Missouri State Archives
Finding Aid 552.13
Office of Secretary of State
Legislator Papers, BILL SKAGGS, 1983-2003
Abstract: Papers (1986-1992) of Missouri State Representative Bill Skaggs (1942- ) contain Bill Files and Urban Affairs Committee Files.
Extent: 1.2 cubic ft. (3 Hollinger boxes)
Physical Description: Paper
Location: MSA Stacks 44A/4/9
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions: No special restrictions
Publication Restrictions: Copyright is in the public domain for state publications and for correspondence to and from Skaggs in his official capacity. Researchers bear sole responsibility for following applicable copyright laws
Acquisition Information: Accession 2002-0231.
Processing Information: Processing was completed by Sharon E. Brock on February 4, 2008.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Bill Skaggs was born January 24, 1942, in Sylacauga, Alabama. He graduated from Liberty High School and attended Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Skaggs served as a delegate to the 1980 Democratic National Convention and was active in Clay County Democratic campaign activities.
Mr. Skaggs was elected to the Missouri State House of Representatives from the 34th District in 1982 and subsequently reelected four times (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990). In 1992, Rep. Skaggs was elected from the 31st District and reelected four times (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) and served North Kansas City until 2003. Mr. Skaggs remains active in Kansas City political and public affairs.
Rep. Skaggs chaired the Urban Affairs, the Administration Committee, and the Accounts, Operations, and Finance committees and served as chairman of the Board of Directors for the Missouri State Employees Retirement System. Mr. Skaggs also served as vice chair of the Public Employee Retirement (Statutory) Committee and for the Retirement Committee. He was also appointed to the Appropriations—Health and Mental Health Committee; Banks and Financial Institutions Committee; Commerce Committee; Consumer Protection; Education Committee—Elementary and Secondary; Tourism, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs; Rules and Joint Rules Committee; Joint Committee on Legislative Research; and Subcommittee on Redistricting for Congressional Districts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
SERIES
The papers of Bill Skaggs include the following series:
Bill Files, 1986-1992
Committee Files, 1987-1992
BILL FILES, 1986-1992
Extent: 0.4 cubic feet (1 Hollinger box)
Arrangement: Chronological and thereunder by bill number
Scope and Content
Bill files contain records of legislation sponsored by Skaggs and brought before the House and Senate of Missouri in the General Assembly from 1986 to1992. Folders may contain legislative calendars; correspondence from colleagues and constituents; hearing requests and testimony; lobbyist position papers, newsletters, pamphlets, statistics, newspaper clippings, and other supporting materials; and technical and interoffice memoranda.
Subjects of legislation include allowing counties to operate concession stands at state park facilities; allowing municipalities to appoint a jury supervisor; changing how property tax value from railroads and public utilities are distributed to all tax jurisdictions; changing the composition of county planning commissions; dividing assets required to place an individual in a nursing home; reassessing property taxes for individual citizens; protecting military service personnel from losing their children while posted overseas; purchasing American products and goods; requiring manufacturers to pay sales representative commissions within a special time limit; and exempting sales tax for World Cup games in Kansas City and the expansion of Bartle Hall. Other subjects of interest are liability of banks for environmental cleanup costs created by the borrower; reverse mortgages; and a special amendment to license antique cars.
In 1992, Rep. Skaggs filed a resolution to ratify the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment bars Congress from granting itself instant pay raises. Originally proposed on September 25, 1789, as an article in the original Bill of Rights, it did not pass the required number of states. It sat with no expiration date and in constitutional limbo for more than 180 years. Then, in the early 1980s, Gregory Watson, an aide to a Texas legislator, took up the proposed amendment's cause. The 27th Amendment was officially ratified on May 7, 1992. Folder 43 contains supporting materials pertaining to Missouri’s ratification.
Container List
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
44A/4/9 |
1 |
1 |
HB 45 (Buy American), 1986 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
2 |
HB 275 (Conservation agents retirement), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
3 |
HB 276 (Railroad Taxes), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
4 |
HB 344 (Levee Districts), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
5 |
HB 345 (County Recreation), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
6 |
HB 346 (County Commissions), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
7 |
HB 396 (School residency), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
8 |
HB 453 (County Zoning Recreation), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
9 |
HB 618 (Relating to Certain Tax Credits), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
10 |
HB 675 (Public schools retirement system), 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
11 |
Calendar 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
12 |
HB 1216 (Elections Board), 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
13 |
HB 1217 (Road district), 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
14 |
HB 1372 (Use regulation of county property), 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
15 |
HB 1373 (Gasoline stations), 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
16 |
HB 1653 (County property parking lot), 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
17 |
HB 311 (Sales Rep Contracts & Commissions), 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
18 |
HB 330 (Antique cars licensing), 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
19 |
HB 471 (COLA adjustment teachers retirement), 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
20 |
HB 536 (Interest Rates for Political Subdivision), 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
21 |
HB 537 (Division of Assets), 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
22 |
HB 871 (Residency requirements—Kansas City), 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
23 |
Calendar 1990-1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
24 |
HB 148 (Reverse mortgages), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
25 |
HB 283 (Natural gas license fee), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
26 |
HB 321 (Kansas City police retirement), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
27 |
HB 343 (Kansas City policemen, raises), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
28 |
HB 435 (Teacher’s cost of living), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
29 |
HB 513 (Teacher retirement, years of service), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
30 |
HB 545 (Military service), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
31 |
SB 204 (Lender liability for environmental cleanup), 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
32 |
Calendar 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
33 |
HB 876 (World Cup—Kansas City), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
34 |
HB 894 (County Health Departments), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
35 |
HB 999 (Pawnbrokers), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
36 |
HB 1214 (Appointment of a jury supervisor), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
37 |
HB 1258 (Court reporter), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
38 |
HB 1259 (Kansas City police—health benefit), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
39 |
HB 1405 (Non-teacher school retirement), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
40 |
HB 1440 (Retirement—LAGERS), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
41 |
HB 1535 (Teacher Retirement), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
42 |
HB 1569 (Manufactured housing), 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
1 |
43 |
U.S. Constitution, 27th Amendment, 1992 |
COMMITTEE FILES, 1987-1992
Extent: 0.8 cubic ft. (2 Hollinger boxes)
Arrangement: Chronological by date of bill hearing and thereunder by bill number
Scope and Content
Urban Affairs Committee materials comprise this series. Supporting materials include session calendars listing bills assigned to the committee, originating legislator, hearing date, executive session date, and committee actions taken. Additional documentation may include committee minutes, correspondence, requests for hearing dates, lobbyist reports, petitions, roll call and voting records, technical and research memoranda, witness appearance forms and testimonies.
The Urban Affairs Committee heard legislation pertaining to domestic violence; addiction recovery residences; special improvement districts; low cost housing for the homeless; mutual aid agreements for municipalities; cost of incarcerating prisoners; regulation of health spas; hospital and ambulatory surgical centers reporting data to the state Department of Health; residency requirements for municipal officials; residency requirements, selection, compensation, and training of police officers; makeup of the Jackson County Sewer District Board; gambling in Kansas City; expansion of Bartle Hall in Kansas City; separation of the Kansas City Library from the school district; special Kansas City transit sales taxes; prohibition against the use of state funds for sports teams/stadiums that discriminate against or mock Native Americans (Kansas City Chiefs material); storm water control projects; affordable housing and eminent domain; temporary possession of abandoned homes by not-for-profit organizations; urban development, redevelopment, renewal, and relocation assistance; and the creation of historic preservation districts.
Under Mr. Skaggs' chairmanship, the Urban Affairs Committee heard two pieces of legislation considered controversial by Missourians. House Bill (HB) 1303, introduced in 1988, banned the operation of gasoline stations by petroleum company employees and required that all retail gasoline stations in Missouri be operated by retail service station dealers. This legislation generated the greatest constituent response; a representative sample of the 63 letters has been retained. Introduced in 1989, HB 469 allowed for the establishment of a gambling casino in Kansas City's Union Station. One sample of the identical response mailed to 17 correspondents opposed to the measure was retained.
This series also includes materials pertaining to House Joint Resolutions and limited Senate bills. See the series Bill Files for legislation sponsored by Mr. Skaggs and subsequently heard before the Urban Affairs Committee.
Container List
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
44A/4/9 |
2 |
1 |
Calendar 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
2 |
HB 205, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
3 |
HB 223, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
4 |
HB 406, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
5 |
HB 407, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
6 |
HB 492, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
7 |
HB 553, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
8 |
HB 649, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
9 |
HB 656, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
10 |
House Joint Resolutions, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
11 |
SB 14, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
12 |
SB 67, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
13 |
SB 69, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
14 |
SB 112, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
15 |
SB 115, 1987 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
16 |
Calendar 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
17 |
HB 931, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
18 |
HB 979, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
19 |
HB 1105, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
20 |
HB 1175, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
21 |
HB 1303, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
22 |
HB 1304, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
23 |
HB 1330, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
24 |
HB 1332, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
25 |
HB 1531, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
26 |
HB 1618, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
27 |
HB 1689, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
28 |
HB 1691, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
29 |
HB 1694, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
30 |
HB 1726, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
31 |
HB 1729, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
32 |
HB 1762, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
33 |
House Joint Resolutions, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
34 |
SB 66, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
35 |
SB 764, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
36 |
SB 820, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
37 |
Senate Joint Resolution, 1988 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
38 |
Calendar 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
39 |
HBs 26-137, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
40 |
HB 224, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
41 |
HB 265, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
42 |
HB 323, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
43 |
HB 345, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
44 |
HB 469, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
45 |
HB 478, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
46 |
HBs 573-841, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
47 |
HBs 910-936, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
48 |
SB 167-211, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
49 |
SB 295-312, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
2 |
50 |
SB 306-395, 1989 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
1 |
Calendar 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
2 |
HB 523, 1991 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
3 |
Calendar 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
4 |
HB 1228, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
5 |
HB 1307, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
6 |
HB 1435, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
7 |
HB 1442, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
8 |
HB 1471, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
9 |
HB 1560, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
10 |
HBs 1566-1654, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
11 |
HB 1662, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
12 |
HB 1711-1713, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
13 |
HB 1767, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
14 |
HB 1793, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
15 |
HB 1826, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
16 |
HB 1840, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
17 |
HB 1841, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
18 |
SB 457, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
19 |
SB 534, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
20 |
SB 582, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
21 |
SB 649, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
22 |
SB 772-787, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
23 |
SB 812-817, 1992 |
44A/4/9 |
3 |
24 |
SB 833, 1992 |