FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 293
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEELMAN.
Read 1st time January 15, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 29, 2001, and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Environment.
Reported from the Committee February 19, 2001, with recommendation that the bill do pass with Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 adopted March 5, 2001.
Taken up March 5, 2001. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
1211S.01P
AN ACT
To amend chapter 620, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to advisory committee for electronic commerce.
Section A. Chapter 620, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 620.1580, to read as follows:
620.1580. 1. There is hereby established within the department of economic development the "Advisory Committee for Electronic Commerce". The purpose of the committee shall be to advise the various agencies of the state of Missouri on issues related to electronic commerce.
2. The committee shall be composed of eleven members, who shall be appointed by the director of the department of economic development, as follows:
(1) One member shall be the director of the department of economic development;
(2) One member shall be an employee of the department of revenue;
(3) One member shall be an employee of the department of labor and industrial relations;
(4) Seven members shall be from the business community, with at least one such member being from an organization representative of industry, and with at least one such member being from an organization representative of independent businesses, and with at least one such member being from an organization representative of retail business, and with at least one such member being from an organization representative of local or regional commerce; and
(5) One member from the public at large.
3. The members of the committee shall serve for terms of two years duration, and may be reappointed at the discretion of the director of the department of economic development. Members of the committee shall not be compensated for their services, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their service on the committee.
4. The director of the department of economic development shall serve as chair of the committee and shall designate an employee or employees of the department of economic development to staff the committee, or to chair the committee in the director's absence.
5. The committee shall meet at such places and times as are designated by the director of the department of economic development, but shall not meet less than twice per calendar year.