Jackson County v. State

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

The General Assembly passed legislation in 2005 restricting certain county executives in counties with a charter form of government from entering into contracts over $5,000 without competitive bidding. The legislation, which was included in House Bill 58 (HB 58), applied to counties with a population between 600,000-700,000 and was codified at section 67.2555, RSMo Supp.2005. The only county to which that section applied was Jackson County.

Jackson County filed suit in the circuit court, seeking to have section 67.2555 declared invalid. The circuit court found that…