SB780 - Allows constitutional charter cities that have 100,000 or more inhabitants to enact certain types of ordinances

SB 780

Allows constitutional charter cities that have 100,000 or more inhabitants to enact certain types of ordinances

Sponsor:

LeVota

LR Number:

5470S.01I

Committee:

Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government

Last Action:

2/19/2014 - Second Read and Referred S Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee

Journal Page:

S318

Title:

Calendar Position:

Effective Date:

August 28, 2014

Current Bill Summary

SB 780 - Under current law, Kansas City may enact ordinances for various specified purposes that carry penalties of up to $1,000 fines and imprisonment for up to a year. Kansas City may also enact an ordinance requiring industrial users of publicly owned treatment works to comply with pretreatment standards that carries a fine of $1,000 to $5,000.

This act provides the same authority to enact ordinances to all cities with a population of 100,000 or more, which includes the cities of Columbia, Springfield, Independence, and St. Louis.

This provision was in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SCS/HB 1553 (2014).

MEGHAN LUECKE

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