SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 970
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MAXWELL.
Read 1st time February 26, 1998, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time March 2, 1998, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Tourism.
Reported from the Committee March 11, 1998, with recommendation that the bill do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Taken up March 25, 1998. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S3975.02P
AN ACT
To amend chapter 261, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the department of agriculture.
Section A. Chapter 261, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 261.107, to read as follows:
261.107. Records and documents submitted to the department of agriculture relating to financial investments in a business, or sales projections or other business plan information which if released or otherwise made public may endanger the competitiveness of a business, or records and documents submitted to the department relating to tax credits or other financial assistance that is awarded by the department may be deemed a "closed record" as such term is defined in section 610.010, RSMo, and may be discussed in a meeting that has been closed pursuant to section 610.022, RSMo.