(Editor’s note: the previously sent news release should have referred to the Governor signing Senate Bill 664, not Senate Bill 644. The corrected version is below.)
Contact: Scott Holste, (573) 751-0290
Channing Ansley, (573) 751-0290
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 7, 2014
Gov. Nixon signs eight bills, vetoes four
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today signed eight bills passed by the General Assembly, including several bills related to energy and the environment. The Governor also vetoed four bills, including some that would create a broad new immunity for polluters and infringe on private property rights, and others that contained drafting errors.
The bills signed today include:
n Senate Bill 601, which reauthorizes a deduction for energy-efficiency audits and projects through the end of 2020;
n Senate Bill 642 and Senate Bill 664, which are omnibus natural resources bills that include, among their various provisions, an extension of the expiration date for the fee imposed on new tires sold in Missouri from 2015 to 2020;
n Senate Bill 729, which reauthorizes the tax credit for wood energy producers until June 30, 2020, subject to appropriation;
n House Bill 1459, which authorizes a revenue-neutral Innovation Campus Tax Credit;
n House Bill 1506, which establishes a rural regional development grants program, subject to appropriation;
n House Bill 1631, which addresses the development of emission standards by the Air Conservation Commission; and
n House Bill 2141, which modifies measurement standards and tax rates for compressed and liquefied natural gas as a motor fuel.
The bills vetoed by the Governor today include:
n Senate Bill 508, vetoed because the General Assembly failed to correct an incorrect reference to the law when it copied and pasted from the model act developed by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Read the Governor’s veto message here;
n Senate Bill 731, vetoed because an amendment added on the Senate floor would infringe on private property rights by giving a broad new immunity for polluters creating environmental hazards and contamination that reduce nearby property values. Read the Governor’s veto message here;
n House Bill 1553, which includes an identical provision to that vetoed in Senate Bill 731. Read the Governor’s veto message here; and
n House Bill 1707, vetoed because of a drafting error. Read the Governor’s veto message here.
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Scott Holste
Press Secretary for Missouri Governor Jay Nixon
573-751-0290
scott.holste@mo.gov
