While legislation is not required to establish an investigative committee, Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said passing the legislation would make it known that lawmakers were dedicated to investigating the issue.
Before the vote, representatives discussed their concerns about the bill. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said he was concerned that the bill would eliminate due process for people being denied a charter. The bill removes the judicial review process for denying sponsorship for a charter and allows the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to decide whether a charter will be denied.
After surviving Melanoma himself, Republican Jefferson City Representative Jay Barnes says there is no reason a 13-year-old should go to a tanning salon.
Schupp and Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, contributed to the bill with three amendments and a substitute amendment. The amendments detailed both the fines and their exemptions.
The bill would require key officials and creators of start-up companies to pay for and undergo criminal background checks. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said local governments deserve to know this information in order to better evaluate whether they wanted to invest in a economic development project.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, provided one rebuttal to the bill. He expressed the concern that just from the filing of a criminal charge, a provider could lose their business forever. Barnes asked if there was any requirement for a hearing before the department would take any action against the business.
Republican representatives, such as Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said they believe the president's bill would allow unwarranted government intervention into individual decisions.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, who filed the bills, said the legislation serves the purpose of trying to prevent the failure of future economic development projects. The legislation largely follows recommendations put forth by the House Government Oversight Committee. The recommendations include mandating higher standards of due diligence from the Department of Economic Development and local economic development officials while looking into f..
The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, would ban the use of tanning beds to children under the age of 15. A substitute put forth by the House Health Care Committee would make the punishment for a first offense a $250 fine and a $500 fine for a second offense, as opposed to a class C misdemeanor, which the original bill proposed.
to a company. The suggestions were put forth by the House Government Oversight Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, released a draft report Monday of the House investigation into the failed artificial sweetener plant. The report's recommendations serve the purpose of proposing ways of stopping economic development projects
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, testified against the bill, saying he is worried about the possibility of creating another "pot of information" that could be stolen. Frederick said this has not been an issue in the other states that have used this program.
One senator calls the current amendment discriminatory and a relic of anti-Catholicism and anti-immigration sentiment from the 1800s. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said the current Missouri Constitution infringes upon the freedom of parents to choose which schools their children attend. Barnes doesn't see the resolution as supporting religious institutions but as giving students additional educational resources.
The bill also has the unintended consequence of killing a bill that was supposed to increase due diligence standards for public officials involved in economic development projects. The original bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, was born out of the failure of an artificial sweetener plant in Moberly after a China-based company had promised to bring over 600 jobs to the state.
"She's refused to show up three times, and instead what she does is send persons within the department that can answer some factual questions but won't give any answers on how policy might be improved, and that's just unacceptable," said Rep. Jay Barnes R-Jefferson City.
"She's refused to show up three times, and instead what she does is send persons within the department that can answer some factual questions but won't give any answers on how policy might be improved, and that's just unacceptable," said Rep. Jay Barnes R-Jefferson City.
"She's refused to show up three times, and instead what she does is send persons within the department that can answer some factual questions but won't give any answers on how policy might be improved, and that's just unacceptable," said Rep. Jay Barnes R-Jefferson City.
Rep. Jay Barnes said Wednesday he will keep filing legislation that imposes stricter due diligence requirements for economic development projects, such as the failed Mamtek sweetener plant in Moberly.
Rep. Jay Barnes said Wednesday he will keep filing legislation that imposes stricter due diligence requirements for economic development projects, such as the failed Mamtek sweetener plant in Moberly.
While legislation is not required to establish an investigative committee, Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said passing the legislation would make it known that lawmakers were dedicated to investigating the issue.
Before the indictment was handed down, two lawmakers in charge of presenting legislation to deal with MEM both said they were not concerned with the federal indictment. Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, and Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, both said the public firm should become a private company, a move that could potentially hurt MEM's future profits.
Before the indictment was handed down, two lawmakers in charge of presenting legislation to deal with MEM both said they were not concerned with the federal indictment. Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, and Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, both said the public firm should become a private company, a move that could potentially hurt MEM's future profits.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, said he supports the bill, after surviving Melanoma himself. He proposed an amendment that would make tanning illegal for minors younger than 15-years-old. Businesses that allow the use of tanning devices for anyone younger than 15 would be fined $250 for the first offense and $500 for subsequent offenses. The amendment was approved by the House on Tuesday.
The packaged legislation combines a series of bills put forth by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, suggesting additions to Missouri law in order to prevent future project failures.
The packaged legislation combines a series of bills put forth by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, suggesting additions to Missouri law in order to prevent future project failures.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, who chairs the committee and led the House investigation into the collapse of Mamtek, advised opposition to act with "due speed" if they wanted to discuss changes with the committee members.
The first bill, sponsored by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, would ban the use of tanning beds to children under the age of 15. A substitute put forth by the House Health Care Committee would make the punishment for a first offense a $250 fine and a $500 fine for a second offense, as opposed to a class C misdemeanor, which the original bill proposed.
Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, provided one concern. He is concerned about providers losing their businesses just from the filing of a criminal charge.