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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2156
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE HURLBER T .
5105H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 21.795, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to
motor fuel tax.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 21.795, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as sections 21.795 and 142.805, to read as follows:
21.795. 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly
2 to be known as the "Joint Committee on T ransportation Oversight" to be composed of seven
3 members of the standing transportation committees of both the senate and the house of
4 representatives and three nonvoting ex of ficio members. Of the fourteen members to be
5 appointed to the joint committee, the seven senate members of the joint committee shall be
6 appointed by the president pro tem of the senate and minority leader of the senate and the
7 seven house members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and
8 the minority floor leader of the house of representatives. The seven senate members shall be
9 composed, as nearly as may be, of majority and minority party members in the same
10 proportion as the number of majority and minority party members in the senate bears to the
11 total membership of the senate. No major party shall be represented by more than four
12 members from the house of representatives. The ex of ficio members shall be the state
13 auditor , the director of the oversight division of the committee on legislative research, and the
14 commissioner of the of fice of administration or the designee of such auditor , director or
15 commissioner . The joint committee shall be chaired jointly by both chairs of the senate and
16 house transportation committees. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum, but
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 the concurrence of a majority of the members, other than the ex of ficio members, shall be
18 required for the determination of any matter within the committee's duties.
19 2. The department of transportation shall submit a written report prior to December
20 thirty-first of each year to the governor and the lieutenant governor . The report shall be
21 posted to the department's internet website so that general assembly members may elect to
22 access a copy of the report electronically . The written report shall contain the following:
23 (1) A comprehensive financial report of all funds for the preceding state fiscal year
24 which shall include a report by independent certified public accountants, selected by the
25 commissioner of the of fice of administration, attesting that the financial statements present
26 fairly the financial position of the department in conformity with generally accepted
27 government accounting principles;
28 (2) A copy of the department's most current and annual publication titled "Citizen's
29 Guide to T ransportation Funding in Missouri";
30 (3) A copy of the department's most current and annual publication titled "Financial
31 Snapshot - An appendix to the Citizen's Guide to T ransportation Funding in Missouri" ,
32 including a summary of the department's external expenditur es and internal
3 3 expenditur es, as such term is defined under section 142.805 ;
34 (4) A copy of the department's most current and annual publication titled "MoDOT
35 Results: Accountability . Innovation. Eff iciency .".
36 3. Prior to February fifteenth of each year , the committee shall hold an annual
37 meeting and call before its members, of ficials or employees of the state highways and
38 transportation commission or department of transportation, as determined by the committee,
39 for the sole purpose of receiving and examining the report required pursuant to subsection 2
40 of this section. The committee shall not have the power to modify projects or priorities of the
41 state highways and transportation commission or department of transportation. The
42 committee may make recommendations to the state highways and transportation commission
43 or the department of transportation. Disposition of those recommendations shall be reported
44 by the commission or the department to the joint committee on transportation oversight.
45 4. In addition to the annual meeting required by subsection 3 of this section, the
46 committee shall meet two times each year . The co-chairs of the committee shall establish an
47 agenda for each meeting that may include, but not be limited to, the following items to be
48 discussed with the committee members throughout the year during the scheduled meeting:
49 (1) Presentation of a prioritized plan for all modes of transportation;
50 (2) Discussion of department ef ficiencies and expenditure of cost-savings within the
51 department;
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52 (3) Presentation of a status report on department of transportation revenues and
53 expenditures, including a detailed summary of projects funded by new state revenue as
54 provided in paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section; and
55 (4) Implementation of any actions as may be deemed necessary by the committee as
56 authorized by law . The co-chairs of the committee may call special meetings of the
57 committee with ten days' notice to the members of the committee, the director of the
58 department of transportation, and the department of transportation.
59 5. The committee shall also review all applications for the development of specialty
60 plates submitted to it by the department of revenue. The committee shall approve such
61 application by a majority vote. The committee shall approve any application unless the
62 committee receives:
63 (1) A signed petition from five house members or two senators that they are opposed
64 to the approval of the proposed license plate and the reason for such opposition;
65 (2) Notification that the or ganization seeking authorization to establish a new
66 specialty license plate has not met all the requirements of section 301.3150;
67 (3) A proposed new specialty license plate containing objectionable language or
68 design;
69 (4) A proposed license plate not meeting the requirements of any reason promulgated
70 by rule.
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72 The committee shall notify the director of the department of revenue upon approval or denial
73 of an application for the development of a specialty plate.
74 6. The committee shall submit records of its meetings to the secretary of the senate
75 and the chief clerk of the house of representatives in accordance with sections 610.020 and
76 610.023.
142.805. 1. As used in this section, the term "internal expenditures " shall mean
2 any funds expended by the department of transportation for the purpose of internal
3 functions including, but not limited to, employee salaries and benefits, post-employment
4 benefits, pr ogram distributions to other state agencies and universities, and
5 administrative costs.
6 2. (1) For each fiscal year that the department of transportation's internal
7 expenditur es exceed twenty per cent of the department of transportation’ s total
8 expenditur es, as rep orted in the annual repor t r equir ed under section 21.795, the
9 motor fuel tax authorized under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 142.803 shall
10 be r educed by one-half cent per gallon for the following fiscal year .
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11 (2) Such a r eduction shall not red uce the rate of motor fuel tax by mor e than one
12 and one-half cents per gallon below the rate of motor fuel tax authorized under
13 subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 142.803 in effect as of August 28, 2026.
14 3. In any fiscal year following a rate re duction under subsection 2 of this section,
15 if the department of transportation's internal expenditures ar e less than twenty per cent
16 of the department of transportation's total expenditures , as repo rted in the annual
17 r eport requi red under section 21.795, the motor fuel tax rate in effect for such fiscal
18 year shall be incr eased by one-half cent per gallon or incr eased up to the total rate
19 authorized by subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 142.803 in effect as of August 28,
20 2026, whichever is less, for the following fiscal year .
21 4. The department of re venue, in consultation with the department of
22 transportation, may pr omulgate all necessary rules and r egulations for the
2 3 administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined
24 in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the authority delegated in this section shall
25 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provi sions of chapter
26 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable
27 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to
28 r eview , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul a rule are subsequently
29 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or
30 adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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