Bill Text: MO HB1836 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows the Department of Agriculture to establish the Missouri International Agricultural Exchange website to promote Missouri agricultural products and services to international agricultural buyers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Voted Do Pass (H) [HB1836 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1836-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON.
6010H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 262, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Missouri international agricultural exchange website.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 262, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 262.975, to read as follows:
262.975. 1. The department of agriculture may contract with an internet website development company to build and maintain the "Missouri International Agricultural Exchange" website. Such website shall contain content approved by the department to promote Missouri agricultural products and services to international agricultural buyers.
2. The exchange shall allow Missouri-based agricultural sellers to post their products produced in this state on the website at no charge to assist in marketing such products to international buyers. All sellers shall be required to register through the website and show proof of Missouri residency and other information as required by the department. Except for advertising under subdivision (2) of subsection 3 of this section, only agricultural products and services produced in this state shall be allowed on the exchange website.
3. The state of Missouri shall have exclusive rights of ownership of all website content produced on the Missouri international agricultural exchange website, including but not limited to all creative materials, copyrights, photographs, or illustrations contained on the website. Subject to department approval, the website developer is authorized to:
(1) Use all informational content provided by the department of agriculture, add to such content, and apply search engine optimization to the website content to achieve a high search engine ranking;
(2) Sell advertising on the exchange website to any entity that will benefit from marketing to international agriculture producers and buyers. The website developer shall be solely responsible for all costs associated with the development, marketing, and maintenance of the exchange website with the website developer retaining all advertising revenues obtained from such exchange website to provide the financing for such exchange website;
(3) Prohibit the sale of advertising to any entity on the exchange website that is not related to agriculture or furthers the interest of hate content, obscenity and sexual material, bombs, spyware, adult content, political content, antigroup content and violence, discrimination, political campaigns or causes, public advocacy or lobbying, copyrighted works, counterfeit designer goods, drug and drug paraphernalia, fake documents, gambling, hacking and cracking sites, miracle cures, prostitution, scams, phishing for personal information, tobacco and cigarettes, traffic devices, and other types of advertising deemed not appropriate by the director; and
(4) Ensure that all website content shall be named a ".com" domain to allow for advertisement.
4. The website developer shall:
(1) Have proven experience and expertise in search engine optimization, as determined by the department or the department of economic development;
(2) Provide evidence of prior website development projects produced by the website developer which increased search engine rankings for the client.
5. The department of agriculture in consultation with the department of economic development shall review all applications and award one annual contract for the development, design, marketing, and maintenance of the exchange website with annual renewals for continuing upgrades, marketing, and maintenance of the website. The department of agriculture shall have the authority to terminate any contract under this section at the department's discretion. Any website developer under contract with the department of agriculture may have a contract terminated for failure to operate under the department's guidelines for the exchange website. If a contract is terminated, the department shall immediately assume ownership of all site-related domain names. If a contract is terminated, the department shall award a new contract in accordance with the procedures for awarding the initial contract under this section.
6. The department of agriculture may promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.
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