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11 SECONDREGULARSESSION
2-HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
32 HOUSEBILLNO.2568
43 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
5-5340H.02C DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
4+INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMAYHEW.
5+5340H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsection226.030,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe
88 highwaysandtransportationcommission.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Section226.030,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
1111 2thereof,tobeknownassection226.030,toreadasfollows:
1212 226.030.1.Thehighwaysandtransportationcommissionshallconsistofsix
1313 2members[, whoshallbeappointedbythegovernor,byandwiththeadviceandconsentofthe
1414 3senate,notmorethanthreethereoftobemembersofthesamepoliticalparty] until
1515 4December1,2026,atwhichtimethenumberofmembersmaybechangedasestablished
1616 5bylaw,butthereshallneverbemorethanonememberfromeachcongressionaldistrict
1717 6atthesametime.Ifreapportionmentresultsintheeliminationofacongressional
1818 7district,themostseniormemberofthecommissionshallservetheremainderofthe
1919 8member'sterm,afterwhichtimethatseatwillnolongerexist.Ifreapportionment
2020 9increasesthenumberofcongressionalseats,thenumberofmembersmaybeincreased
2121 10bylawtomatchtheincreaseincongressionalseats.Membersshallbeappointedbythe
2222 11governor,byandwiththeadviceandconsentofthesenate,notmorethanhalfthereofto
2323 12bemembersofthesamepoliticalparty.Nomembershallbeappointedtoreplacea
24-13memberfromthesamecongressionaldistrictexcepttofillanunexpiredterm.No
25-14membershallbeappointedfromacongressionaldistrictuntileachdistricthasbeen
26-15representedbyamemberatleastonce.Upontheexpirationofamember'sterm,a
27-16memberappointedbythegovernortobeginanewtermshallresideinacongressional
28-17districtthatisdifferentfromthecongressionaldistrictsinwhichtheothermembers
29-18resideandisdifferentfromthecongressionaldistrictinwhichthememberpreviously
24+13memberfromthesamecongressionaldistrictandnomembershallbeappointedfroma
25+14congressionaldistrictuntileachdistricthasbeenrepresentedbyamemberatleastonce.
26+15Ifthegovernorfailstofillavacancyonthecommissionwithinthirtydays,thevacancy
27+16fortheunexpiredtermshallbefilledbyamajorityvoteoftheremainingmembers,with
28+17suchnewmemberselectedfromalistoftencandidatesprovidedbythehouseof
3029 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
31-intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19fillingtheofficeresided. Eachcommissionershallbeataxpayerandresidentofthestatefor
32-20atleastfiveyearspriortohisorherappointment.Anycommissionermayberemovedbythe
33-21governoriffullysatisfiedofhisorherinefficiency,neglectofduty,ormisconductinoffice.
34-22Commissionersappointedpursuanttothissectionshallbeappointedfortermsofsixyears,
35-23exceptasotherwiseprovidedinthissubsection.Upontheexpirationofeachoftheforegoing
36-24termsofthesecommissionersasuccessorshallbeappointedforatermofsixyearsoruntil
37-25hisorhersuccessorisappointedandqualifiedwhichtermofsixyearsshallthereafterbethe
38-26lengthoftermofeachmemberofthecommissionunlessremovedasaboveprovided.The
39-27membersofthecommissionshallreceiveascompensationfortheirservicestwenty-five
40-28dollarsperdayforthetimespentintheperformanceoftheirofficialduties,andalsotheir
41-29necessarytravelingandotherexpensesincurredwhileactuallyengagedinthedischargeof
42-30theirofficialduties.MemberswhosetermsotherwiseexpireDecember1,2003,shallserve
43-31withtermsexpiringMarch1,2004,andnewmembersorthemembersreappointedshallbe
44-32appointedfortermsexpiringMarch1,2005;amemberwhosetermotherwiseexpires
45-33December1,2005,shallservewithatermexpiringMarch1,2007;amemberwhoseterm
46-34otherwiseexpiresDecember1,2007,shallservewithatermexpiringMarch1,2009;andone
47-35memberwhosetermotherwiseexpiresOctober13,2007,shallservewithatermexpiring
48-36March1,2007;andonememberwhosetermotherwiseexpiresOctober13,2007,shallserve
49-37withatermexpiringMarch1,2009.Ifavacancyoccursinanytermofacommissionerdue
50-38todeath,resignation,orremoval,asuccessorshallbeappointedforonlytheremainderofthe
51-39unexpiredterm.
30+intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18representativesandapprovedbythegeneralassembly.Thevoteanddeliberationsof
31+19thecommissiontofillsuchvacancyshallbepublic. Eachcommissionershallbeataxpayer
32+20andresidentofthestateforatleastfiveyearspriortohisorherappointment.Any
33+21commissionermayberemovedbythegovernoriffullysatisfiedofhisorherinefficiency,
34+22neglectofduty,ormisconductinoffice.Commissionersappointedpursuanttothissection
35+23shallbeappointedfortermsofsixyears,exceptasotherwiseprovidedinthissubsection.
36+24Upontheexpirationofeachoftheforegoingtermsofthesecommissionersasuccessorshall
37+25beappointedforatermofsixyearsoruntilhisorhersuccessorisappointedandqualified
38+26whichtermofsixyearsshallthereafterbethelengthoftermofeachmemberofthe
39+27commissionunlessremovedasaboveprovided.Themembersofthecommissionshall
40+28receiveascompensationfortheirservicestwenty-fivedollarsperdayforthetimespentinthe
41+29performanceoftheirofficialduties,andalsotheirnecessarytravelingandotherexpenses
42+30incurredwhileactuallyengagedinthedischargeoftheirofficialduties.Memberswhose
43+31termsotherwiseexpireDecember1,2003,shallservewithtermsexpiringMarch1,2004,and
44+32newmembersorthemembersreappointedshallbeappointedfortermsexpiringMarch1,
45+332005;amemberwhosetermotherwiseexpiresDecember1,2005,shallservewithaterm
46+34expiringMarch1,2007;amemberwhosetermotherwiseexpiresDecember1,2007,shall
47+35servewithatermexpiringMarch1,2009;andonememberwhosetermotherwiseexpires
48+36October13,2007,shallservewithatermexpiringMarch1,2007;andonememberwhose
49+37termotherwiseexpiresOctober13,2007,shallservewithatermexpiringMarch1,2009.Ifa
50+38vacancyoccursinanytermofacommissionerduetodeath,resignation,orremoval,a
51+39successorshallbeappointedforonlytheremainderoftheunexpiredterm.
5252 40 2.Thetwomembersofthecommission,oneeachfromopposingpoliticalparties,
5353 41whohavethemostseniorityincommissionserviceshallserveascommissionleadershipwith
5454 42onememberaschairandtheothermemberasvicechair,respectively,fortermsending
5555 43March1,2005.Thecommissionshallelectoneofthemembersaschairandtheotherasvice
5656 44chair.EffectiveMarch1,2005,thecommissionshallelectthetwomembersofthe
5757 45commission,onefromeachopposingpoliticalpartywhohasthemostseniorityin
5858 46commissionservice,whoshallserveascommissionleadershipwithonememberaschairand
5959 47theothermemberasvicechair,respectively,foroneyear.Attheendofsuchyear,the
6060 48memberscurrentlyservingaschairandvicechairshallhavetheoptiontorotatepositions,
6161 49andthemembercurrentlyservingasvicechairmayserveaschair,andviceversa.Thereafter,
6262 50commissionleadershipshallcontinuetorotateaccordinglywiththetwomembersfrom
6363 51opposingpoliticalpartieswhohavethemostseniorityintermsofcommissionservicebeing
6464 52electedbythecommissiontoserveascommissionleadership.Ifoneofthecommission
6565 53leadershipofficesbecomesvacantduetodeath,resignation,removal,or[refuses] refusalto
6666 54servebeforetheone-yearleadershiptermexpires,thecommissionshallelectoneofits
67-55membersthatisofthesamepoliticalpartyasthevacatingofficertoservetheremainderof
68-HCSHB2568 2 56thevacatingofficer'sleadershipterm.Suchelectionshallnotprohibitthatmemberfromlater
67+HB2568 2 55membersthatisofthesamepoliticalpartyasthevacatingofficertoservetheremainderof
68+56thevacatingofficer'sleadershipterm.Suchelectionshallnotprohibitthatmemberfromlater
6969 57servingaschairandvicechairwhensuchmember'sseniorityincommissionservicequalifies
7070 58himorherforthoseofficesasprovidedinthissubsection.
7171 59 3.Nomorethanone-halfofthemembersofthecommissionshallbeofthesame
7272 60politicalparty.Theselectionandremovalofallemployeesofthedepartmentof
7373 61transportationshallbewithoutregardtopoliticalaffiliation.
7474 62 4.Thepresentmembersofthecommissionshallcontinuetoserveasmembersofthe
7575 63commissionfortheremainderofthetermsforwhichtheywereappointed,exceptasprovided
7676 64insubsection1ofthissection.
7777 65 5.Anymemberreappointedshallonlybeeligibletoserveaschairorvicechair
7878 66duringthefinaltwoyearsofsuchmember'sreappointment.
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