Special session to now include disaster relief, tax policy
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Gov. Mike Kehoe has amended the call for this summer’s special session to include additional items, a Wednesday press release from the governor’s office says.
The call replaces the previous one made on May 27, which included legislation to incentivize Kansas City sports teams to stay in the state and fund capital projects, such as the nuclear reactor at the University of Missouri.
The session will now include talks involving disaster relief, tax policy and additional budget appropriations, the release says.
“After productive conversations with members of the Missouri General Assembly this week, we are amending our special session call to allow for additional legislation in the areas of disaster relief, tax policy, and budget investments,” Kehoe said in the release. “We appreciate legislators working together to use this as an opportunity to show up for our communities by acting swiftly to help those in crisis, while also making smart decisions that secure opportunity for the future.”
The release says the call asks the legislature to create a tax credit up to $5,000 per homestead “against an individual’s income tax liability for the insurance deductible incurred as a direct result of a disaster for which a presidential disaster declaration has been requested by the Governor.”
Other goals, according to the release, include enhancing the Missouri Housing trust, appropriating money to the Disaster Relief fund and giving property tax relief to uninhabitable residences damaged and listed in disaster declarations.