Missouri 2024 2024 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB2570 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 02/28/2024

                    HB2570--SPECIALROADDISTRICTS
SPONSOR: Bonacker
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPassbyConsent"bytheStanding
CommitteeonRuralCommunityDevelopmentbyavoteof7to0.
Currently,certainspecialroaddistrictsarerestrictedtoexpend
notmorethanone-fourththedistrict'srevenuewithinthe
corporatelimitsofanycitywithinthedistrict.
Thisbillremovestherestriction,butauthorizestheSpecialRoad
DistrictBoardtolimitanexpendituretothepercentageequalto
theroadmileagewithinacitywithinthespecialroaddistrict
dividedbythetotalroadmilesofthespecialroaddistrict.
ThisbillissimilartoHB1541(2022).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatinaroaddistrictwherethe
majorityoftheroadsarewithinthecitytheyarerestrictedfrom
usingthefundsonmanyofthedistrictsroads.Thebillfreesup
themoneytobeusedwheremostneeded.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Bonackerand
theMissouriMunicipalLeague.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.