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2012 Bill(s)
HB 1191
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
S Commerce
Description:
Let the State Treasurer invest Parks Earnings Fund money in any state depository.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1250
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
GOVERNOR VETOED
Description:
Remove the June election date and various other election date changes. Let Farmington enact an ordinance banning smoking in varous areas. The original bill would allow some third class cities eliminate the February election.
See:
Get the veto letter
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
SS HB 1251
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description:
Extend the sunset from 2012 to 2017 a water service fee for the state to regulate federal safe drinking water regulations. The final CCS includes a number of unrelated issues including state audits of solid waste management districts, the state land survey fund, restrictions on environmental rules, emergency management planning committees, off-highway vehicles, limiting city restrictions of trucks and a bunch more.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1252
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Crime Prevention
Description:
Increase the penalty for making a false crime report if the crime being reported is a felony.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1253
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Judiciary
Description:
Make a person who pleads guilty or found guilty of a felony or misdemeanor liable for costs of the investigation and prosecution of the crime.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HCS HB 1254
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
S Agriculture
Description:
Impose lawsuit damage protections for persons who register activities as "agritourism." The House version added a few other unrelated agriculture issues.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1634
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
S Commerce
Description:
Repeal a law requiring newspapers to report to the state the amount of paper and recycled paper used. Also repeal a provision setting targets for the percentage of recycled paper.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1675
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Judiciary
Description:
Allow county law enforcment to to charge an extra $6 for cases handled by county traffic violation bureaus. Earmark the funds for a data exchange system and jails.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1720
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Tourism
Description:
Give park rangers arrest powers and to apply for arrest warrants.
See:
Official legislative description and status
HB 1795
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Perf
Description:
Repeal the expiration date on an inflation increase in solid waste management fees. Effectively freezes the fees at their current levels.
See:
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HB 1905
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Tourism
Description:
Repeal the right of a county to establish a solid waste management district. Various other changes in local waste management.
See:
Official legislative description and status
HB 1908
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Tourism
Description:
Provide an exemption to some of the requirements governing asbestos abatement if the project is solely within the business's place of business.
See:
Official legislative description and status
HJR 51
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
H Tourism
Description:
Various changes in the Conservation Commission membership. Expand the number of members, impose term limits and require regional balance.
See:
Senate roll call - HJR 51 (05/01/2012)
: 3rd reading of a bill to reduce the role of judges and lawyers in the commissions picking appeals court nominees.
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
HJR 52
Sponsor:
Ruzicka, Don
Status:
S Financial
Description:
Require a 2/3rds vote of Missourians to pass an initiative petition proposal dealing with hunting, fishing or forestry except a proposal to repeal or change the conservation sales tax.
See:
House roll call - HJR 52 (03/29/2012)
: 3rd reading of a proposed constitutional amendment to require a 2/3rds vote of Missourians to pass an initiative dealing with various hunting issues.
The Fiscal Note(s)
Official legislative description and status
Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.