FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.342
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEKEATHLEY.
1354H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsections71.340and226.220,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofthreenewsections
relatingtoreimbursementofcostsassociatedwithutilityfacilityrelocation.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Sections71.340and226.220,RSMo,arerepealedandthreenewsections
2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections71.340,226.220,and226.224,toreadas
3follows:
71.340.1.Themayorandcitycouncilofanycityorthechairmanandboardof
2trusteesofanyincorporatedtownorvillageshallhavethepowertoannuallyappropriateand
3payoutofthetreasuryofsuchcityorincorporatedtownorvillageasumofmoney,notto
4exceedtenpercentoftheannualgeneralrevenuethereof,forthepurposeofconstructing,
5building,repairing,working,gradingormacadamizinganypublicroad,streetandhighway
6andanybridgethereonleadingtoandfromsuchcityorincorporatedtownorvillage;and
7suchappropriationshallbemadebyordinanceandthemoneysoappropriatedshallbe
8appliedunderthesupervisionanddirectionoftheengineersofsuchcityorincorporatedtown
9orvillage,andofthecountyhighwayengineerofthecountyinwhichsuchcity,townor
10villageislocated,orofsomecompetentpersonselectedbysuchcity,townorvillageand
11approvedbythecountyhighwayengineer,whoshallmakeareportthereof,inwriting,tothe
12mayorandcitycouncilofsuchcity,ortothechairmanandboardoftrusteesofsuch
13incorporatedtownorvillage;butthisprivilegeshallnotextendtoagreaterdistancethanfive
14milesfromthecorporatelimitsofsuchcity,townorvillage,andshallnotbeconstruedsoas
15toallowanyobstructiontoorinterferencewiththefreeuseofanysuchpublicroad,streetor
16highwaybythepublic,exceptsofarasmaybenecessarywhilesuchworkisbeingdone,and
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17furthershallnotbeconstruedtoaffecttheliabilityofsuchcity,townorvillage,which
18liabilityshallbethesameasifsuchroads,streetsandhighwayswereinsidethecitylimits.
19 2.Themayorandcitycouncilofanycityorthechairmanandboardoftrustees
20ofanyincorporatedtownorvillageshallpayoutofthetreasuryofsuchcityor
21incorporatedtownorvillagereimbursementforfacilityrelocationthatisrequireddue
22toroadmaintenanceorconstructiontoanynonrateregulatedutilityprovider.
23 3.Forthepurposesofthissectionandsections226.220and226.224,"nonrate
24regulatedutilityprovider"shallmean:
25 (1)Atelecommunicationscompanyasdefinedinsubdivision(52)ofsection
26386.020whosetelecommunicationsservicesarenotsubjecttoregulationbythepublic
27servicecommission;
28 (2)Aproviderofbroadbandandotherinternet-protocol-enabledservicesas
29definedinsubsection2ofsection392.611;
30 (3)Avideoserviceproviderasdefinedinsubdivision(17)ofsubsection1of
31section67.2677;or
32 (4)Acableoperatorasdefinedinsubdivision(1)ofsubsection1ofsection
3367.2677.
226.220.1.Thereisherebycreatedandsetupthe"StateRoadFund"whichshall
2receiveallmoneysandcreditsfrom:
3 (1)Thesaleofstateroadbonds;
4 (2)TheUnitedStatesgovernmentandintendedforhighwaypurposes;
5 (3)Thestateroadbondandinterestsinkingfundasprovidedinsection226.210;and
6 (4)Anyothersourceiftheyareheldforexpenditurebyorunderthedepartmentof
7transportationorthestatehighwaysandtransportationcommissionandiftheyarenot
8requiredbysection226.200tobetransferredtothestatehighwaydepartmentfund.
9 2.Thecostsandexpenseswithdrawnfromthestatetreasury:
10 (1)Forlocating,relocating,establishing,acquiring,reimbursingfor,constructing,
11improvingandmaintainingstatehighwaysinthesystemsspecifiedinArticleIV,Section30
12(b),oftheConstitution;
13 (2)Forreimbursingnonrateregulatedutilityproviders,asdefinedinsubsection
143ofsection71.340,foranycostsincurredinfacilityrelocationthatisrequireddueto
15roadmaintenanceorconstruction;
16 (3)Foracquiringmaterials,equipmentandbuildings;and
17 [(3)](4)Forotherpurposesandcontingenciesrelatingandappertainingtothe
18constructionandmaintenanceofsaidhighwaysshallbepaidfromthestateroadfundupon
19warrantsdrawnbythestateauditor,baseduponbillsofparticularsandvoucherspreapproved
20andcertifiedforpaymentbythecommissionerofadministrationandbythestatehighways
HB342 2 21andtransportationcommissionactingthroughsuchoftheiremployeesasmaybedesignated
22bythem.
23 3.Nopaymentsortransfersshalleverbemadefromthestateroadfundexceptforan
24expendituremade:
25 (1)Underthesupervisionanddirectionofthestatehighwaysandtransportation
26commission;and
27 (2)ForapurposesetoutinSubparagraph(1),(2),(3),(4),or(5)ofSection30(b),
28ArticleIV,oftheConstitution.
226.224.Thedepartmentshallreimbursenonrateregulatedutilityproviders,as
2definedinsubsection3ofsection71.340,foranycostsincurredinfacilityrelocationthat
3isrequiredduetoroadmaintenanceorconstruction.
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