Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB586 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 586
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HOUGH.
8	8	2225S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 226.150, 226.200, and 226.220, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new
11	11	sections relating to transportation funding.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Sections 226.150, 226.200, and 226.220, RSMo, 1
15	15	are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to 2
16	16	be known as sections 226.150, 226.200 , 226.220, and 226.221, to 3
17	17	read as follows:4
18	18	226.150. The commission is hereby directed to comply 1
19	19	with the provisions of any act of Congress providing for the 2
20	20	distribution and expenditure of funds of the United States 3
21	21	appropriated by Congress for highway system construction, 4
22	22	maintenance, or operation , and to comply with any of the 5
23	23	rules or conditions made by the Bureau of Public Roads of 6
24	24	the Department of Agriculture, or other branch of the United 7
25	25	States government, acting under the provisions of federal 8
26	26	law in order to secure to the state of Missouri funds 9
27	27	allotted to this state by the United States government for 10
28	28	highway system construction, maintenance, or operation . 11
29	29	[The commission is authorized to pay the state's proportion 12
30	30	of the cost of roads constructed with federal and state 13
31	31	funds out of the state road fund. ] Any money due to the 14
32	32	state of Missouri from the United States, under the 15
33	33	provisions of such acts of Congress, relating to highway 16
34	34	system construction, maintenance, or ope ration, shall be 17 SB 586 2
35	35	received by the state treasury and deposited in [a separate 18
36	36	fund, and paid out by the state treasurer on requisitions 19
37	37	drawn by an officer of the state highways and transportation 20
38	38	commission on a warrant of the state auditor. Said funds 21
39	39	being the funds of the federal government allotted to the 22
40	40	state of Missouri, no appropriation of the general assembly 23
41	41	for the expenditure of such funds shall be necessary ] the 24
42	42	federal road fund established in section 226.221 . The 25
43	43	commission is authorized to accept, receive and utilize any 26
44	44	road machinery, trucks or supplies donated, loaned or sold 27
45	45	to the state by the federal government, and to pay the 28
46	46	necessary transportation and other expenses of securing the 29
47	47	same. The commission may also sell any unnecessary or 30
48	48	surplus tools or equipment and receive payment therefor and 31
49	49	all money received on account of such sales, if any, shall 32
50	50	be immediately paid into the state treasury to the credit of 33
51	51	the [state] federal road fund; provided, however, tha t no 34
52	52	such unnecessary or surplus tools or equipment shall be sold 35
53	53	directly or indirectly by the commission to any employees of 36
54	54	the transportation department except when such sales are 37
55	55	made at public sale open to the general public. 38
56	56	226.200. 1. There is hereby created a "State Highways 1
57	57	and Transportation Department Fund" into which shall be paid 2
58	58	or transferred all state revenue derived from highway users 3
59	59	as an incident to their use or right to use the highways of 4
60	60	the state, including all state license fees and taxes upon 5
61	61	motor vehicles, trailers, and motor vehicle fuels, and upon, 6
62	62	with respect to, or on the privilege of the manufacture, 7
63	63	receipt, storage, distribution, sale or use thereof 8
64	64	(excepting the sales tax on motor vehic les and trailers, and 9
65	65	all property taxes)[, and all other revenue received or held 10 SB 586 3
66	66	for expenditure by or under the department of transportation 11
67	67	or the state highways and transportation commission, except: 12
68	68	(1) Money arising from the sale of bonds; 13
69	69	(2) Money received from the United States government; 14
70	70	or 15
71	71	(3) Money received for some particular use or uses 16
72	72	other than for the payment of principal and interest on 17
73	73	outstanding state road bonds ]. 18
74	74	2. Subject to the limitations of subsect ion 3 of this 19
75	75	section, from said fund shall be paid or credited the cost: 20
76	76	(1) Of collection of all said state revenue derived 21
77	77	from highway users as an incident to their use or right to 22
78	78	use the highways of the state; 23
79	79	(2) Of maintaining the st ate highways and 24
80	80	transportation commission; 25
81	81	(3) Of maintaining the state transportation department; 26
82	82	(4) Of any workers' compensation for state 27
83	83	transportation department employees; 28
84	84	(5) Of the share of the transportation department in 29
85	85	any retirement program for state employees, only as may be 30
86	86	provided by law; and 31
87	87	(6) Of administering and enforcing any state motor 32
88	88	vehicle laws or traffic regulations. 33
89	89	3. Beginning in fiscal year 2004, the total amount of 34
90	90	appropriations from t he state highways and transportation 35
91	91	department fund for all state offices and departments, 36
92	92	except for the highway patrol, and actual costs incurred by 37
93	93	the office of administration for or on behalf of the highway 38
94	94	patrol and employees of the department of transportation, 39
95	95	shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for such 40
96	96	offices and departments from said fund for fiscal year 41
97	97	2001. Appropriations to the highway patrol from the state 42 SB 586 4
98	98	highways and transportation department fund shall be made in 43
99	99	accordance with Article IV, Section 30(b) of the Missouri 44
100	100	Constitution. Appropriations allocated from the state 45
101	101	highways and transportation department fund to the highway 46
102	102	patrol shall only be used by the highway patrol to 47
103	103	administer and enforce state m otor vehicle laws or traffic 48
104	104	regulations. Beginning July 1, 2007, any activities or 49
105	105	functions conducted by the highway patrol not related to 50
106	106	enforcing or administering state motor vehicle laws or 51
107	107	traffic regulations shall not be funded by the state 52
108	108	highways and transportation department fund, but shall be 53
109	109	funded from general revenue or any other applicable source. 54
110	110	Any current funding from the highways and transportation 55
111	111	department fund used for activities not related to enforcing 56
112	112	state motor vehicle laws or traffic regulations shall expire 57
113	113	on June 30, 2007. The state auditor shall annually audit 58
114	114	and examine the appropriations made to the highway patrol to 59
115	115	determine whether such appropriations are actually being 60
116	116	used for administering and enfo rcing state motor vehicle 61
117	117	laws and traffic regulations pursuant to the constitution. 62
118	118	The state auditor shall submit its annual findings to the 63
119	119	general assembly by January fifteenth of each year. 64
120	120	4. The provisions of subsection 3 of this section 65
121	121	shall not apply to appropriations from the state highways 66
122	122	and transportation department fund to the highways and 67
123	123	transportation commission and the state transportation 68
124	124	department or to appropriations to the office of 69
125	125	administration for department of tr ansportation employee 70
126	126	fringe benefits and OASDHI payments, or to appropriations to 71
127	127	the department of revenue for motor vehicle fuel tax refunds 72
128	128	under chapter 142 or to appropriations to the department of 73 SB 586 5
129	129	revenue for refunds or overpayments or erroneous payments 74
130	130	from the state highways and transportation department fund. 75
131	131	5. All interest earned upon the state highways and 76
132	132	transportation department fund shall be deposited in and to 77
133	133	the credit of such fund. 78
134	134	6. Any balance remaining in said fu nd after payment of 79
135	135	said costs shall be transferred to the state road fund. 80
136	136	7. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of 81
137	137	this section to the contrary, any funds raised as a result 82
138	138	of increased taxation pursuant to sections 142.025 and 83
139	139	142.372 after April 1, 1992, shall not be used for 84
140	140	administrative purposes or administrative expenses of the 85
141	141	transportation department. 86
142	142	226.220. 1. There is hereby created and set up the 1
143	143	"State Road Fund" which shall receive all moneys and credits 2
144	144	from 3
145	145	(1) The sale of state road bonds; 4
146	146	(2) [The United States government and intended for 5
147	147	highway purposes; 6
148	148	(3)] The state road bond and interest sinking fund as 7
149	149	provided in section 226.210; and 8
150	150	[(4)] (3) Any other source [if they are] required 9
151	151	under Section 30(b), Article IV, of the Constitution to be 10
152	152	held for expenditure by or under the department of 11
153	153	transportation or the state highways and transportation 12
154	154	commission [and if they are not required by section 226.2 00 13
155	155	to be transferred to the state highway department fund ]. 14
156	156	2. The costs and expenses withdrawn from the state 15
157	157	treasury 16
158	158	(1) For locating, relocating, establishing, acquiring, 17
159	159	reimbursing for, constructing, improving and maintaining 18 SB 586 6
160	160	state highways in the systems specified in Article IV, 19
161	161	Section 30(b), of the Constitution; 20
162	162	(2) For acquiring materials, equipment and buildings; 21
163	163	and 22
164	164	(3) For other purposes and contingencies relating and 23
165	165	appertaining to the construction and maintenan ce of said 24
166	166	highways; 25
167	167	Shall be paid from the state road fund upon warrants drawn 26
168	168	by the state auditor, based upon bills of particulars and 27
169	169	vouchers preapproved and certified for payment by the 28
170	170	commissioner of administration and by the state highways and 29
171	171	transportation commission acting through such of their 30
172	172	employees as may be designated by them. 31
173	173	3. No payments or transfers shall ever be made from 32
174	174	the state road fund except for an expenditure made 33
175	175	(1) Under the supervision and direction of the state 34
176	176	highways and transportation commission; and 35
177	177	(2) For a purpose set out in Subparagraph (1), (2), 36
178	178	(3), (4), or (5) of Subsection 1 of Section 30(b), Article 37
179	179	IV, of the Constitution. 38
180	180	226.221. 1. There is hereby created and set up the 1
181	181	"Federal Road Fund", which shall receive all moneys and 2
182	182	credits from: 3
183	183	(1) The United States government and intended for 4
184	184	highway purposes; and 5
185	185	(2) All other revenue intended for highway purposes 6
186	186	and received or held for expen diture by or under the 7
187	187	department of transportation or the state highways and 8
188	188	transportation commission, except: 9
189	189	(a) Moneys and credits from the sale of state road 10
190	190	bonds; 11 SB 586 7
191	191	(b) The state road bond and interest sinking fund as 12
192	192	provided in section 226.210; and 13
193	193	(c) State revenue derived from highway users as an 14
194	194	incident to their use or right to use the highways of the 15
195	195	state as provided in Section 30(b), Article IV, of the 16
196	196	Constitution. 17
197	197	2. The state treasurer shall be custodian of t he 18
198	198	fund. No money shall be withdrawn from the fund except by 19
199	199	warrant drawn in accordance with an appropriation made by 20
200	200	the general assembly. In accordance with sections 30.170 21
201	201	and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements. 22
202	202	The fund shall be a dedicated fund and money in the fund 23
203	203	shall be used solely by the department of transportation for 24
204	204	highway purposes. 25
205	205	3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to 26
206	206	the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of 27
207	207	the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general 28
208	208	revenue fund. 29
209	209	4. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund 30
210	210	in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 31
211	211	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 32
212	212	credited to the fund. 33
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