To repeal section 135.208, RSMo 1994, relating to enterprise zones, and to enact in lieu thereof 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     Section A. Section 135.208, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof to be known as section 135.208, to read as follows:

     135.208. 1. In addition to the number of enterprise zones authorized under the provisions of sections 135.206 and 135.210, the department of economic development shall designate one such zone in any county of the third class which is south of the Missouri River and which adjoins one county of the second class and also the state of Oklahoma. Such designation shall only be made if the area of the county which is to be included in the enterprise zone meets all the requirements of section 135.205.

     2. In addition to the number of enterprise zones authorized under the provisions of sections 135.206 and 135.210, the department of economic development shall designate one such zone in any county of the third class which borders the Missouri River and which adjoins a county of the second class with a population of at least one hundred thousand inhabitants and which contains a branch of the state university. Such designation shall only be made if the area of the county which is to be included in the enterprise zone meets all the requirements of section 135.205.

     3. In addition to the number of enterprise zones authorized under the provisions of sections 135.206, 135.210 and 135.256, the department of economic development shall designate one such zone in every county of the third class without a township form of government with a population of more than seven thousand eight hundred but less than ten thousand inhabitants located south of the Missouri River, which adjoins one third class county with a township form of government, and which adjoins no first or second class county. Such enterprise zone designation shall only be made if the area in the county which is to be included in the enterprise zone meets all the requirements of section 135.205.

     4. In addition to the number of enterprise zones authorized under the provisions of sections 135.206, 135.210 and 135.256, the department of economic development shall designate one such zone in the county seat of every county of the third class with a township form of government with a population of more than eighteen thousand but less than twenty-five thousand, and with an assessed valuation of between one hundred seventy million dollars and one hundred seventy-five million dollars as published in the 1996 proceedings of the Missouri state tax commission. Such enterprise zone designation shall only be made if the area in the county which is to be included in the enterprise zone meets all the requirements of section 135.205.