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Upcoming
Events:
AIA Missouri Board Meeting Retreat
10/1/2010
The Resort & Yacht Club, Lake Ozark
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| The primary activity of AIA Missouri is to keep track of issues in the Missouri Legislature that will have an effect on the practice of our profession. To that end, the AIA Missouri Board meets in Jefferson City several times during the legislative session in order to discuss the issues that have arisen and to speak with legislators about our position on those issues. The issues included here are those that we are watching this year.
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2010 Legislative Agenda -
ISSUES
Chapter 327 Revisions (Licensing Law)
| Chapter 327 is the section of the Missouri statutes that deals with the professional licensure of Architects, Engineers, Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects. We often find it necessary to open this chapter for the purpose of technical clarification of the language or the addition of new language to address specific events or respond to our changing needs as practitioners. This year's legislation addresses several issues relating to the functioning of the Board and codifies some of what had, until now, been rules of the Board. |
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HB1639
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POSITION: Support
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This legislation is being combined into an omnibus licensing bill.
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Environmentally Sustainable Design
| AIA Missouri supports legislative initiatives that promote environmentally sustainable design and construction, as well as legislation adopting the IGCC. |
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HB 1667
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POSITION: Support
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RESULT:
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The House Energy & Environment Committee voted their omnibus bill, which includes language of this bill, "do pass" on March 24
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Statewide Life Safety Codes
| the State of Missouri is one of relatively few states that do not have statewide life safety codes. AIA Missouri continues to urge lawmakers to establish the minimum safety requirements for buildings and structures, as well as the administrative process and procedures for enforcing for a statewide life safety code. |
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SB 1034
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POSITION: Support
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RESULT:
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Creates a Missouri Codes Commission and requires that certain codes, including specific building, residential, fire, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical codes, shall be recognized as the Missouri state construction codes.
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Funds Sweep
| In the current economic climate, the legislature is looking for every possible way to add dollars to the State Budget. One proposed way to do this is to sweep funds existing in twenty-three named funds and transfer them into the state general revenue fund before June 30, 2011. These sweeps include $1,640,000 from the state board for architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and landscape architects. |
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HB 2305
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POSITION: Oppose
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RESULT:
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SB 1000
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POSITION: Oppose
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RESULT:
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Design Build for Public Schools
| AIA Missouri continues to play defense against allowing the design build procurement process for Missouri’s public schools. |
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