Bill Text: MO HB1019 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires a distressed municipality in St. Louis County to provide a minimum level of public services
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-20 - Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H) [HB1019 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HB1019-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DIEHL.
1255L.03I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 66, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to distressed municipalities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 66, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 66.640, to read as follows:
66.640. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Distressed municipality", any city, town, or village located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants and that is in "Group B" under sections 66.600 to 66.630;
(2) "Emergency telephone service", a telephone system using a single three-digit number, "911", for reporting police, fire, medical, or other emergency situations;
(3) "Peace officer", any peace officer as defined in section 590.010 who is licensed under chapter 590;
(4) "POST commission", the police officer standards and training commission established in chapter 590.
2. Every distressed municipality shall provide at least the following level of municipal services:
(1) An emergency telephone service;
(2) Law enforcement twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week by armed peace officers;
(3) Policies regarding pursuit and the use of force by peace officers;
(4) Benefits for injured peace officers;
(5) Construction code enforcement review, directly or by contract with a private or public agency;
(6) Adequate maintenance of public roads and streets;
(7) Weekly refuse and recycling collection;
(8) A balanced annual budget;
(9) An annual audit of the distressed municipality's finances by a certified public accountant.
3. If any distressed municipality fails to provide any of the services listed in subsection 2 of this section, the governing body of the county in which it is located may pursue the following remedies together or consecutively in any appropriate court with jurisdiction:
(1) Petition the court to compel the director of revenue to withhold the distribution of Group B sales tax revenues collected under this chapter on behalf of the noncompliant distressed municipality until the distressed municipality develops and adopts a plan to provide all of the services required under this section;
(2) Petition the court to authorize the county to administer the Group B sales tax revenues collected under this chapter on behalf of the noncompliant distressed municipality. If the court enters an order authorizing the county to administer the revenues under this subdivision, the director of revenue shall distribute such revenues to the county, and the county shall use such revenues to provide the services required under this section in the distressed municipality.
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