MO HB1444

Requires county, city, town, or village governing bodies to provide notice at least four business days before voting on tax increases, eminent domain use for retail development, transportation development districts, community improvement districts, or redevelopment plans pledging public funds.

Notice must comply with all requirements of subsection 1 of section 610.020, excluding weekends and holidays when facilities are closed.

Mandates a public meeting be held where interested parties and citizens have opportunity to be heard before any vote can occur on these specified issues.

Exempts proposed ordinances requiring a minimum of two separate readings on different days from the four-day notice requirement.

Establishes that legal challenges to notice requirements must be filed within 30 days of the meeting or the meeting is deemed properly noticed and held; defines tax increase to exclude annual tax rate settings under sections 67.110 and 137.055.