SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1172
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
5598S.01I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 92.418, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to sales tax
revenues appropriated for certain interstate transportation authorities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 92.418, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 92.418, 2
to read as follows:3
92.418. 1. All moneys received by a city imposing a 1
sales tax pursuant to sections 92 .400 to 92.421, less two 2
percent for the cost of handling, which shall be deposited 3
in the city's general fund, shall be deposited by the city 4
treasurer, or other city officer authorized by ordinance, in 5
a special fund to be known as the "Public Mass 6
Transportation Trust Fund" for the primary benefit of a 7
public mass transportation system and motor pool operations 8
operating within the city. 9
2. The moneys in the public mass transportation trust 10
fund accumulated by the city beyond the end of the city's 11
fiscal year in which such funds were collected, and not 12
needed by the city to meet its contractual obligations to an 13
interstate transportation authority or for motor pool 14
operations, may be appropriated and paid directly to such 15
interstate transportation authority to be used by the 16
interstate transportation authority for its general purposes 17
in providing a public mass transportation system within an 18 SB 1172 2
interstate transportation district, or the city may 19
appropriate and expend such excess funds for the purposes 20
set forth in Section 30(a)(2), of Article IV, of the 21
Constitution of Missouri, as amended. 22
3. A city may designate by contract from time to time 23
with an interstate transportation authority to provide 24
specific services, frequency of service, to underwrite a 25
certain fare structure or for any purpose consistent with 26
providing a sound public mass transportation system to serve 27
the city, and the city shall appropriate and pay directly to 28
the interstate transportation authority fro m the public mass 29
transportation trust fund the amounts of money that the city 30
finds is sufficient to enable the interstate transportation 31
authority to perform its contractual obligations to the 32
city, including intracommunity transit services, or a cit y 33
may appropriate and pay all of the funds on deposit in a 34
public mass transportation trust fund directly to an 35
interstate transportation authority to be used by such 36
interstate transportation authority for its general purposes 37
in providing a public m ass transportation system within an 38
interstate transportation district. 39
4. Any provisions of sections 92.400 to 92.421 to the 40
contrary notwithstanding, seven and one -half percent of the 41
proceeds of any sales tax imposed under sections 92.400 to 42
92.421 that are appropriated and paid by a city to an 43
interstate transportation authority shall be used only by 44
the city and the interstate transportation authority for the 45
purchase of new equipment, for the construction of public 46
mass transportation fa cilities or for any other capital 47
expenditures or improvements to the property of the 48
interstate transportation authority, or to pay the interest 49
or principal payments or to satisfy sinking fund 50 SB 1172 3
requirements on any negotiable notes or bonds or other 51
instruments in writing issued by the interstate 52
transportation authority for any of the above purposes. 53
5. Ninety-two and one-half percent of the proceeds of 54
any sales tax imposed under sections 92.400 to 92.421 that 55
are appropriated and paid by a city to an interstate 56
transportation authority shall be used to supply funds to be 57
applied to the expenses of the organization and costs of 58
operation of the public mass transportation system and the 59
facilities thereof, and may be used to supply additio nal 60
funds for capital expenditures as set forth in subsection 4 61
of this section. 62
6. Transportation authorities operating a public mass 63
transportation system under sections 92.400 to 92.421 may 64
provide for interior and exterior advertising on each 65
vehicle for mass transportation purposes. 66
7. Transportation authorities operating a public mass 67
transportation system under sections 92.400 to 92.421 shall 68
set and attain goals for the inclusion of minority business 69
enterprises as defined in sec tion 37.013 for contracts in 70
operating motor pools, construction, repairs and related 71
projects for the public mass transportation system. The 72
attainment of such goals on these contracts shall be based 73
on the availability of minority -owned businesses operating 74
within the city that perform the services for which such 75
contract is to be awarded. 76
8. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 92.400 77
to 92.421 and 94.600 to 94.655 to the contrary, a city shall 78
not supplant any appropriations made to an interstate 79
transportation authority from revenues received from a tax 80
imposed pursuant to sections 92.400 to 92.421 and 94.600 to 81
94.655 with federal grants or other federal moneys 82 SB 1172 4
distributed directly or indirectly to the interstate 83
transportation authority. 84