Jackson County Sports Complex Authority v. State

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.

This is a suit by the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority to invalidate section 64.940.3, RSMo Supp.2005, which mandated that “any expenditure made by the [county sports complex authority] ... over five thousand dollars ... must be competitively bid.” Section 64.940.3 was enacted in 2005, by the 93rd General Assembly, as part of an amendment to two bills, H.B. 58 and S.B. 210. The trial court entered judgment for plaintiff, holding that the addition of section 64.940.3 to both bills changed their original purpose and rendered the titles of both bills…