LeBeau v. Comm’rs of Franklin County
Annotate this CaseAfter the General Assembly enacted HB 1171, which amended Mo. Rev. Stat. 67.320 to permit any first-class county within a certain population range to establish a county municipal court division, the Franklin County Commission entered a county order establishing a municipal court division pursuant to the amended section 67.320. Taxpayers of Franklin County sued the members of the Commission, alleging that HB 1171’s enactment violated constitutional prohibitions against multiple subjects and change of original purpose and that the Commission’s order was void. On remand, the trial court concluded that HB 1171’s enactment was constitutional. While Taxpayers’ appeal was pending, the General Assembly passed SB 621, which repealed and reenacted section 67.320, including the language regarding establishment of a municipal court division. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal as moot, as Taxpayers’ appeal no longer represented an actual controversy.
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