SECTION 48.020 (SA 7)

This section increases the assessed valuation a county must maintain in order to move into a higher classification. The assessed valuation for counties of the first classification is increased from $600 million to $750 million. The assessed valuation for counties of the second classification is increased from $450 million to $600 million. All counties with an assessed valuation of less than $600 million will be counties of the third classification.

The required assessed valuation for each classification shall be increased by an amount equal to any percentage increase in the consumer price index.

This section is identical to SB 358 (2009).

SECTION 48.030

This section allows Lincoln County, after meeting the required assessed valuation, to become a second class county upon a vote of the governing body to change classifications. Currently, a county can only change classifications by a vote of the governing body if it is becoming a first class county; otherwise, the county must be at the required assessed valuation for five years before changing classifications. The effective date of the change in classification shall be at the beginning of the county fiscal year following the election by the governing body.

This section is similar to HCS/SB 820 (2008), SB 38 (2009), and HB 257 (2009) and identical to SB 574 (2009).

SECTION 49.310

This section allows Caldwell County to establish a or holding facility outside of the county seat.

This section is identical to SB 457 (2009).

SECTION 49.710

Under this section, the county commission of any county without a charter form of government shall have the power to adopt ordinances requiring property owners to control brush on county right-of-ways or county maintenance easements that are part of the property owner's land that is adjacent to the county road.

Before charging a person with an ordinance violation, the county commission shall notify the property owner of the ordinance requirements, return receipt requested. The commission shall allow the owner thirty days from the date of return receipt or refusal of acceptance of delivery to control the brush. The property owner shall be granted an automatic thirty-day extension for hardship if the owner notifies the commission within the first thirty-day period of such reasons. The property owner may be granted a second thirty-day extension upon a vote of the commission.

Any property owner in violation of such a county ordinance may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than ten dollars per day. If the owner is found to be in violation of the ordinance, the county shall take action to control the brush as provided under Section 263.245, RSMo, not more than thirty-days after the fine was initially imposed.

Such ordinances shall not govern any railroad company, telecommunications or wireless company, public utility, rural electric cooperative, or municipal utility.

This section is similar to SB 385 (2009).

SECTION 49.710 (SA 6)

In St. Clair County, any person or entity, holding an outdoor concert, shall be required to receive prior approval from the county commission. A violation of this section will result in a civil fine of up to $5,000.

SECTIONS 50.660 & 50.783

Under these sections, a county is not required to obtain bids on purchases of $5,000 or less. Currently, such amount is set at $4,500.

Under current law, counties may waive competitive bidding when the county commission determines that there is only one feasible source for the supply. These sections require counties to post notice on such proposed purchases of at least $3,500 and advertise the commission's intent to make such purchases in the newspaper at least ten days in advance when the amount is at least $5,500. Currently, the commission must post notice for such proposed purchases of at least $3,000 and also advertise in the newspaper for such purchases of at least $5,500.

These sections are similar to SB 256 (2009).

SECTIONS 52.290, 52.312, & 54.010 (with SA 15)

Currently, in counties without a charter form of government the collector collects a seven percent fee for the collection of delinquent taxes. In counties with a charter form of government and St. Louis City, the collector collects a two percent fee for the collection of such taxes. Under this act, in counties adopting a charter form of government after January 1, 2008, the collector shall collect a seven percent fee for the collection of delinquent taxes, while the collector in counties adopting a charter form of government before January 1, 2008, except Jackson County, shall collect a two percent fee.

In Jackson County, the collector shall collect a two percent fee on sums collected in the first year of delinquency, a four percent fee on sums collected in the second year, and a seven percent fee on sums collected in the third year.

Currently, all counties, except counties with a charter form of government excluding St. Charles County, are required to establish a "Tax Maintenance Fund" to be used solely as a depository for funds received or collected for the purpose of funding additional costs and expenses incurred in the collector's office. Under this act, counties adopting a charter form of government after January 1, 2008, shall be required to establish such a fund as well.

In the event a county of the third or fourth classification abolishes its township organization or the county collect becomes a collector-treasurer, the collector treasurer shall assume all duties, compensation, and requirements of the collector-treasurer.

These sections are identical to the perfected version of SCS/SB 123 (2009).

SECTIONS 52.361, 52.370, 55.140, 55.190, 139.031, 139.140, 139.150, 139.210, 139.220, 140.050, 140.070, 140.080, 140.160, and 165.071 (with SA 12)

These sections allow certain counties of the first and second classification to collect property taxes using electronic records and disbursements. County collectors of these counties are required by the fifteenth day of each month to file, with the county clerk and auditor, a detailed statement of all taxes and license fees collected during the preceding month. These sections modify the provisions regarding the payment of taxes in dispute.

These sections are similar to HB 148 (2009).

SECTION 55.030

This section requires the auditor of any county with a charter form of government to annually take an inventory of county property with an original value of $2,500 or more, rather than $250.

This section is identical to SB 354 (2009).

SECTION 56.700 (SA 5)

The county counselor of Boone County shall receive $15,000, payable by the state, for duties relating to mental health and mental health facilities and an additional amount not to exceed $15,000 for investigative and clerical personnel assisting with such duties. The sums received shall be in the form of a reimbursement to county general revenue funds.

This section is identical to SCS/SB 258 (2009).

SECTION 59.319 (with SA 8 and SA 1 to SA 8)

This section increases certain user fees collected by county recorders from $4 to $7 for three years. Of the additional fee, two dollars shall be credited to the Missouri Housing Trust Fund and one dollar shall be deposited in the state general revenue and credited to the account used by the secretary of state for additional preservation of local records. The additional one dollar going to the secretary of state shall sunset in one year. During such time, the appropriation authority provided by the local records preservation fund within the secretary of state's office shall not exceed the level established in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.

This section is identical to SCS/SB 362 (2009).

SECTIONS 60.670 & 327.272 (SA 17)

These sections require the office of the land surveyor in the department of natural resources to promulgate rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for digital cadastral parcel mapping. Any map designed and used to reflect legal property descriptions or boundaries for use in a digital cadastral mapping system must comply with such rules, unless the party requesting the map specifies otherwise in writing, the map was designed and in use prior to the promulgation of the rules, or the parties requesting and designing the map already agreed to their contractual terms on the effective date of the rules promulgation.

The practice of land surveying shall include working with positions of the United States Public Land Survey System. It shall also include creating, preparing or modifying electronic or computerized data relative to the performance of certain other surveying activities; however, such acts shall not be exclusive to professional land surveyors unless they affect real property rights.

These sections are identical to SCS/SB 384 (2009).

SECTION 64.170 (SA 4)

This section allows Boone County to adopt, by order or ordinance, regulations to control the minimum standards of occupancy for residential units rented or leased and also to develop a program for licensing and inspecting the units. The county may recover the costs to administer the program through establishing reasonable fees.

This section is similar to SB 247 (2009).

SECTION 65.610

This section allows the county commission, upon a majority vote, to put the issue of abolishing the county's township organization to a vote of the people. Currently, it requires a petition by 10% of the voters to submit the issue to a vote.

SECTIONS 67.110 & 137.073 (with SA 18)

These sections modify laws regarding property taxation by requiring tax rate rollbacks by school districts in reassessment years. When changes in assessed valuation occur, political subdivisions shall revised the rate of levy except that the rate may not exceed the greater of the rate in effect in the 1984 tax year or the most recent voter-approved rate.

For tax year 2009, political subdivisions are authorized to levy a property tax rate sufficient to generate as much revenue as was produced in the 2007 tax year excluding new construction and improvements as long as such rate does not exceed the greater of the rate in effect for the 1984 tax year or the most recent voter approved rate.

The county collector shall include in each tax bill the current tax rate and the most recent voter-approved tax rate for each purpose for each political subdivision located at least partially within the county levying a tax on property. In the event the stated current tax rate is greater than the most recent voter-approved tax rate for such purpose, the collector shall conspicuously note such fact in the tax bill. All political subdivisions shall provide information to the county collector on or before October 15th of each tax year.

These sections contain an emergency clause.

SECTION 67.280

This section requires communities to file one copy of any technical code adopted with the clerk's office to be available to the public, rather than three copies.

SECTION 67.402 (SA 16)

The counties of Buchanan and Andrew may adopt nuisance abatement ordinances permitted under this section. Additionally, these counties, along with the counties of Boone and Cole, may adopt nuisance abatement ordinances involving land with tires or storm water runoff conditions resulting in damage to buildings.

This section is similar to SB 286 (2009).

SECTION 67.410

If a building commissioner issues an order to demolish, secure, repair, or clean up a property found to be a public nuisance, the cost shall be certified to the city clerk or officer in charge of finance, who shall cause the certified cost to be included in a special tax bill or added to the annual real estate tax bill, at the collecting official's option, for the property. The certified cost shall be collected by the city collector or other official collecting taxes. If the certified cost is not paid, the tax bill shall be considered delinquent.

This section removes the provision allowing the taxpayer to pay such tax bill back in installments over ten years and instead the collection of such taxes shall be governed by the general laws on delinquent taxes.

SECTION 67.1000

Current law allows any county, city which is the county seat of any county, and various other cities to impose a tax, not to exceed five percent per room per night, on charges for sleeping rooms paid by guests of hotels and motels for a convention and visitors bureau. This section increases the maximum levy from five percent to seven percent for Jefferson City. Such increase will become effective only upon voter approval.

This section is similar to Senate Bill 900 (2008).

SECTION 67.1177 (SA 14)

Under current law, business district advisory boards must enter into an agreement with the county collector for the county in which a business district is located to collect transient guest tax revenues. This section requires business district advisory boards to enter into an agreement with the director of the department of revenue for the collection of the transient guest tax revenues. Such agreement will supersede any previously existing agreement with county collectors.

This section is similar to SB 449 (2009).

SECTION 67.1360

This section authorizes the City of Ashland to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax of not less than two percent nor more than five percent per occupies room per night. The tax authorized by this act must be separately stated from all other charges and taxes.

This section authorizes the governing body of Montgomery County to seek voter approval for the imposition of a transient guest tax. The amount of the tax will be at least two, but not more than five percent per occupied room per night, and all revenue derived from such tax will be used by the county to promote tourism.

This section is similar to SB 248 (2009) and SB 276 (2009).

SECTION 67.1361

This section allows the revenue derived from the transient guest tax for St. Joseph and Buchanan County be used for capital expenditures incurred in connection with tourism and convention facilities.

SECTION 67.2000

This section allows real property owners in Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, and DeKalb counties to seek voter approval for the creation of exhibition center and recreational facility districts. If such a district is created, it may seek voter approval for the imposition of a one-quarter of one percent sales tax, for a period not to exceed twenty-five years, to fund the district.

This section is identical to SB 386 (2009).

SECTION 67.3000

It shall be lawful for Caldwell County to enter into a contract with private corporations engaged in delivering water at wholesale for domestic consumption. The county may also acquire, own, and hold, with private corporations, water mains.

This section is identical to SB 456 (2009).

SECTION 71.275

The governing body of a municipality may annex a research park that is compact and contiguous to the existing municipal boundaries if the property has not been sold within the previous six months and the municipality receives the written consent of all the property owners. A "research park" is defined as an area developed by a university to be used by technology-intensive and research-based companies as a business location.

This section is identical to SB 377 (2009).

SECTION 71.285

Currently, in certain cities, officials can remove weeds or trash in violation of the city ordinance at the owner's expense without additional notice if it is a repeat offense by the owner within the same year. This section allows any third class city with at least 1,000 inhabitants do so.

SECTIONS 77.110 & 79.160 (SA 9)

These sections allow third and fourth class cities to publish their annual financial statements on their website rather than printing them in the paper. The statements must be posted for at least six months. The city or village shall also display a printed notice at city hall where other notices are displayed. If no website is available, the city may notify residents in writing or by email.

SECTION 77.300

This act allows the city council of a third class city to submit a question to a vote of the people as an advisory referendum. If a majority of the voters vote in favor of the question, it shall be used only to indicate the preference of the voters and shall not have the force and effect of law.

SECTION 80.120 (SA 9)

This section allows villages to publish their ordinances on their website rather than printing them in the paper. They must be posted for at least six months. The city or village shall also display a printed notice at city hall where other notices are displayed. If no website is available, the village may notify residents in writing or by email.

SECTION 94.271

This section authorizes the City of Grandview to levy a transient guest tax on charges for sleeping rooms paid by guests of hotels and motels for the purpose of promoting tourism. The proposed tax must be submitted to the voters and shall not be greater than five percent per occupied room per night.

This section is identical to SB 165 (2009).

SECTION 94.400 (SA 3)

Currently, constitutional charter cities with a population between 10,000 and 300,000 are authorized to levy property taxes for certain municipal purposes, including libraries, hospitals, public health, and museum purposes. This act allows any city with a charter to do so.

This section is similar to HB 572 (2009).

SECTION 94.900

This section authorizes the governing body of the City of Peculiar to seek voter approval for the imposition of a sales tax to fund public safety improvements. The amount of the tax cannot exceed one-half of one percent and will be in addition to all other sales taxes authorized by law.

This section is identical to SB 447 (2009).

SECTION 94.902

This section authorizes the City of Grandview to seek voter approval to levy a sales tax of up to one-half percent to fund public safety improvements for the city. Such improvements may include expenditures on equipment, city employee salaries and benefits, and facilities for police, fire, and emergency medical providers.

This section is identical to SB 164 (2009).

SECTION 94.1011

This section authorizes the City of Waynesville, upon voter approval, to impose a transient guest tax of up to three percent per occupied hotel and motel room per night. The revenues derived from the tax must be used to fund the construction, maintenance, and repair of a multipurpose conference and convention center.

This section is identical to HB 1967 (2008), HB 28 (2009) and SB 387 (2009).

SECTIONS 105.145, 238.207, 238.212, and 238.235 (SA 1)

These sections require the circuit court to order a public hearing on the creation and funding of a proposed transportation development district, if the petition to create such district was filed by the owners of all real property within the proposed district. The director of the department of revenue will perform all functions incident to the administration, collection, enforcement, and operation of transportation development district sales taxes. The board of directors of every transportation development district is required to annually submit a report of financial transactions to the state auditor. Failure to timely file such a report by a transportation development district will result in the imposition of a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars. Petitions to create transportation development districts must include details of the budgeted expenditures, including estimated expenditures for real physical improvements, estimated land acquisition expenses, estimated expenses for professional services, and estimated interest charges.

SECTION 115.127 (SA 9)

This section allows political subdivisions and special districts to notify the public about election information on their website rather than printing them in the paper. They may also provide the information in a newsletter if one exists.

SECTION 137.1040

This section allows the governing body of a city, town, village or county to submit a proposal to the voters of such city, town village or county allowing the municipality to impose a property tax to fund cemetery maintenance. The tax authorized under this act shall not exceed one fourth of one cent per one hundred dollars assessed valuation and shall not become effective until approved by the voters of the city, town village or county.

This section is identical to the Perfected version of Senate Bill 822 (2008) and SB 168 (2009).

SECTION 138.431 (SA 2)

Appeals of assessments to the state tax commission will be deemed to have been made when the scheduling order is first issued and signed by the hearing officer, unless another hearing officer is assigned to the case by other provisions in said order. A change of hearing officer of request to have the appeal heard by the full commission or a quorum thereof must be granted by the commission upon an application filed by a party within thirty days of the assignment of a hearing officer. Such request need not show cause for the change, but no more than one such request will be allowed for each party in an appeal.

SECTIONS 140.150, 140.170, 140.190, 140.230, 140.250, 140.260, 140.290, 140.310, 140.340, 140.405, and 140.420

These sections change the provisions regarding the sale of real property for the collection of delinquent taxes. The collector is required to send up to two notices prior to a tax sale to the publicly recorded owner of record of the real property. The first notice is by first class mail. A second notice shall be sent by certified mail only if the assessed property valuation is $1000 or greater. If the assessed valuation is less than $1000, only the first notice is required.

Collectors may have a list of delinquent lands printed in the newspaper for three weeks before the sale if the assessed valuation is $1000 or less and it has been previously advertised or is a lot in a development of twenty or more lots and such lot has an assessed value of $1000 or less. Currently, such notice may be made if the assessed valuations are less than $500. The sale of other delinquent lands of greater value must be printed.

The purchase price of the property at a third offering must be at least equal to the sum of the delinquent taxes, interest, penalties, and costs. The certificate of purchase will be issued to an agent if the purchaser is a nonresident. The purchaser is required to pay a fee to the collector to record the certificate of purchase. After the third offering, the collector's deed or trustee's deed will have priority over all the other liens or encumbrances on the property sold except for real property taxes or federal liens.

If the delinquent land tax sale results in an amount greater than the amount of debt, taxes, interest, and costs; the excess proceeds must be held in trust in the county treasury for three years for the publicly recorded owner or owners of the property sold or their legal representatives. After three years, any amount not called for will be deposited into the county's school fund.

The redemption periods for the owner of record to redeem tax sale property are revised; and the owner must reimburse the purchaser for all costs of sale, including the cost for recording the certificate of purchase, the fee to record the release of the certificate, the cost of the title search, the cost of the required certified mail notifications, interest at the rate specified on the certificate, and any taxes paid by the purchaser plus 8% interest.

These sections are identical to HB 261 (2009).

SECTION 141.160 (with SA 15)

In St. Louis County, the collector shall collect on behalf of the county and pay into the county general fund an additional fee for the collection of delinquent and back taxes of five percent on all sums collected to be added to the face of the tax bill and collected from the party paying the tax.

SECTION 182.802

This section authorizes public library districts to seek voter approval for a sales tax of not more than one half of one cent to fund the operation, and maintenance of libraries within the boundaries of such library district. Public library districts are defined as any city library district, county library district, city-county library district, municipal library district, consolidated library district or urban library district.

This section is identical to SB 266 (2009).

SECTION 190.054

This section provides that the current term of the director representing Subdistrict 6 of the St. Charles ambulance district shall be extended one year. At the end of such term, the district shall hold an election and the term of the new director shall be three years.

This section is identical to SB 337 (2009).

SECTION 190.056

Under this section, each member of an ambulance district board of directors shall be subject to recall from office by the registered voters of the election district from which he or she was elected. Proceedings for the recall are commenced by the filing of a notice of intention to circulate a recall petition.

The notice must be served personally, or by certified mail, on the board member and filed with the election authority. A separate notice is needed for each member sought to be recalled and must contain information explaining the reason for the recall. It must list at least one but not more than five proponents of the recall.

Within seven days, the board member may file a statement answering the statement of the proponents. The answer must be served on at least one proponent. The statement and answer are for the voters' informational purposes only.

A member cannot be recalled if he or she: 1) has not held office during the current term for more than 180 days; 2) has 180 days or less remaining on his or her current term; or 3) has had a recall election determined in his or her favor within the current term.

The person circulating the petition must sign an affidavit verifying certain information. A recall petition must be filed with the election authority not more than 180 days after the filing of the notice of intention. The number of signatures needed shall equal at least 25% of the number of voters who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election in the election district.

The election authority has twenty days from the date of filing the petition to determine if enough voters signed the petition. It must file a certificate showing whether there are enough signatures. If the election authority certifies the petition does not have enough signatures, it may be supplemented within ten days of the date of certificate. The election authority must then certify the supplemented petition. If it is insufficient, no further action shall be taken.

If the petition is sufficient, the election authority shall submit its certificate to the board of directors and order an election within a certain amount of time. Nominations for board membership openings shall be made by filing a statement of candidacy with the election authority.

Any time prior to forty-two days before the election, the member sought to be recalled may offer his or her resignation and the recall question shall be removed from the ballot and the office declared vacant.

This section is identical to SB 978 (2008) and SB 122 (2009).

SECTION 204.569

This section provides an alternate procedure to approve the issuing of bonds for a common sewer subdistrict that is partially or completely located in Cass County. Bonds may be issued for such a subdistrict if the subdistrict receives the written assent of 75% of the political subdivisions that do business with the subdistrict.

The section contains an emergency clause.

This section is identical to SCS/SB 242 (2009).

SECTION 204.659

This section prohibits the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) from charging any residential landowner for storm water management services if MSD does not provide sanitary sewer service to the landowner's property and any storm water runoff from the property does not drain to a sewer maintained by MSD.

This section is similar to HB 825 (2009) and SB 172 (2009).

SECTION 221.105

This section requires the state, if it would otherwise be liable for costs, to reimburse counties for housing prisoners on its behalf regardless of the final disposition of the case. The maximum amount chargeable to the state for each day of incarcerating a prisoner, which is subject to appropriation, remains $37.50.

SECTION 227.320

This section provides that the portion of the state highway system which was designated as Highway 47 as of January 1, 2009, within the limits of the city of Washington shall be designated and known as "Franklin Street" and shall not be designated as a numbered state highway.

SECTION 231.444

This section allows Chariton and Carroll Counties to seek voter approval to impose a tax of up to one dollar per acre on agricultural and horticultural property. The proceeds will be used to purchase road rock for county roads.

SECTION 233.104

This section modifies the amount that special road districts can spend upon roads and streets within cities in St. Clair County. Under current law, the board of a special road district can only spend 25% of its revenues on roads and streets within the boundaries of any city within the special road district. This section removes the 25% spending restriction so that any special road district in St. Clair County may spend any amount that it chooses on roads and streets within the boundaries of a city provided the city consents to such expenditures.

SECTION 247.031

The section modifies provisions relating to the procedure for detaching territory from a public water supply district.

When a petition for detachment is submitted to the circuit court by someone other than the district's board of directors, the district shall be named as a defendant and a copy of the petition shall be provided to the district at least 35 days before the hearing.

Current law requires notice of the petition to detach to be published in a newspaper in each county containing any portion of the proposed territory. The act instead requires that notice be published in a newspaper in the county in which the hearing will be held as well as in a newspaper with circulation in the proposed territory.

The section adds the district itself as an allowable entity to make an exception or objection to a proposed detachment. The act modifies the language required to be posted in the newspaper to mirror the statutory requirements.

This section is identical to HB 234 (2009) and SB 196 (2009).

SECTION 311.489 (with SA 10)

A Kansas City festival district's promotional association shall obtain a permit from the division of alcohol and tobacco control to sell alcohol and to conduct festival events at the businesses and common areas within the district upon approval by the city. The festival district must be within a community improvement district in the city. The association must provide certain information in their plan to the city, including a legal description of the district and its common areas, information about participating businesses, the specific calendar of events, and description of the festival activities, proof of adequate insurance, and a detailed security plan. There shall be no more than 25 events per year and two events per month. The events shall last no more than forty-eight hours.

Prior to approving the plan, the city shall notify all property owners in the proposed district and within 500 feet of such district's boundaries. The city shall also hold a public hearing at least 30 days after providing the notice to obtain public comment. The city shall not approve any plan unless the promotional association has obtained written approval from at least 50% of the property owners within the district and within 185 feet of its borders.

For no more than ten twenty-four hour periods in a year, such promotional association may permit customers to leave an establishment within the district after purchasing alcohol and consume the beverage in the district common areas or another establishment, but no person shall be allowed to take a alcoholic beverage outside the festival district boundaries.

Minors shall not be allowed to enter the district during a festival event that serves liquor. The permit holder is solely responsible for any alcohol violations occurring within the common areas. The promotional association may be assessed a civil fine of not more than $5,000 for a violation. If the association is found to be responsible for violations at three separate events, its permit shall be revoked and not reissued.

SECTIONS 650.396 & 650.399 (with SA 13)

Under current law, any county which has established an emergency communications system commission may, upon voter approval, levy and collect a property tax to fund the establishment, operation, and maintenance of an emergency communications system. Sales of food are exempted from this sales tax. These sections would give such counties the option to seek voter approval to impose the property tax or a sales tax not to exceed one-tenth of one percent to fund the establishment, operation, and maintenance of an emergency communications system. The department of revenue will collect the sales tax revenues and deposit them into the newly created county emergency communications fund for distribution to the counties from which they were collected.

These sections are similar to SB 494 (2009).

SECTION 1 (with SA 11)

All public advertisements and orders of publications required by law shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, qualified in Section 493.050, RSMo. Persons responsible for orders of publication for foreclosure sales under Sections 443.310 and 443.320, RSMo, shall be subject to the prohibitions in Sections 493.130 and 493.140, RSMo, regarding profiting from such advertisements.

SECTIONS 2, 3, & 4

These sections authorize the Governor to convey state property in Greene County to Arc of the Ozarks and a permanent storm water easement to the City of Springfield.

These sections have an emergency clause.

SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE