SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES STILL (Sponsor), KELLY AND TILLEY (Co-sponsors).
4249L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 215.020, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the Missouri housing development commission.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 215.020, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 215.020, to read as follows:
215.020. 1. There is hereby created and established as a governmental instrumentality of the state of Missouri the "Missouri Housing Development Commission" which shall constitute a body corporate and politic.
2. The commission shall consist of [the governor, lieutenant governor, the state treasurer, the state attorney general, and six] seven members to be selected by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, one member to be selected by the speaker of the house of representatives, and one member to be selected by the president pro tem of the senate. [The] Five of the persons [to be] selected by the governor shall be individuals knowledgeable in the areas of housing, finance or construction. One of the persons selected by the governor shall have an educational background or experience in urban planning, and one of the persons selected by the governor shall have an educational background and experience in social work. Not more than [four] five of the members appointed [by the governor] shall be from the same political party. The members of the commission appointed by the governor shall serve the following terms: Two shall serve two years, two shall serve three years, and [two] three shall serve four years, respectively. Thereafter, each appointment shall be for a term of four years. The persons selected by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate shall serve a term of four years. If for any reason a vacancy occurs, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a new member to fill the unexpired term. Members are eligible for reappointment. No member shall be an elected official.
3. [Six] Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy in the membership of the commission shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. No action shall be taken by the commission except upon the affirmative vote of at least [six] five of the members of the commission.
4. Each member of the commission appointed [by the governor] is entitled to compensation of fifty dollars per diem plus his or her reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in discharging his or her duties under sections 215.010 to 215.250.
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