) and similar to HB 2438 (2022). Additionally, under current law, when the office of the sheriff is vacant, the county coroner is authorized to perform all the duties of the sheriff, until another sheriff is appointed. This act provides that if the coroner becomes acting sheriff and the sheriff is no longer receiving the sheriff's salary, the coroner may be paid, in addition to the coroner's salary, the difference between the salaries of the sheriff and coroner so that the coroner receives the equivalent of the sheriff's salary while serving as acting sheriff. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022), SB 1085 (2022), and HB 2175 (2022). BASE SALARY SCHEDULES FOR THIRD CLASS COUNTIES (Section 50.327) This act provides that the salary commission of any third class county may amend the base salary schedules as provided by law for the computation of salaries for county officials to include assessed valuation factors in excess of $300 million dollars; provided that the percentage of any adjustments shall be equal for all county officials in that county. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022) and SB 704 (2022). COUNTY AUDITORS (Section 55.160) This act provides that, upon request, a county auditor in certain counties shall have access to and the ability to audit and examine claims of every kind and character for which a county officer has a fiduciary duty. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022) and substantially similar to SB 889 (2022) and SB 628 (2021). BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF (Section 57.317) Under current law, first and second class county sheriffs shall receive salaries equal to 80% of the compensation of associate circuit judges of the county. This act excludes the sheriff in Boone County. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022). AUCTIONS FOR LAND WITH DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES (Sections 140.170 & 140.190) This act allows a county collector to hold an auction of lands with delinquent property taxes through electronic media at the same time as said auction is held in-person. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022) and SB 1144 (2022). SALARIES OF COUNTY PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS (Section 473.742) Currently, if a public administrator of a second, third, or fourth class county or of the City of St. Louis elects to be placed on salary, the salary is determined by a schedule based on the average number of open letters in the two years preceding the term in which the salary is elected. This act provides that every public administrator who begins his or her term on or after January 1, 2024, shall be deemed to have elected to receive such salary. This act also provides that a letter of guardianship and a letter of conservatorship shall be counted as separate letters. Additionally, it shall be two letters if the public administrator is appointed by the court as both a guardian and a conservator to the same ward or protectee. Furthermore, this act provides that upon majority approval by the salary commission, a public administrator may be paid according to the assessed valuation schedule set forth in the act. If the salary commission elects to pay a public administrator according to the assessed valuation schedule, the salary commission shall not elect to change at any future time to pay the public administrator according to the average number of open letters in lieu of paying them according to the assessed valuation schedule. These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 1363 (2024), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HB 1606 (2022), and SB 1088 (2022) and substantially similar to HB 2450 (2022) and HB 2450 (2021) and is similar to SB 803 (2020). JOSH NORBERG
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB233 - Rep. Sherri Gallick (R) - Modifies provisions relating to the posting of notices
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This bill requires that notices of county planning board hearings be posted on the county's website and repeals the requirement that the notices be posted at least 15 days in advance of the hearing in at least two places in each township.
This bill is the same as HB 1992 (2024) and is similar to HB 1992 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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HB199 - Rep. Bill Falkner (R) - Modifies provisions relating to contracts with public entities
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The bill adds the definition of a "public official" as it relates to public works contracts and modifies the definition of "public entity".
Current law requires public entities, when contracting for certain public works, to require the contractor to furnish a bond. This bill clarifies that the requirement only applies to property exempt from attachment and execution.
Currently, courthouses, jails, clerks' offices, and other buildings and the lots on which they stand owned by a county or municipality, as well as all burial grounds, are exempt from attachment and execution. This bill expands the exemption to other lands owned by the State; any public body corporate and politic; any county, city, town, municipality; any road, water, sewer, fire, library, hospital, or school district; and any other political subdivision of this State.
The bill allows the State or any entity specified above to consent to have certain projects and the lands thereon, that are, or are intended to be, leased primarily to a private entity for nongovernmental use to become subject to the attachment of mechanics' liens filed under Chapter 429, RSMo if the consent is in writing, contains a legal description of the property subject to the attachment, and is acknowledged by an authorized official in a form that can be and is recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county where the property is located. If such consent has been executed, no bond is required for the contracted work, from either the contractor or the public entity's lessee.
Currently, a school board member is not required to independently confirm that a bond company exists and is solvent if a contractor represents that it is, but the school board member is not exempt from liability if he or she has actual knowledge of the insolvency or does not in good faith comply with the law in requiring the contractor to have a sufficient lawful bond. The bill expands both the lack of duty to verify the status of the bond company and the lack of exemption from liability for actual knowledge regarding a bond company from a school board member to all public officials.
This bill is similar to HB 1724 (2024). |
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Chamber 1: Filed |
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