HB 237 -- COUNTY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY RESOURCE BOARD TAX LEVIES

SPONSOR: Gallick

This bill provides that all funds collected for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a county or city sheltered workshop, residence, facility, related services, or any combination thereof must be deposited in a special fund used for no other purpose.

Board-approved expenditures include funds for the operation and maintenance of sheltered workshops that are compliant with board funding request requirements.

No board of directors established under Section 205.968, RSMo, can require additional certifications or requirements for a compliant and credentialed applicant that are contrary to, or not currently required by, rules and standards developed and adopted by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for the operation of a sheltered workshop.

This bill is similar to HB 1436 (2024).

Statutes affected:
Introduced (1068H.01): 205.971