| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.663 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEKEATHLEY. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1881H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection536.140,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | judicialreviewofagencydeterminations. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section536.140,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection536.140,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 536.140.1.Thecourtshallhearthecasewithoutajuryand,exceptasotherwise |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2providedinsubsection4ofthissection,shallhearituponthepetitionandrecordfiledas |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3aforesaid. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 2.Theinquirymayextendtoadeterminationofwhethertheactionoftheagency |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (1)Isinviolationofconstitutionalprovisions; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (2)Isinexcessofthestatutoryauthorityorjurisdictionoftheagency; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (3)Isunsupportedbycompetentandsubstantialevidenceuponthewholerecord; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8 (4)Is,foranyotherreason,unauthorizedbylaw; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (5)Ismadeuponunlawfulprocedureorwithoutafairtrial; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (6)Isarbitrary,capriciousorunreasonable; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11 (7)Involvesanabuseofdiscretion. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13Thescopeofjudicialreviewinallcontestedcases,whetherornotsubjecttojudicialreview |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14pursuanttosections536.100to536.140,andinallcasesinwhichjudicialreviewofdecisions |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15ofadministrativeofficersorbodies,whetherstateorlocal,isnowormayhereafterbe |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16providedbylaw,shallinallcasesbeatleastasbroadasthescopeofjudicialreviewprovided |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17forinthissubsection[; provided,however,thatnothinghereincontainedshallinanyway |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18changeoraffecttheprovisionsofsections311.690and311.700]. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 3.[Whenevertheactionoftheagencybeingrevieweddoesnotinvolvetheexercise |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20bytheagencyofadministrativediscretioninthelightofthefacts,butinvolvesonlythe |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21applicationbytheagencyofthelawtothefacts,thecourtmayuponapplicationofanyparty |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22conductadenovoreviewoftheagencydecision] Ininterpretingastatestatute,rule, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23regulation,orothersubregulatorydocument,acourtoranofficerhearingan |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24administrativeactionshallnotdefertoastateagency'sinterpretationofsuchstatute, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25rule,regulation,orotherdocument,andshallinterpretthemeaningandeffectdenovo. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26Inactionsbroughtbyoragainstastateagency,afterapplyingallcustomarytoolsof |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27interpretation,thecourtorhearingofficershallexerciseanyremainingdoubtinfavor |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28ofareasonableinterpretationthatlimitsagencypowerandmaximizesindividual |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29liberty. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30 4.Whereverunder[subsection3of]thissectionorotherwisethecourtisentitledto |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31weightheevidenceanddeterminethefactsforitself,thecourtmayhearandconsider |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32additionalevidenceifthecourtfindsthatsuchevidenceintheexerciseofreasonable |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33diligencecouldnothavebeenproducedorwasimproperlyexcludedatthehearingbeforethe |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34agency.Whereverthecourtisnotentitledtoweightheevidenceanddeterminethefactsfor |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35itself,ifthecourtfindsthatthereiscompetentandmaterialevidencewhich,intheexerciseof |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36reasonablediligence,couldnothavebeenproducedorwasimproperlyexcludedatthe |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37hearingbeforetheagency,thecourtmayremandthecasetotheagencywithdirectionsto |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38reconsiderthesameinthelightofsuchevidence.Thecourtmayinanycasehearand |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39considerevidenceofallegedirregularitiesinprocedureorofunfairnessbytheagency,not |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40shownintherecord. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41 5.Thecourtshallrenderjudgmentaffirming,reversing,ormodifyingtheagency's |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42order,andmayorderthereconsiderationofthecaseinthelightofthecourt'sopinionand |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43judgment,andmayordertheagencytotakesuchfurtheractionasitmaybepropertorequire; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44butthecourtshallnotsubstituteitsdiscretionfordiscretionlegallyvestedintheagency, |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45unlessthecourtdeterminesthattheagencydecisionwasarbitraryorcapricious. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46 6.Appealsmaybetakenfromthejudgmentofthecourtasinothercivilcases. |
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| 59 | 59 | | ✔ |
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| 60 | 60 | | HB663 2 |
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