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MO SB220

Bill

Status

Vetoed

7/11/2011

Primary Sponsor

John Diehl

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases lien extent for architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, and land surveyors from one acre to three acres for work on building erection, repair, or related services.

  • Extends statute of limitations for actions against land surveyors from five years after discovery of error to ten years from completion of survey, except in cases involving fraud.

  • Allows design professionals to claim liens on real property even before actual construction begins if they have a direct contract with the owner or lessee and the owner/lessee holds title at time of contract or lien filing.

  • Establishes peer review process protections making peer reviewers immune from civil liability for good faith participation and making peer review proceedings privileged and not subject to discovery or admissibility in litigation.

  • Preserves authority of the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Landscape Architects to subpoena peer review information related to regulatory investigations.

Legislative Description

Modifies liens for certain design professionals and the statute of limitations for actions against land surveyors

Last Action

No motion made to override Governor's veto

9/14/2011

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/31/2011
General Laws2/10/2011

Full Bill Text

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