Missouri 2024 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB2828 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/27/2024

                            SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2828
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEAMATO.
4301H.02I	DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter67,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtonewstreetlight
installations.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter67,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection67.477,toreadasfollows:
67.477.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"City",acity,town,orvillagethatisincorporatedinaccordancewiththe
3lawsofthisstate;
4 (2)"County",acountyinthisstate;
5 (3)"Department",theMissouridepartmentofeconomicdevelopment;
6 (4)"Neighborhoodimprovementdistrict",adistrictformedundersections
767.453to67.475to:
8 (a)Payforthecostsofengineering,installing,maintaining,repairing,and
9replacingofsuchstreetlightsinsuchdistrict;
10 (b)Payfortheongoingcostsforelectricservicetosuchstreetlightsinsuch
11district;or
12 (c)Bothpurposesdescribedinparagraphs(a)and(b)ofthissubdivision;
13 (5)"Streetlight",anapprovedpole-mountedlightthat:
14 (a)Isdesignedandlocatedtoilluminateapubliclyorprivatelyownedstreetina
15residentialarea;
16 (b)Ispoweredby:
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 a.Electricityprovidedbyapublicentityorprivatecompanyregulatedbythe
18Missouripublicservicecommission;or
19 b.Solarpower;and
20 (c)Isoneofthefollowing:
21 a.Alight-emittingdiode(LED);or
22 b.Adifferentlightsourcethathasbeendocumentedanddemonstratedtouse
23lesspowerthananequivalentLED.
24 2.(1)Acityorcountymaycreateaneighborhoodimprovementdistrictunder
25thissection.Thetermforsuchdistrictshallnotexceedtwentyyears.Aneighborhood
26improvementdistrict'stermmaybeextendedforanadditionaltermofuptotwenty
27yearsbythepetitionprocessprovidedinsection67.457.
28 (2)Aspecialassessmentleviedandcollectedforaneighborhoodimprovement
29districtunderthissectionshallbeheldseparatelybythecityorcountyandusedforthe
30solepurposeofpayingtheobligationsofsuchdistrictunderthissection.
31 (3)Acityorcountyshallprovideitsportionofmoneysformatchinggrants
32providedbythedepartmentunderthissectionfromspecialassessmentsleviedand
33collectedundersubdivision(2)ofthissubsection.
34 3.(1)Thereisherebycreatedinthestatetreasurythe"NeighborhoodSafety
35andCrimePreventionStreetLightingFund",whichshallconsistofmoneys
36appropriatedbythegeneralassemblyorreceivedfromothersourcesunderthis
37section.Thedepartmentshalladministerthefund.Thestatetreasurershallbe
38custodianofthefund.Inaccordancewithsections30.170and30.180,thestatetreasurer
39mayapprovedisbursements.Thefundshallbeadedicatedfundand,upon
40appropriation,moneysinthisfundshallbeusedsolelyasprovidedinthissection.
41 (2)Notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsection33.080tothecontrary,anymoneys
42remaininginthefundattheendofthebienniumshallnotreverttothecreditofthe
43generalrevenuefund.
44 (3)Thestatetreasurershallinvestmoneysinthefundinthesamemanneras
45otherfundsareinvested.Anyinterestandmoneysearnedonsuchinvestmentsshallbe
46creditedtothefund.
47 4.Thedepartmentmayapplyforfederalgrantstoprovideadditionalmoneys
48forthestate'sportionofthematchinggrantsprovidedunderthissection.
49 5.Uponappropriation,thedepartmentshall:
50 (1)Usemoneysintheneighborhoodsafetyandcrimepreventionstreetlighting
51fundtopaythestate'sportionofmoneysformatchinggrantsasprovidedunderthis
52section;
HB2828	2 53 (2)Makeannualmatchinggrantsavailableunderthissectiontocitiesand
54countiesonafirst-come,first-servedbasis;
55 (3)Providesuchmatchinggrantsunderthissectiontoacityorcountyonaper-
56lightbasis;and
57 (4)Distributemoneysformatchinggrantsunderthissectiononthebasisoftwo-
58thirdsofthecosttobepaidbythestateandone-thirdofthecosttobepaidbythecityor
59county.
60 6.Innoinstanceshallthestate'sportionofamatchinggrantmadeunderthis
61sectionexceedtwothousanddollarsperstreetlightinstalledwithinacity'sorcounty's
62neighborhoodimprovementdistrictcreatedunderthissection.
63 7.Thedepartmentmaypromulgateallnecessaryrulesandregulationsforthe
64administrationofthissection.Anyruleorportionofarule,asthattermisdefinedin
65section536.010,thatiscreatedundertheauthoritydelegatedinthissectionshall
66becomeeffectiveonlyifitcomplieswithandissubjecttoalloftheprovisionsofchapter
67536and,ifapplicable,section536.028.Thissectionandchapter536arenonseverable
68andifanyofthepowersvestedwiththegeneralassemblypursuanttochapter536to
69review,todelaytheeffectivedate,ortodisapproveandannularulearesubsequently
70heldunconstitutional,thenthegrantofrulemakingauthorityandanyruleproposedor
71adoptedaftertheeffectivedateofthisactshallbeinvalidandvoid.
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