Bill Text: MO HB1084 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Adds veterans' charitable organizations to the zoning exception regarding the establishment of a retail business selling donated goods in an area where other businesses engage in retail sales
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-14 - HCS Reported Do Pass by Consent (H) [HB1084 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HB1084-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES WHITE (Sponsor), DAVIS, KELLEY (126), CURTMAN AND BROWN (116) (Co-sponsors).
4045L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 407.489, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to donated goods.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 407.489, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 407.489, to read as follows:
407.489. Notwithstanding any provision of section 89.020 to the contrary, the legislative body of all cities, towns, and villages is hereby prohibited from passing any zoning law, ordinance, or code that would prevent any entity organized pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) or Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code that owns or operates a retail business engaged in the practice of reselling donated goods from operating a business establishment within any area where any other business engaged in retail sales is permitted to operate; provided [that at least eighty percent of all revenue generated by such entity is used to fund the charitable purpose of the organization] the net proceeds are applied on a reasonable basis to fund the charitable purpose of the organization.
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