HOUSE BILL NO. 2842 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WEST.
6163H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 67.652, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the regional convention and sports complex authority.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 67.652, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 67.652, to read as follows: 67.652. 1. The authority shall consist of up to eleven commissioners who shall be 2 qualified voters of the state of Missouri and residents of either the city or the county. The 3 commissioners first appointed shall be appointed as follows: 4 (1) Up to [three] two commissioners who shall be residents of the city may be 5 appointed by the chief executive of the city with the advice and consent of the [board of 6 aldermen] governor; 7 (2) Up to [three] five commissioners who shall be residents of the county may be 8 appointed by the chief executive of the county with the advice and consent of the [county 9 council] governor; and 10 (3) Up to five commissioners one of whom shall be the chairman, two of whom shall 11 be a resident of the city, two of whom shall be a resident of the county and one of whom shall 12 be a resident of the city, the county or a county contiguous to the county, [may] shall be 13 appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall 14 appoint one of the commissioners to be the chairman of the authority. Of the commissioners 15 appointed by the chief executive of the city, no more than two shall be of the same political 16 party, of the commissioners appointed by the chief executive of the county, no more than two 17 shall be of the same political party and of the commissioners appointed by the governor, no
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 2842 2
18 more than three shall be of the same political party. In addition, no elective or appointed 19 official of the state of Missouri or of any political subdivision thereof shall be a commissioner 20 of the authority. Upon the appointment of eight commissioners as above provided, the 21 authority shall be deemed to be duly constituted and shall be authorized to commence 22 operations as provided in sections 67.650 to 67.658; but, after the authority is duly constituted 23 nothing herein shall prohibit the appointment of additional commissioners up to the limits and 24 in the manner provided in this section. 25 2. The commissioners shall serve for terms of six years, except that of the first such 26 commissioners appointed, the first person, if any, appointed by the governor, the chief 27 executive of the city and the chief executive of the county, respectively, shall serve for terms 28 of two years, the next two persons, if any, appointed by the governor, and the next person, if 29 any, appointed by the chief executive of the city and the chief executive of the county, 30 respectively, shall serve for terms of four years, and the final persons, if any, appointed by the 31 governor, the chief executive of the city and the chief executive of the county, respectively, 32 shall serve for terms of six years. Each commissioner shall hold office until his successor has 33 been appointed and qualified. No more than six commissioners of the authority shall be of 34 the same political party. 35 3. In the event a vacancy exists or in the event a commissioner's term expires, a 36 successor commissioner shall be appointed by whomever appointed the commissioner who 37 initially held the vacant position and if no person is so selected within sixty days of the 38 creation of the vacancy, the unexpired term of such commissioner may be filled by a majority 39 vote of the remainder of the commissioners, provided that such successor commissioner shall 40 meet the requirements set forth in subdivision (3) of subsection 1 above. Commissioners 41 appointed to fill unexpired terms shall only serve until such unexpired term expires. Pending 42 any such appointment to fill any vacancy, the remaining commissioners may conduct 43 authority business. 44 4. The authority shall elect from its number a chairman and may appoint such officers 45 and employ such employees as it may require for the performance of its duties, and may fix 46 and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. No action of the authority shall 47 be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least a majority of the commissioners then 48 appointed vote in favor of such action. The commissioners shall be reimbursed by the 49 authority for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 50 5. In the event any of the state of Missouri, the city or the county fails to make any 51 appropriation or to pay any rents, fees or charges provided in any contract, agreement lease or 52 sublease between the authority and one or more of the state of Missouri, the city and the 53 county, the commissioners, if any, appointed by the governor, if the state of Missouri has 54 failed to make such appropriation or to pay such rents, fees or charges, and the HB 2842 3
55 commissioners, if any, appointed by the chief executive of the city or county, if the city or 56 county, as applicable, has failed to make such appropriation or to pay such rents, fees or 57 charges, shall be disqualified from voting on any matter, action or resolution to come before 58 the authority, and from participating in any of the business of the authority, so long as any 59 such failure continues. If less than a majority of the commissioners then appointed are 60 thereby qualified to vote, the commissioners that remain qualified to vote shall constitute a 61 quorum and any action of the authority which is approved by a majority of such qualified 62 commissioners, shall be binding upon the authority. ✔
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