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Latest Action: 02/28/2009 - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1616 - REAL ESTATE BROKERS - Ruzicka, Don

Changes the laws regarding the licensing of real estate brokers
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1333 - NOXIOUS WEEDS - Sater, David

Increases the amount that may be recovered through civil action from a landowner who knowingly allows certain noxious weeds to grow on his or her property
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Referred: Ways and Means (H)

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HB 1343 - MISSOURI HOMESTEAD PRESERVATION ACT - Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Referred: Ways and Means (H)

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HB 1349 - PROPERTY TAX RATES - Portwood, Dr. Charles R.

Changes the laws regarding property tax rates
Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Rules - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1355 - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES - Schaaf, Robert

Adds the counties of Andrew and Buchanan to the list of counties authorized to enact nuisance abatement ordinances regarding the condition of real property
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Referred: Ways and Means (H)

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HB 1366 - CERTIFICATES OF VALUE - Fares, Kathlyn

Requires a certificate of value to be recorded at the time of the sale of the property
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Second Rd/Refer: Pensions, Veteran Affairs & General Law(S)

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HB 1383 - BUSINESS PREMISES SAFETY ACT - Cox, Stanley

Establishes the Business Premises Safety Act
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1387 - LEASE PAYMENTS AFTER DISASTERS - Cox, Stanley

Exempts a tenant from rent payments when his or her residence is destroyed by an act of God unless there is a contract to the contrary
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)

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HB 1389 - MINING AND GRAVEL EXCAVATION - Loehner, Tom

Changes the laws regarding surface mining and gravel excavation
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Rules - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1438 - USE OF PUBLIC LANDS - Kelly, Van

Allows all United States residents access to lands owned, managed, or funded by the state for the purpose of riding horses or mules under certain conditions

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Ways and Means (H)

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HB 2573 - PROPERTY TAX INCREASE LIMITATIONS - Parkinson, Mark A.

Exempts personal and residential property owned by certain taxpayers 65 years of age or older from increases in assessed valuation and limits increases in their personal and property tax
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H)

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HB 2499 - FENCING OF CONSERVATION LANDS - Quinn, John

Requires the Department of Conservation to fence any of its lands which are in excess of 640 acres in a way to sufficiently prevent the ingress and egress of deer
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)

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HB 2490 - NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS - Roorda, Jeff

Requires purchasers of property located in a neighborhood improvement district to place into escrow the amount that the city or county has assessed on the property and requires disclosure of the assessment
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Job Creation & Eco Dev (H)

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HB 2483 - IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS - Schoeller, Shane

Changes the laws regarding neighborhood and community improvement districts
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (H)

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HB 2446 - SMALL CLAIMS COURT JUDGMENTS - Tilley, Steven

Authorizes small claims court judgments to become liens on real estate
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 2341 - LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN STATE PROPERTY - Silvey, Ryan

Requires any leasehold interest in state-owned property being conveyed to be negotiated at no less than the prevailing fair market value
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

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SB 1285 - Effective January 1, 2009, for all charter counties and the City of St. Louis, assessors are required to provide the city or county clerks with assessment books on or before March first of each year. The city or county clerks must make abstracts of the assessment books showing the aggregate amounts of different types of property and the valuations of each type for each political subdivision levying taxes on property. The governing bodies of political subdivisions must use the information provided in the abstracts to informally project non-binding tax rate levies and provide such projected levies to the clerk no later than April 15th of each year. Utilizing the projected tax levies, the county collector must then calculate the projected tax liability for each property for which the assessor intends to provide a notice of increased assessed value by April thirtieth. Failure by a political subdivision to provide projected tax levies by April 15th will result in a twenty percent reduction [...]

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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - S Informal Calendar S Bills for Perfection--SB 1244-Barnitz and Purgason

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SB 1244 - This act creates the entrepreneurial development council within the Department of Economic Development. The council will consist of seven board members from business and legal experts in the area of intellectual property. The council may impose a registration fee for entrepreneurs wishing to receive council benefits. The act creates the entrepreneurial development and intellectual property right protection fund to receive appropriations, grants, gifts and bequests. The council has the authority to allocate moneys from the fund to provide financial assistance for legal actions instituted by registered entrepreneurs alleging infringement of their intellectual property rights. The council may also allocate moneys from the fund to registered entrepreneurs for financial assistance for the development, manufacture and advertising of new products.

JASON ZAMKUS

Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Ways and Means (H)

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HB 2276 - PROPERTY TAXATION - Bivins, Walt

Changes the laws regarding the Missouri Homestead Preservation Act and property taxation
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee

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SB 1213 - This act enables senior citizens, fifty-nine and a half years or older, and disabled persons to delay paying property taxes on their residences. The act establishes eligibility criteria for the taxpayer and the property for participating in the deferral. Taxpayers desiring deferral of property taxes must file an application with the county assessor who will forward such application to the department of revenue for a determination of eligibility. If the application is approved, the department of revenue must notify the county assessor who will make a notation on the tax rolls identifying the property as tax-deferred. Each year, the Department of Revenue will allocate funds, from the newly created property tax deferral revolving account to each county with properties subject to tax deferral, in an amount equal to the taxes deferred within each such county. All deferrals of tax will result in a lien, to be held by the Department of Revenue, against the property of the taxpayer [...]

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