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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2102
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE AMA TO .
3922H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to new street light
installations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 67, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 67.477, to read as follows:
67.477. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "City", a city , town, or village that is incorporated in accordance with the
3 laws of this state;
4 (2) "County", a county in this state;
5 (3) "Department", the Missouri department of economic development;
6 (4) "Neighborhood improv ement district", a district formed under sections
7 67.453 to 67.475 to:
8 (a) Pay for the costs of engineering, installing, maintaining, repai ring, and
9 r eplacing street lights in such district;
10 (b) Pay for the ongoing costs for electric service to stre et lights in such district;
11 or
12 (c) Both purposes described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision;
13 (5) "Street light", an appro ved pole-mounted light that:
14 (a) Is designed and located to illuminate a publicly or privately owned str eet in a
15 r esidential area;
16 (b) Is power ed by:
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.
17 a. Electricity pr ovided by a public entity or private company reg ulated by the
18 Missouri public service commission; or
19 b. Solar power; and
20 (c) Is one of the following:
21 a. A light-emitting diode (LED); or
22 b. A differ ent light source that has been documented and demonstrated to use
23 less power than an equivalent LED.
24 2. (1) A city or county may creat e a neighborhood improv ement district under
25 this section. The term for such district shall not exceed twenty years. A neighborhood
26 impr ovement district's term may be extended for an additional term of up to twenty
27 years by the petition pro cess pr ovided in section 67.457.
28 (2) A special assessment levied and collected for a neighborhood improvement
29 district under this section shall be held separately by the city or county and used for the
30 sole purpose of paying the obligations of such district under this section.
31 (3) A city or county may pro vide its portion of moneys for matching grants
32 pr ovided by the department under this section fr om special assessments levied and
33 collected under subdivision (2) of this subsection.
34 (4) (a) As used in this subdivision, "r etail electric supplier" has the same
35 definition as such term in section 386.890.
36 (b) In lieu of levying and collecting a special assessment for the neighborhood
37 impr ovement district creat ed under this section, the district may r equest each reta il
38 electric supplier , as such term is defined in section 386.890, that pr ovides ret ail electrical
39 service within the district to bill an equal amount to each account r eceiving such service
40 within such district to re cover the ongoing costs for electric service to street lights in
41 such district. Upon receivi ng such r equest, the ret ail electric supplier shall perform
42 such necessary billing services as r equested by the district.
43 (c) An investor -owned utility that receives a requ est under this subdivision may
44 bill accounts as prov ided in this subdivision without being requ ired to apply for or
45 r eceive the appr oval of the public service commission for such billing.
46 3. (1) Ther e is her eby creat ed in the state tr easury the "Neighborhood Safety
47 and Crime Pr evention Str eet Lighting Fund", which shall consist of moneys
4 8 appr opriated by the general assembly or receive d fr om other sources under this
49 section. The department shall administer the fund. The state tr easur er shall be
50 custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state tre asurer
51 may appr ove disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon
52 appr opriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely as pro vided in this section.
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53 (2) Notwithstanding the pro visions of section 33.080 to the contrary , any moneys
54 r emaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not r evert to the credit of the
55 general reven ue fund.
56 (3) The state tre asurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as
57 other funds ar e invested. Any interes t and moneys earned on such investments shall be
58 cr edited to the fund.
59 4. The department may apply for federal grants to provi de additional moneys
60 for the state's portion of the matching grants prov ided under this section.
61 5. Upon appr opriation, the department shall:
62 (1) Use moneys in the neighborhood safety and crime prev ention stree t lighting
63 fund to pay the state's portion of moneys for matching grants as pro vided under this
64 section;
65 (2) Make annual matching grants available under this section to cities and
66 counties on a first-come, first-served basis;
67 (3) Pr ovide such matching grants under this section to a city or county on a per -
68 light basis; and
69 (4) Distribute moneys for matching grants under this section on the basis of two-
70 thirds of the cost to be paid by the state and one-third of the cost to be paid by the city or
71 county .
72 6. In no instance shall the state's portion of a matching grant made under this
73 section exceed two thousand dollars per street light installed within a city's or county's
74 neighborhood impr ovement district crea ted under this section.
75 7. The department may pr omulgate all necessary rules and r egulations for the
76 administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in
77 section 536.010, that is crea ted under the authority delegated in this section shall
78 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provi sions of chapter
79 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable
80 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to
81 r eview , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul a rule are subsequently
82 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or
83 adopted after the effective date of this section shall be invalid and void.
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