Under current law, the Commissioner of Administration shall grant qualified nonprofit organizations for the blind and sheltered workshops a 10-point bidding preference on any request for proposal in state purchasing contracts. This act increases that preference to 15 points. Additionally, this act prohibits the Commissioner of Administration from promulgating any rules or regulations under this act that prohibit any qualified nonprofit organization for the blind or sheltered workshop from bidding on state contracts for products or services.(Section 34.165)

This act also adds trustees, as outlined in the act, to the boards of existing consolidated public library districts enlarged by: incorporating into it any county public library district; or incorporating into it any city, municipal, school, or other public library district which does not include an entire county, but includes territory outside of the consolidated district's existing boundaries.

One trustee is also added to the board of a consolidated public library district where a city or municipality is petitioning to be part of that consolidated library district and that municipality is partially located in a county that does not participate in the consolidated library district. The new trustee is appointed by the non-participating county.

Once the petitioning district is admitted, transfers its property, and an additional trustee is appointed by the county, the petitioning library district and its board of trustees will cease to exist. (Sections 182.640 & 182.660)

These provisions are identical to provisions contained in CCS#2/HCS/SCS/SB 112 (2017), HCS/SB 114 (2017), and HCS/SB 134 (2017), and are similar to HB 1914 (2016) and HB 875 (2015).

The act authorizes county commissions that are trustees for a cemetery trust fund to utilize investment managers to invest, reinvest, and manage fund assets. The responsibilities and requirements for investment managers are detailed in the act. The investments cannot be otherwise prohibited by the Missouri Constitution, Article VI, Section 23. (Section 214.160)

These provisions are identical to SCS/SB 284 (2017), SCS/HB 51 (2017), and similar to HCS/HB 2272 (2016).

JAMIE ANDREWS