Wrap: Republican Senator Eric Schmitt from St. Louis County is the sponsor of a bill that would reduce the amount of money a city can get from court fees and traffic violations within their jurisdictions.
Wrap: St. Louis County Republican Senator Eric Schmitt took issue with Senator Dave Schatz, a Republican who represents parts or the whole of 7 municipalities in the county, who offered the bill.
Committee chairman and bill sponsor Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, said local municipalities are taking the easy way out and are taking more money from Missouri citizens than they should.
Wrap: Republican Senator Eric Schmitt from St. Louis County is the sponsor of a bill that would reduce the amount of money a city or county can get from court fees and traffic violations within their jurisdiction and increase the amount of money sent to local schools.
"This is a lawsuit against the people and especially the poor and disenfranchised. And what makes it even more stunning is that it's filed by bureaucrats with taxpayer money, I might add, who have turned on the very people they were elected to represent," said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County.
The sponsor of the bill imposing the new limits issued a stern attack on the city officials challenging the new law."This is a lawsuit against the people and especially the poor and disenfranchised. And what makes it even more stunning is that it's filed by bureaucrats with taxpayer money, I might add, who have turned on the very people they were elected to represent," said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County.The limit on how much of a city budget can be financed by traffic fi..
Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg, cited House Bill 42 as a highlight of the session. The bill deals with the transferring of students in unaccredited school districts. And Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County, noted Senate Bill 5, which reforms the municipal court system, as another achievement.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County, would cap revenue from traffic fines at 12.5 inside of St. Louis County. Everywhere else in Missouri, the cap would be 20 percent.
“As we send our kids to school and they're there for eight hours a day, at least there's a comfort in knowing that a school district has developed a policy so that they have the ability to learn without the fear of harm,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County.
But two lawyers in the Senate -- Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County -- the additional provisions a police officer would be required to consider before using lethal force was unrealistic and potentially dangerous.
"This is certainly not a free market, individual sovereignty, individual liberty, Republican principle bill," said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County.
"This is certainly not a free market, individual sovereignty, individual liberty, Republican principle bill," said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County.
"This is certainly not a free market, individual sovereignty, individual liberty, Republican principle bill," said Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-St. Louis County.
He also said while legislation filed by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, changing the amount of money cities can bring in through court fees is good, it does not address the underlying problems in the state. That legislation passed the Senate in early-February.
Sen. Eric Schmitt's, R-Glendale, bill was a direct response to the events in Ferguson last year and would cap the amount of money cities can take from court fees at 20 percent of their budget. That threshold is lowered to 10 percent for larger cities.
Sen. Eric Schmitt's, R-Glendale, bill was a direct response to the events in Ferguson last year and would cap the amount of money cities can take from court fees at 20 percent of their budget. That threshold is lowered to 10 percent for larger cities.
Committee chairman and bill sponsor Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, said local municipalities are taking the easy way out and taking more money from Missouri citizens than they should.
Committee chairman and bill sponsor Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Glendale, said local municipalities are taking the easy way out and taking more money from Missouri citizens than they should.
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