HB 633 -- St. Louis Boundary Commission

Co-Sponsors:  Green, Foley, Barry, Treadway

This bill authorizes boundary corrections within St. Louis
County.  Boundary corrections must be approved by all registered
voters or property owners and the governing body of the
receiving municipality or of the county.  Property placed in an
unincorporated area of the county by a boundary correction is
not subject to commission review.  Boundary corrections are not
effective until January of the year following approval.

A boundary correction is defined as an alteration between the
boundary between 2 municipalities or between a municipality and
the county involving residential property of not more than 30
acres, or commercial property of not more than 10 acres, annexed
or incorporated into a municipality after January 1, 1990.

The bill also makes several technical changes which:

(1)  Allow registered voters of an area to sign a petition
proposing annexation.  Under current law, residential property
owners who pay property tax are allowed to sign the petition;

(2)  Restrict a contractor of the commission from being an
elective official; and

(3)  Allow the county, an interested municipality, or any
interested party to bring an appropriate action against the
commission regarding a proposed boundary change.

This bill contains an emergency clause.