Establishes requirements for physical copies of a municipal code a municipal clerk keeps on file

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and digest do not provide specific details on how often or under what circumstances these physical copies must be updated.

Requirements for Physical Copies of Municipal Codes

This legislation sets rules for how many physical copies of a municipal code must be kept by the city clerk's office, depending on whether the codes are available online without cost.

What This Bill Does

• Repeals an existing rule about keeping copies of municipal codes.
• Requires at least three printed copies of a municipality’s general ordinances to be stored in the city clerk's office if they are not freely accessible online.
• Requires only one printed copy to be kept if the ordinances can be viewed for free on the internet.

Who It Names or Affects

• Municipal clerks who must follow these rules about keeping physical copies of codes.
• The public, as it ensures they have access to municipal codes either online or in print.

Terms To Know

municipal clerk

An official responsible for managing the records and documents of a city or town government.

general ordinances

The set of laws made by a municipality that govern local matters such as zoning, building codes, and public safety.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if the online version is no longer free to access.
• Does not provide details on how often or under what circumstances these physical copies must be updated.
• The rules apply only within Missouri municipalities.

Official Summary Text

Establishes requirements for physical copies of a municipal code a municipal clerk keeps on file

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1829
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE VIOLET .
5058H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 71.948, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
municipal codes.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 71.948, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 71.948, to read as follows:
71.948. 1. If a municipality's general ordinances are not available online for
2 inspection without cost by the public, at least three copies of the published book shall be
3 kept on file in the of fice of the municipal clerk and kept available for inspection by the public
4 at all reasonable business hours.
5 2. If a municipality's general ordinances are available online for inspection
6 without cost by the public, at least one copy of the published book shall be kept on file in
7 the office of the municipal clerk and kept available for inspection by the public at all
8 r easonable business hours.
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EXPLANA TION — 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.