SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2564
101STGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVERIGGS.
4823H.02I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter1,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtothetwenty-first
centuryinnovationhubtaskforce.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter1,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection1.511,toreadasfollows:
1.511.1.Thereisherebyestablishedthe"Twenty-FirstCenturyInnovationHub
2TaskForce".
3 2.Thetaskforceshallconsistof:
4 (1)Fivemembersofthehouseofrepresentatives,withthreememberstobe
5appointedbythespeakerofthehouseofrepresentatives,atleastoneofwhomisa
6memberofthecommitteeoneconomicdevelopment,andtwomemberstobeappointed
7bytheminorityleaderofthehouseofrepresentatives;
8 (2)Threemembersofthesenate,withtwomemberstobeappointedbythe
9presidentprotemporeofthesenateandonemembertobeappointedbytheminority
10leaderofthesenate;
11 (3)Thecommissionerofeducationorthecommissioner'sdesignee;
12 (4)Onememberrepresentingthedepartmentofhighereducationand
13workforcedevelopment,appointedbythecommissionerofhighereducation;
14 (5)OnememberwhoisontheboardofcuratorsoftheUniversityofMissouri,
15appointedbythegovernor;
16 (6)Onememberrepresentingotherpublicuniversitiesinthestate,appointedby
17thespeakerofthehouseofrepresentatives;
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (7)Fivemembersappointedbythegovernor,withsubject-matterexpertisein:
19 (a)Agriculturaltechnology;
20 (b)Business,representingabusinessorganizationinthisstate;
21 (c)Farming,representingafarmingorganizationinthisstate;
22 (d)Foodtechnology;and
23 (e)Healthsciences;and
24 (8)Twelvemembersrepresentingthefollowingorganizations,withnine
25memberstobeappointedbythespeakerofthehouseofrepresentativesandthree
26memberstobeappointedbythepresidentprotemporeofthesenate:
27 (a)BioSTL;
28 (b)TheCenterforRuralHealthInnovation;
29 (c)TheDanforthPlantScienceCenter;
30 (d)TheEarlyAdopterGrowerInnovationCommunity;
31 (e)TheIndependentCollegesandUniversitiesofMissouri;
32 (f)TheMissouriCattlemen'sAssociation;
33 (g)TheMissouriCommunityCollegeAssociation;
34 (h)TheMissouriCornGrowersAssociation;
35 (i)TheMissouriPartnership;
36 (j)TheMissouriPorkAssociation;
37 (k)TheMissouriSoybeanAssociation;and
38 (l)TheStateTechnicalCollegeofMissouri.
39 3.Thespeakerofthehouseofrepresentativesshalldesignatethechairofthe
40taskforce,andthepresidentprotemporeofthesenateshalldesignatethevicechairof
41thetaskforce.
42 4.Staffmembersofhouseresearch,housedrafting,senateresearch,andthe
43jointcommitteeonlegislativeresearchshallprovidesuchlegal,research,clerical,
44technical,andbilldraftingservicesasthetaskforcemayrequireintheperformanceof
45itsduties.
46 5.Membersofthetaskforceshallservewithoutcompensation,butthemembers
47andanystaffassignedtothetaskforceshallreceivereimbursementforactualand
48necessaryexpensesincurredinattendingmeetingsofthetaskforceorany
49subcommitteethereof.Alltaskforcemembersshallbesubjecttothesameconflict-
50of-interestprovisionsinchapter105thatareenforcedbytheMissouriethics
51commissioninthesamemannerthatelectedorappointedofficialsandemployeesare
52subjecttosuchprovisions.
53 6.Thetaskforceshallholditsfirstmeetingwithintwomonthsfromtheeffective
54dateofthissection.
HB2564 2 55 7.Themissionofthetaskforceshallbetomaximizeandexpandexisting
56industriesthatspurtechnologicalinnovationthroughoutthestate,withparticularfocus
57ontheareasofagriculturaltechnology,healthsciences,andfoodtechnology,andto
58createmorejobsinthetechnologysector.
59 8.Thetaskforceshallreportasummaryofitsactivitiesandany
60recommendationsforlegislationtothegeneralassemblybeforeAugust28,2023.
61 9.(1)ThetaskforceshallsuspenditsoperationsonJanuary1,2024.Atsuch
62time,allmembersofthetaskforceshallberelievedoftheirpositionsonthetaskforce.
63 (2)ThetaskforceshallresumeitsoperationsonJanuary1,2025,withanewset
64ofmemberstobeselectedinthemannerofsubsection2ofthissection.Thenewchair
65andthenewvicechairofthetaskforceshallbedesignatedundersubsection3ofthis
66section.
67 (3)Uponresumptionofitsoperations,thetaskforceshallcontinuetoreceive
68servicesaccordingtosubsection4ofthissectionandshallcontinuetobesubjecttoall
69provisionsofsubsection5ofthissection.
70 (4)Uponresumptionofitsoperations,thetaskforceshallreviewallsummaries
71andrecommendationspreviouslymadeundersubsection8ofthissectionandshall
72continuetocarryoutthemissiondescribedundersubsection7ofthissection.
73 (5)Uponresumptionofitsoperations,thetaskforceshallreportanupdated
74summaryofitsactivitiesandanyrecommendationsforlegislationtothegeneral
75assemblybeforeAugust28,2025.
76 (6)Afterprovidingareporttothegeneralassemblyasrequiredunder
77subdivision(5)ofthissubsection,thetaskforceshallcontinuetomeeteverytwoyears
78periodicallyuntilthissectionexpires.Thetaskforceshallprovideadditionalupdated
79summariesofitsactivitiesandadditionalrecommendationsforlegislationtothegeneral
80assembly,atsuchtimesasthetaskforcedeemsnecessary,untilthetaskforceis
81terminated.
82 10.Undersection23.253oftheMissourisunsetact:
83 (1)Theprovisionsofthenewprogramauthorizedunderthissectionshall
84automaticallysunsettwelveyearsaftertheeffectivedateofthissectionunless
85reauthorizedbyanactofthegeneralassembly;
86 (2)Ifsuchprogramisreauthorized,theprogramauthorizedunderthissection
87shallautomaticallysunsettwelveyearsaftertheeffectivedateofthereauthorizationof
88thissection;and
89 (3)ThissectionshallterminateonSeptemberfirstofthecalendaryear
90immediatelyfollowingthecalendaryearinwhichtheprogramauthorizedunderthis
91sectionissunset.
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