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44 FIRST REGULAR SESSION
55 SENATE BILL NO. 808
66 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
77 INTRODUCED BY SENATOR O'LAUGHLIN.
88 3133S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
99 AN ACT
1010 To repeal sections 99.975 and 99.1082, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
1111 relating to economic development.
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1313 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
1414 Section A. Sections 99.975 and 99.1082, RSMo, are repealed 1
1515 and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as 2
1616 sections 99.975 and 99.1082, to read as follo ws:3
1717 99.975. 1. No new applications made pursuant to 1
1818 sections 99.915 to 99.980 shall be approved after January 1, 2
1919 [2013] 2031. 3
2020 2. No applications made pursuant to sections 99.915 to 4
2121 99.980 shall be approved prior to August 28, 2003, except 5
2222 for applications for projects that are located within a 6
2323 county for which public and individual assistance has been 7
2424 requested by the governor pursuant to section 401 of the 8
2525 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 9
2626 Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq., for an emergency proclaimed by 10
2727 the governor pursuant to section 44.100 due to a natural 11
2828 disaster of major proportions that occurred after May 1, 12
2929 2003, but prior to May 10, 2003, and the development project 13
3030 area is a central business district that sustained severe 14
3131 damage as a result of such natural disaster, as determined 15
3232 by the state emergency management agency. 16
3333 3. Prior to December 31, 2006, the Missouri 17
3434 development finance board may approve up to two applications 18 SB 808 2
3535 made pursuant to sections 99.915 to 99.980 in a home rule 19
3636 city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and 20
3737 located in more than one county in which the state sales tax 21
3838 increment for such projects approved pursuant to the 22
3939 provisions of this subsection shall be up to one-half of the 23
4040 incremental increase in all sales taxes levied pursuant to 24
4141 section 144.020. In no event shall the incremental increase 25
4242 include any amounts attributable to retail sales unless the 26
4343 Missouri development finance board and the departme nt of 27
4444 economic development are satisfied based on information 28
4545 provided by the municipality or authority, and such entities 29
4646 have made a finding that a substantial portion of all but a 30
4747 de minimus portion of the sales tax increment attributable 31
4848 to retail sales is from new sources which did not exist in 32
4949 the state during the baseline year. The incremental 33
5050 increase for an existing facility shall be the amount of all 34
5151 state sales taxes generated pursuant to section 144.020 at 35
5252 the facility in excess of the amount of all state sales 36
5353 taxes generated pursuant to section 144.020 at the facility 37
5454 in the baseline year. The incremental increase in 38
5555 development project areas where the baseline year is the 39
5656 year following the year in which the development project is 40
5757 approved by the municipality pursuant to subdivision (2) of 41
5858 section 99.918 shall be the state sales tax revenue 42
5959 generated by out-of-state businesses relocating into a 43
6060 development project area. The incremental increase for a 44
6161 Missouri facility which relocates to a development project 45
6262 area shall be the amount by which the state sales tax 46
6363 revenue of the facility exceeds the state sales tax revenue 47
6464 for the facility in the calendar year prior to relocation. 48 SB 808 3
6565 99.1082. As used in sections 99.1080 to 99.1092, 1
6666 unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following 2
6767 terms shall mean: 3
6868 (1) "Baseline year", the calendar year prior to the 4
6969 adoption of an ordinance by the municipality approving a 5
7070 redevelopment project; provided, however, if local sales tax 6
7171 revenues or state sales tax revenues, from businesses other 7
7272 than any out-of-state business or businesses locating in the 8
7373 redevelopment project area, decrease in the redevelopment 9
7474 project area in the year following the year i n which the 10
7575 ordinance approving a redevelopment project is approved by a 11
7676 municipality, the baseline year may, at the option of the 12
7777 municipality approving the redevelopment project, be the 13
7878 year following the year of the adoption of the ordinance 14
7979 approving the redevelopment project. When a redevelopment 15
8080 project area is located within a county for which public and 16
8181 individual assistance has been requested by the governor 17
8282 under Section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 18
8383 and Emergency Assista nce Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 5121, et 19
8484 seq., for an emergency proclaimed by the governor under 20
8585 section 44.100 due to a natural disaster of major 21
8686 proportions and the redevelopment project area is a central 22
8787 business district that sustained severe damage as a result 23
8888 of such natural disaster, as determined by the state 24
8989 emergency management agency, the baseline year may, at the 25
9090 option of the municipality approving the redevelopment 26
9191 project, be the calendar year in which the natural disaster 27
9292 occurred or the year following the year in which the natural 28
9393 disaster occurred, provided that the municipality adopts an 29
9494 ordinance approving the redevelopment project within one 30
9595 year after the occurrence of the natural disaster; 31 SB 808 4
9696 (2) "Blighted area", the same mea ning as defined 32
9797 pursuant to section 99.805; 33
9898 (3) "Central business district", the area at or near 34
9999 the historic core that is locally known as the "downtown" of 35
100100 a municipality that has a median household income of sixty - 36
101101 two thousand dollars or less, according to the United States 37
102102 Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on the most 38
103103 recent of five-year period estimate data in which the final 39
104104 year of the estimate ends in either zero or five. In 40
105105 addition, at least fifty percent of existing buildings in 41
106106 this area will have been built in excess of thirty -five 42
107107 years prior or vacant lots that had prior structures built 43
108108 in excess of thirty-five years prior to the adoption of the 44
109109 ordinance approving the redevelopment plan. The historical 45
110110 land use emphasis of a central business district prior to 46
111111 redevelopment will have been a mixed use of business, 47
112112 commercial, financial, transportation, government, and 48
113113 multifamily residential uses; 49
114114 (4) "Conservation area", any improved area within the 50
115115 boundaries of a redevelopment area located within the 51
116116 territorial limits of a municipality in which fifty percent 52
117117 or more of the structures in the area have an age of thirty - 53
118118 five years or more, and such an area is not yet a blighted 54
119119 area but is detrimental to the public health, safety, 55
120120 morals, or welfare and may become a blighted area because of 56
121121 any one or more of the following factors: dilapidation; 57
122122 obsolescence; deterioration; illegal use of individual 58
123123 structures; presence of structures below mi nimum code 59
124124 standards; abandonment; excessive vacancies; overcrowding of 60
125125 structures and community facilities; lack of ventilation, 61
126126 light or sanitary facilities; inadequate utilities; 62
127127 excessive land coverage; deleterious land use or layout; 63 SB 808 5
128128 depreciation of physical maintenance; and lack of community 64
129129 planning; 65
130130 (5) "Gambling establishment", an excursion gambling 66
131131 boat as defined in section 313.800 and any related business 67
132132 facility including any real property improvements which are 68
133133 directly and solely related to such business facility, whose 69
134134 sole purpose is to provide goods or services to an excursion 70
135135 gambling boat and whose majority ownership interest is held 71
136136 by a person licensed to conduct gambling games on an 72
137137 excursion gambling boat or licens ed to operate an excursion 73
138138 gambling boat as provided in sections 313.800 to 313.850; 74
139139 (6) "Local sales tax increment", at least fifty 75
140140 percent of the local sales tax revenue from taxes that are 76
141141 imposed by a municipality and its county, and that are 77
142142 generated by economic activities within a redevelopment area 78
143143 over the amount of such taxes generated by economic 79
144144 activities within such a redevelopment area in the calendar 80
145145 year prior to the adoption of the ordinance designating such 81
146146 a redevelopment area while financing under sections 99.1080 82
147147 to 99.1092 remains in effect, but excluding personal 83
148148 property taxes, taxes imposed on sales or charges for 84
149149 sleeping rooms paid by transient guests of hotels and 85
150150 motels, licenses, fees, or special assessments; provided 86
151151 however, the governing body of any county may, by 87
152152 resolution, exclude any portion of any countywide sales tax 88
153153 of such county. For redevelopment projects or redevelopment 89
154154 plans approved after August 28, 2005, if a retail 90
155155 establishment relocat es within one year from one facility 91
156156 within the same county and the governing body of the 92
157157 municipality finds that the retail establishment is a direct 93
158158 beneficiary of tax increment financing, then for the 94
159159 purposes of this subdivision, the economic activ ity taxes 95 SB 808 6
160160 generated by the retail establishment shall equal the total 96
161161 additional revenues from economic activity taxes that are 97
162162 imposed by a municipality or other taxing district over the 98
163163 amount of economic activity taxes generated by the retail 99
164164 establishment in the calendar year prior to its relocation 100
165165 to the redevelopment area; 101
166166 (7) "Local sales tax revenue", city sales tax revenues 102
167167 received under sections 94.500 to 94.550 and county sales 103
168168 tax revenues received under sections 67.500 to 67.594 ; 104
169169 (8) "Major initiative", a development project within a 105
170170 central business district which promotes tourism, cultural 106
171171 activities, arts, entertainment, education, research, 107
172172 arenas, multipurpose facilities, libraries, ports, mass 108
173173 transit, museums, ec onomic development, or conventions for 109
174174 the municipality, and where the capital investment within 110
175175 the redevelopment project area is: 111
176176 (a) At least five million dollars for a project area 112
177177 within a city having a population of one hundred thousand to 113
178178 one hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety - 114
179179 nine inhabitants; 115
180180 (b) At least one million dollars for a project area 116
181181 within a city having a population of fifty thousand to 117
182182 ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety -nine 118
183183 inhabitants; 119
184184 (c) At least five hundred thousand dollars for a 120
185185 project area within a city having a population of ten 121
186186 thousand to forty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety -nine 122
187187 inhabitants; or 123
188188 (d) At least two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a 124
189189 project area within a city having a population of one to 125
190190 nine thousand nine hundred and ninety -nine inhabitants; 126 SB 808 7
191191 (9) "Municipality", any city or county of this state 127
192192 having fewer than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants; 128
193193 (10) "Obligations", bonds , loans, debentures, notes, 129
194194 special certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness 130
195195 issued by the municipality or authority, or other public 131
196196 entity authorized to issue such obligations under sections 132
197197 99.1080 to 99.1092 to carry out a redevelopment pro ject or 133
198198 to refund outstanding obligations; 134
199199 (11) "Ordinance", an ordinance enacted by the 135
200200 governing body of any municipality; 136
201201 (12) "Redevelopment area", an area designated by a 137
202202 municipality in respect to which the municipality has made a 138
203203 finding that there exist conditions which cause the area to 139
204204 be classified as a blighted area or a conservation area, 140
205205 which area shall have the following characteristics: 141
206206 (a) It can be renovated through one or more 142
207207 redevelopment projects; 143
208208 (b) It is located in the central business district; 144
209209 (c) The redevelopment area shall not exceed ten 145
210210 percent of the entire geographic area of the municipality. 146
211211 Subject to the limitation set forth in this subdivision, the 147
212212 redevelopment area can be enlarg ed or modified as provided 148
213213 in section 99.1088; 149
214214 (13) "Redevelopment plan", the comprehensive program 150
215215 of a municipality to reduce or eliminate those conditions 151
216216 which qualify a redevelopment area as a blighted area or a 152
217217 conservation area, and to the reby enhance the tax bases of 153
218218 the taxing districts which extend into the redevelopment 154
219219 area through the reimbursement, payment, or other financing 155
220220 of redevelopment project costs in accordance with sections 156
221221 99.1080 to 99.1092 and through application for and 157 SB 808 8
222222 administration of downtown revitalization preservation 158
223223 program financing under sections 99.1080 to 99.1092; 159
224224 (14) "Redevelopment project", any redevelopment 160
225225 project within a redevelopment area which constitutes a 161
226226 major initiative in furtheran ce of the objectives of the 162
227227 redevelopment plan, and any such redevelopment project shall 163
228228 include a legal description of the area selected for such 164
229229 redevelopment project; 165
230230 (15) "Redevelopment project area", the area located 166
231231 within a redevelopment a rea selected for a redevelopment 167
232232 project; 168
233233 (16) "Redevelopment project costs" include such costs 169
234234 to the redevelopment plan or a redevelopment project, as 170
235235 applicable, which are expended on public property, 171
236236 buildings, or rights -of-way for public purposes to provide 172
237237 infrastructure to support a redevelopment project, including 173
238238 facades. Such costs shall only be allowed as an initial 174
239239 expense which, to be recoverable, must be included in the 175
240240 costs of a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, 176
241241 except in circumstances of plan amendments approved by the 177
242242 department of economic development. Such infrastructure 178
243243 costs include, but are not limited to, the following: 179
244244 (a) Costs of studies, appraisals, surveys, plans, and 180
245245 specifications; 181
246246 (b) Professional service costs, including, but not 182
247247 limited to, architectural, engineering, legal, marketing, 183
248248 financial, planning, or special services; 184
249249 (c) Property assembly costs, including, but not 185
250250 limited to, acquisition of land and other property, real or 186
251251 personal, or rights or interests therein, demolition of 187
252252 buildings, and the clearing and grading of land; 188 SB 808 9
253253 (d) Costs of rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair, 189
254254 or remodeling of existing public buildings and fixtures; 190
255255 (e) Costs of construction of public works or 191
256256 improvements; 192
257257 (f) Financing costs, including, but not limited to, 193
258258 all necessary expenses related to the issuance of 194
259259 obligations issued to finance all or any portion of the 195
260260 infrastructure costs of one or more redevelopme nt projects, 196
261261 and which may include capitalized interest on any such 197
262262 obligations and reasonable reserves related to any such 198
263263 obligations; 199
264264 (g) All or a portion of a taxing district's capital 200
265265 costs resulting from any redevelopment project necessaril y 201
266266 incurred or to be incurred in furtherance of the objectives 202
267267 of the redevelopment plan, to the extent the municipality by 203
268268 written agreement accepts and approves such infrastructure 204
269269 costs; 205
270270 (h) Payments to taxing districts on a pro rata basis 206
271271 to partially reimburse taxes diverted by approval of a 207
272272 redevelopment project when all debt is retired; 208
273273 (i) State government costs, including, but not limited 209
274274 to, the reasonable costs incurred by the department of 210
275275 economic development and the departme nt of revenue in 211
276276 evaluating an application for and administering downtown 212
277277 revitalization preservation financing for a redevelopment 213
278278 project; 214
279279 (17) "State sales tax increment", up to one -half of 215
280280 the incremental increase in the state sales tax reven ue in 216
281281 the redevelopment project area provided the local taxing 217
282282 jurisdictions commit one -half of their local sales tax to 218
283283 paying for redevelopment project costs. The incremental 219
284284 increase shall be the amount by which the state sales tax 220 SB 808 10
285285 revenue generated at the facility or within the 221
286286 redevelopment project area exceeds the state sales tax 222
287287 revenue generated at the facility or within the 223
288288 redevelopment project area in the baseline year. For 224
289289 redevelopment projects or redevelopment plans approved after 225
290290 August 28, 2005, if a retail establishment relocates within 226
291291 one year from one facility to another facility within the 227
292292 same county and the governing body of the municipality finds 228
293293 that the retail establishment is a direct beneficiary of tax 229
294294 increment financing, then for the purposes of this 230
295295 subdivision, the economic activity taxes generated by the 231
296296 retail establishment shall equal the total additional 232
297297 revenues from economic activity taxes that are imposed by a 233
298298 municipality or other taxing district ove r the amount of 234
299299 economic activity taxes generated by the retail 235
300300 establishment in the calendar year prior to the relocation 236
301301 to the redevelopment area; 237
302302 (18) "State sales tax revenues", the general revenue 238
303303 portion of state sales tax revenues receive d under section 239
304304 144.020, excluding sales taxes that are constitutionally 240
305305 dedicated, taxes deposited to the school district trust fund 241
306306 in accordance with section 144.701, sales and use taxes on 242
307307 motor vehicles, trailers, boats and outboard motors and 243
308308 future sales taxes earmarked by law; 244
309309 (19) "Taxing district's capital costs", those costs of 245
310310 taxing districts for capital improvements that are found by 246
311311 the municipal governing bodies to be necessary and to 247
312312 directly result from a redevelopment projec t; 248
313313 (20) "Taxing districts", any political subdivision of 249
314314 this state having the power to levy taxes. 250
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