FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
HOUSEBILLNO.488
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
1348H.02C JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection644.021,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtothe
cleanwatercommissionofthestateofMissouri.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section644.021,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection644.021,toreadasfollows:
644.021.1.Thereisherebycreatedawatercontaminantcontrolagencytobeknown
2asthe"CleanWaterCommissionoftheStateofMissouri",whosedomicileforthepurposes
3ofsections644.006to644.141shallbedeemedtobethatofthedepartmentofnatural
4resources.Thecommissionshallconsistofsevenmembersappointedbythegovernorwith
5theadviceandconsentofthesenate.Nomorethanfourofthemembersshallbelongtothe
6samepoliticalparty.Allmembersshallberepresentativeofthegeneralinterestofthepublic
7andshallhaveaninterestinandknowledgeofconservationandtheeffectsandcontrolof
8watercontaminants.Atleasttwomembersshallbeknowledgeableconcerningtheneedsof
9agriculture,industryorminingandinterestedinprotectingtheseneedsinamannerconsistent
10withthepurposesofsections644.006to644.141.Atleastonemembershallbe
11knowledgeableconcerningtheneedsofpubliclyownedwastewatertreatmentworks.No
12morethanfourmembersshallrepresentthepublic.[Nomembershallreceive,orhave
13receivedduringtheprevioustwoyears,asignificantportionofhisorherincomedirectlyor
14indirectlyfrompermitholdersorapplicantsforapermitpursuanttoanyfederalwater
15pollutioncontrolactasamendedandasapplicabletothisstate.] Thecommissionshall
16establishrulesofprocedurethatspecifywhenmembersshallexemptthemselvesfrom
17participatingindiscussionsandfromvotingonissuesbeforethecommissionduetoa
18potentialconflictofinterest.AllmembersappointedonorafterAugust28,2002,shallhave
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19demonstratedaninterestandknowledgeaboutwaterquality.Allmembersappointedonor
20afterAugust28,2002,shallbequalifiedbyinterest,education,trainingorexperienceto
21provide,assessandevaluatescientificandtechnicalinformationconcerningwaterquality,
22financialrequirementsandtheeffectsofthepromulgationofstandards,rulesandregulations.
23Atthefirstmeetingofthecommissionandatyearlyintervalsthereafter,themembersshall
24selectfromamongthemselvesachairmanandavicechairman.
25 2.Themembers'termsofofficeshallbefouryearsanduntiltheirsuccessorsare
26selectedandqualified.Provided,however,thatthefirstthreemembersappointedshallserve
27atermoftwoyears,thenextthreemembersappointedshallserveatermoffouryears,
28thereafterallmembersappointedshallserveatermoffouryears.Thereisnolimitationon
29thenumberoftermsanyappointedmembermayserve.Ifavacancyoccursthegovernormay
30appointamemberfortheremainingportionoftheunexpiredtermcreatedbythevacancy.
31Thegovernormayremoveanyappointedmemberforcause.Themembersofthe
32commissionshallbereimbursedfortravelandotherexpensesactuallyandnecessarily
33incurredintheperformanceoftheirduties.
34 3.Thecommissionshallholdatleastfourregularmeetingseachyearandsuch
35additionalmeetingsasthechairmandeemsdesirableataplaceandtimetobefixedbythe
36chairman.Specialmeetingsmaybecalledbythreemembersofthecommissionupon
37deliveryofwrittennoticetoeachmemberofthecommission.Reasonablewrittennoticeof
38allmeetingsshallbegivenbythedirectortoallmembersofthecommission.Fourmembers
39ofthecommissionshallconstituteaquorum.Allpowersanddutiesconferredspecifically
40uponmembersofthecommissionshallbeexercisedpersonallybythemembersandnotby
41alternatesorrepresentatives.Allactionsofthecommissionshallbetakenatmeetingsopento
42thepublic.Anymemberabsentfromsixconsecutiveregularcommissionmeetingsforany
43causewhatsoevershallbedeemedtohaveresignedandthevacancyshallbefilled
44immediatelyinaccordancewithsubsection1ofthissection.
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