Missouri HB 2150: Changes the laws regarding the highway patrol so that it is funded under the general revenue

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2150
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KORMAN.
5703H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 226.200, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
state highways and transportation department fund.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 226.200, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 226.200, to read as follows:
226.200. 1. There is hereby created a "State Highways and Transportation Department
2 Fund" into which shall be paid or transferred all state revenue derived from highway users as an
3 incident to their use or right to use the highways of the state, including all state license fees and
4 taxes upon motor vehicles, trailers, and motor vehicle fuels, and upon, with respect to, or on the
5 privilege of the manufacture, receipt, storage, distribution, sale or use thereof (excepting the sales
6 tax on motor vehicles and trailers, and all property taxes), and all other revenue received or held
7 for expenditure by or under the department of transportation or the state highways and
8 transportation commission, except:
9 (1) Money arising from the sale of bonds;
10 (2) Money received from the United States government; or
11 (3) Money received for some particular use or uses other than for the payment of
12 principal and interest on outstanding state road bonds.
13 2. Subject to the limitations of subsection 3 and 4 of this section, from said fund shall
14 be paid or credited the cost:
15 (1) Of collection of all said state revenue derived from highway users as an incident to
16 their use or right to use the highways of the state;
17 (2) Of maintaining the state highways and transportation commission;
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.

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18 (3) Of maintaining the state transportation department;
19 (4) Of any workers' compensation for state transportation department employees;
20 (5) Of the share of the transportation department in any retirement program for state
21 employees, only as may be provided by law; and
22 (6) Of administering and enforcing any state motor vehicle laws or traffic regulations.
23 3. Beginning in fiscal year 2004, the total amount of appropriations from the state
24 highways and transportation department fund for all state offices and departments, except for the
25 highway patrol, and actual costs incurred by the office of administration for or on behalf of the
26 highway patrol and employees of the department of transportation, shall not exceed the total
27 amount appropriated for such offices and departments from said fund for fiscal year 2001.
28 Appropriations to the highway patrol from the state highways and transportation department fund
29 shall be made in accordance with Article IV, Section 30(b) of the Missouri Constitution.
30 Appropriations allocated from the state highways and transportation department fund to the
31 highway patrol shall only be used by the highway patrol to administer and enforce state motor
32 vehicle laws or traffic regulations. Beginning July 1, 2007, any activities or functions conducted
33 by the highway patrol not related to enforcing or administering state motor vehicle laws or traffic
34 regulations shall not be funded by the state highways and transportation department fund, but
35 shall be funded from general revenue or any other applicable source. Any current funding from
36 the highways and transportation department fund used for activities not related to enforcing state
37 motor vehicle laws or traffic regulations shall expire on June 30, 2007. The state auditor shall
38 annually audit and examine the appropriations made to the highway patrol to determine whether
39 such appropriations are actually being used for administering and enforcing state motor vehicle
40 laws and traffic regulations pursuant to the constitution. The state auditor shall submit its annual
41 findings to the general assembly by January fifteenth of each year.
42 4. Beginning July 1, 2019, compensation of employees and expenses of the highway
43 patrol shall not be funded by the state highways and transportation department fund but
44 shall be funded from general revenue or any other applicable source. The provisions of
45 this subsection shall not apply to compensation paid to highway patrol officers licensed
46 under chapter 590 and to communications personnel employed by the highway patrol; such
47 compensation shall continue to be funded by the state highways and transportation
48 department fund.
49 5. The provisions of [subsection] subsections 3 and 4 of this section shall not apply to
50 appropriations from the state highways and transportation department fund to the highways and
51 transport