Missouri SB 586: Modifies which revenue sources shall be deposited into the State Road Fund

Bill Text

EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 586
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HOUGH.
2225S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 226.150, 226.200, and 226.220, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new
sections relating to transportation funding.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 226.150, 226.200, and 226.220, RSMo, 1
are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to 2
be known as sections 226.150, 226.200, 226.220, and 226.221, to 3
read as follows:4
226.150. The commission is hereby directed to comply 1
with the provisions of any act of Congress providing for the 2
distribution and expenditure of funds of the United States 3
appropriated by Congress for highway system construction, 4
maintenance, or operation, and to comply with any of the 5
rules or conditions made by the Bureau of Public Roads of 6
the Department of Agriculture, or other branch of the United 7
States government, acting under the provisions of federal 8
law in order to secure to the state of Missouri funds 9
allotted to this state by the United States government for 10
highway system construction, maintenance, or operation. 11
[The commission is authorized to pay the state's proportion 12
of the cost of roads constructed with federal and state 13
funds out of the state road fund.] Any money due to the 14
state of Missouri from the United States, under the 15
provisions of such acts of Congress, relating to highway 16
system construction, maintenance, or operation, shall be 17

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received by the state treasury and deposited in [a separate 18
fund, and paid out by the state treasurer on requisitions 19
drawn by an officer of the state highways and transportation 20
commission on a warrant of the state auditor. Said funds 21
being the funds of the federal government allotted to the 22
state of Missouri, no appropriation of the general assembly 23
for the expenditure of such funds shall be necessary] the 24
federal road fund established in section 226.221. The 25
commission is authorized to accept, receive and utilize any 26
road machinery, trucks or supplies donated, loaned or sold 27
to the state by the federal government, and to pay the 28
necessary transportation and other expenses of securing the 29
same. The commission may also sell any unnecessary or 30
surplus tools or equipment and receive payment therefor and 31
all money received on account of such sales, if any, shall 32
be immediately paid into the state treasury to the credit of 33
the [state] federal road fund; provided, however, that no 34
such unnecessary or surplus tools or equipment shall be sold 35
directly or indirectly by the commission to any employees of 36
the transportation department except when such sales are 37
made at public sale open to the general public. 38
226.200. 1. There is hereby created a "State Highways 1
and Transportation Department Fund" into which shall be paid 2
or transferred all state revenue derived from highway users 3
as an incident to their use or right to use the highways of 4
the state, including all state license fees and taxes upon 5
motor vehicles, trailers, and motor vehicle fuels, and upon, 6
with respect to, or on the privilege of the manufacture, 7
receipt, storage, distribution, sale or use thereof 8
(excepting the sales tax on motor vehicles and trailers, and 9
all property taxes)[, and all other revenue received or held 10

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for expenditure by or under the department of transportation 11
or the state highways and transportation commission, except: 12
(1) Money arising from the sale of bonds; 13
(2) Money received from the United States government; 14
or 15
(3) Money received for some particular use or uses 16
other than for the payment of principal and interest on 17
outstanding state road bonds]. 18
2. Subject to the limitations of subsection 3 of this 19
section, from said fund shall be paid or credited the cost: 20
(1) Of collection of all said state revenue derived 21
from highway users as an incident to their use or right to 22
use the highways of the state; 23
(2) Of maintaining the state highways and 24
transportation commission; 25
(3) Of maintaining the state transportation department; 26
(4) Of any workers' compensation for state 27
transportation department employees; 28
(5) Of the share of the transportation department in 29
any retirement program for state employees, only as may be 30
provided by law; and 31
(6) Of administering and enforcing any state motor 32
vehicle laws or traffic regulations. 33
3. Beginning in fiscal year 2004, the total amount of 34
appropriations from the state highways and transportation 35
department fund for all state offices and departments, 36
except for the highway patrol, and actual costs incurred by 37
the office of administration for or on