EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 237
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HOSKINS.
0361S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 215.020, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
Missouri housing development commission.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 215.020, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 215.020, 2
to read as follows:3
215.020. 1. There is hereby created and established 1
as a governmental instrumentality of the state of Missouri 2
the "Missouri Housing Development Commission" which shall 3
constitute a body corporate and politic. 4
2. The commission shall consist of the govern or, 5
lieutenant governor, the state treasurer, the state attorney 6
general, two members of the senate, one of which shall be 7
from the majority party appointed by the president pro 8
tempore of the senate and one of which shall be from the 9
minority party appointed by the minority leader, and two 10
members of the house of representatives, one of which shall 11
be from the majority party appointed by the speaker of the 12
house of representatives and one of which shall be from the 13
minority party appointed by the minority leader, and six 14
members to be selected by the governor, with the advice and 15
consent of the senate. The persons to be selected by the 16
governor shall be individuals knowledgeable in the areas of 17
housing, finance or construction. Not more than four of the 18 SB 237 2
members appointed by the governor shall be from the same 19
political party. The members of the commission appointed by 20
the governor shall serve the following terms: Two shall 21
serve two years, two shall serve three years, and two shall 22
serve four years, respectively. Thereafter, each 23
appointment shall be for a term of four years. If for any 24
reason a vacancy occurs, the governor, with the advice and 25
consent of the senate, shall appoint a new member to fill 26
the unexpired term. Members ar e eligible for reappointment. 27
3. [Six] Eight members of the commission shall 28
constitute a quorum. No vacancy in the membership of the 29
commission shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise 30
all the rights and perform all the duties of the 31
commission. No action shall be taken by the commission 32
except upon the affirmative vote of at least [six] eight of 33
the members of the commission. 34
4. Each member of the commission appointed by the 35
governor is entitled to compensation of fifty dollars p er 36
diem plus his reasonable and necessary expenses actually 37
incurred in discharging his duties under sections 215.010 to 38
215.250. 39