SB 1655

                                      SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                SENATE BILL NO. 1655
                                      103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                                       INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WEBBER.
 7159S.01I  KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
                                                   AN ACT
 To repeal sections 138.190 and 138.200, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
           relating to the state tax commission.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
1Section  A.  Sections  138.190  and   138.200,     RSMo,      are
2  repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be
3  known as sections 138.190 and 138.200, to read as follows:
1138.190.  There is hereby created within the state
2  department of revenue a commission to be known and
3  designated as the "State Tax Commission".  The director of
4  revenue shall have no supervision, authority or control over
5  such actions or decisions of the state tax commission as
6  relates to its duties prescribed by law.  The state tax
7  commission shall be composed of [three] five members, chosen
8  from the two major political parties, who shall be appointed
9  by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate,
10  one of whom shall be designated chairman, and to hold office
11  for staggered terms of six years[; provided, however, that
12  of members first appointed, one member shall be appointed
13  for a term of two years, one member for a term of four
14  years, and one member for a term of six years].  Each
15  commissioner shall hold office until his successor shall
16  qualify.
1138.200.  1. Each commissioner shall be a qualified
2  voter and taxpayer and resident of the state for at least
3  five years next preceding his appointment.  At all times the
 EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
 and is intended to be omitted in the law.
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4 state tax commission shall be so constituted that not more
5 than [two] three members shall be of the same political
6 party.
72. In the event of a vacancy occurring while the
8 general assembly is not in session, the governor may appoint
9 a temporary member of the commission to serve until such
10 time as a permanent appointment can be made with the advice
11 and consent of the senate.
123. Each commissioner shall devote his full time and
13 efforts to the discharge of his duties and shall not accept
14 any private employment of any kind or nature while serving
15 on the commission nor hold any other office under the laws
16 of this state, or any city, or county, or city and county,
17 in this state, nor any office under the government of the
18 United States.
194. No commissioner or employee of the commission shall
20 hold any position of profit, engage in any occupation or
21 business interfering with, or inconsistent with, his duties
22 as commissioner or employee.     No person is eligible to
23 appointment or shall hold the office of commissioner, or be
24 appointed by the commission, or hold any office or position
25 under the commission, who holds any official office or
26 position or who is a stockholder or who is in any wise
27 pecuniarily interested in any common carrier, public
28 utility, or any other corporation whose original assessment
29 is made by the commission, as provided by this chapter.     The
30 words "original assessment" as used herein shall not be held
31 or construed to include the assessment of corporation
32 franchise tax.
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