SS/SCS/HB 1446 - This act modifies several provisions relating to elections.VOTER-APPROVED SALES AND USE TAXES (Section 32.315)
The act requires the Department of Revenue to issue an annual report listing all sales and use taxes that are authorized by state law, collected by the Department of Revenue, and approved by voters at an election.
This provision is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to CCS/HCS/SB 773 (2018).
NON-ELECTIONS (Section 115.124)
Under current law, any municipality with less than 1,000 inhabitants may adopt a proposal allowing for the waiver of any election to a nonpartisan office if the number of candidates for the office is equal to the number of positions available and if no ballot measure is placed on the ballot. This act increases the population threshold to 2,000.
This provision is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to SS/SCS/SB 592 (2018), SB 876 (2018), and SCS/HB 1442 (2018).
PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ABSENTEE VOTER RECORDS (Section 115.157)
Under this act, the Secretary of State shall furnish records of absentee ballot applications to a candidate or the duly authorized representative of a campaign committee upon request. The records shall show the names and addresses of voters within the jurisdiction of the election authority who requested an absentee ballot in any specific election involving a ballot measure or an office required to file the declaration of candidacy with the Secretary of State. The records shall be in an electronic format unless specifically requested in printed form.
A fee shall be charged by the Secretary of State for the records. The fee may be determined by the Secretary of State but may not exceed the amount permitted by law relating to fees for copying public records.
This provision is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to SS/SCS/SB 592 (2018) and substantially similar to SCS/SB 702 (2018).
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS (Section 321.320)
The act provides that any fire protection district serving an area in a specified county that has been annexed by a municipality within such a county shall, following the annexation, continue to provide services for the property annexed.
The act additionally provides that all costs associated with placing an annexation on the ballot within the municipality shall be borne by the municipality. Furthermore, residents in the annexed area may vote in all fire protection district elections and serve on be elected to the fire protection district board of directors.
This provision contains an emergency clause.
SCOTT SVAGERA