To repeal section 473.739, RSMo 1994, relating to public administrators, and to enact one new section relating to the same subject.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI,

AS FOLLOWS:

Section A. Section 473.739, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 473.739, to read as follows:

473.739. 1. Each public administrator, except in counties of the first class with a charter form of government, who does not receive at least [twenty-five] forty-five thousand dollars in fees as otherwise allowed by law shall receive annual compensation of four thousand dollars and each such public administrator who does not receive at least [twenty-five] forty-five thousand dollars in fees may request the county salary commission for an increase in annual compensation and the county salary commission may authorize an additional increase in annual compensation not to exceed ten thousand dollars.

2. Two thousand dollars of the compensation authorized in this section shall be payable to the public administrator only if he has completed at least twenty hours of classroom instruction each calendar year relating to the operations of the public administrator's office when approved by a professional association of the county public administrators of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the professional association. The professional association approving the program shall provide a certificate of completion to each public administrator who completes the training program and shall send a list of certified public administrators to the treasurer of each county. Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be reimbursed to the county public administrator in the same manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose.