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SB 1578
Missouri Senate•In Senate Committee
Summary
SB 1578, which creates a new fund for moneys received from the sale of real property owned by the state, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 20, 2026 by Sen. David Gregory (R). It last saw action on Mar 23, 2026: Voted Do Pass S Government Efficiency Committee.
Record
Text
SB 1578 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.
sb1578/introduced.txtSECOND REGULAR SESSIONSENATE BILL NO. 1578103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLYINTRODUCED BY SENATOR GREGORY (15).6732S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, SecretaryAN ACTTo repeal section 37.005, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to moneysreceived from the sale of real property owned by the state of Missouri.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:1Section A. Section 37.005, RSMo, is repealed and one new2 section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 37.005,3 to read as follows:137.005. 1. Except as provided herein, the office of2 administration shall be continued as set forth in house bill3 384, seventy-sixth general assembly and shall be considered4 as a department within the meaning used in the Omnibus State5 Reorganization Act of 1974. The commissioner of6 administration shall appoint directors of all major7 divisions within the office of administration.82. The commissioner of administration shall be a9 member of the governmental emergency fund committee as ex10 officio comptroller and the director of the department of11 revenue shall be a member in place of the director of the12 division of facilities management, design and construction.133. The office of administration is designated the14 "Missouri State Agency for Surplus Property" as required by15 Public Law 152, eighty-first Congress as amended, and16 related laws for disposal of surplus federal property. All17 the powers, duties and functions vested by sections 37.075SB 1578 218 and 37.080, and others, are transferred by type I transfer19 to the office of administration as well as all property and20 personnel related to the duties. The commissioner shall21 integrate the program of disposal of federal surplus22 property with the processes of disposal of state surplus23 property to provide economical and improved service to state24 and local agencies of government. The governor shall fix25 the amount of bond required by section 37.080. All26 employees transferred shall be covered by the provisions of27 chapter 36 and the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974.284. The commissioner of administration shall replace29 the director of revenue as a member of the board of fund30 commissioners and assume all duties and responsibilities31 assigned to the director of revenue by sections 33.300 to32 33.540 relating to duties as a member of the board and33 matters relating to bonds and bond coupons.345. All the powers, duties and functions of the35 administrative services section, section 33.580 and others,36 are transferred by a type I transfer to the office of37 administration and the administrative services section is38 abolished.396. The commissioner of administration shall, in40 addition to his or her other duties, cause to be prepared a41 comprehensive plan of the state's field operations,42 buildings owned or rented and the communications systems of43 state agencies. Such a plan shall place priority on44 improved availability of services throughout the state,45 consolidation of space occupancy and economy in operations.467. The commissioner of administration shall from time47 to time examine the space needs of the agencies of state48 government and space available and shall, with the approval49 of the board of public buildings, assign and reassign spaceSB 1578 350 in property owned, leased or otherwise controlled by the51 state. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, upon52 a determination by the commissioner that all or part of any53 property is in excess of the needs of any state agency, the54 commissioner may lease such property to a private or55 government entity. Any revenue received from the lease of56 such property shall be deposited into the fund or funds from57 which moneys for rent, operations or purchase have been58 appropriated. The commissioner shall establish by rule the59 procedures for leasing excess property.608. The commissioner of administration is hereby61 authorized to coordinate and control the acquisition and use62 of network, telecommunications, and data processing services63 in the executive branch of state government. For this64 purpose, the office of administration will have authority to:65(1) Develop and implement a long-range computer66 facilities plan for the use of network, telecommunications,67 and data processing services in Missouri state government.68 Such plan may cover, but is not limited to, operational69 standards, standards for the establishment, function and70 management of service centers, coordination of the data71 processing education, and planning standards for application72 development and implementation;73(2) Approve all additions and deletions of network,74 telecommunications, and data processing services hardware,75 software, and support services, and service centers;76(3) Establish standards for the development of annual77 data processing application plans for each of the service78 centers. These standards shall include review of post-79 implementation audits. These annual plans shall be on file80 in the office of administration and shall be the basis for81 equipment approval requests;SB 1578 482(4) Review of all state network, telecommunications,83 and data processing services applications to assure84 conformance with the state information systems plan, and the85 information systems plans of state agencies and service86 centers;87(5) Establish procurement procedures for network,88 telecommunications, and data processing services hardware,89 software, and support service;90(6) Establish a charging system to be used by all91 service centers when performing work for any agency;92(7) Establish procedures for the receipt of service93 center charges and payments for operation of the service94 centers.95 The commissioner shall maintain a complete inventory of all96 state-owned or -leased network, telecommunications, and data97 processing services equipment, and annually submit a report98 to the general assembly which shall include starting and99 ending network, telecommunications, and data processing100 services costs for the fiscal year previously ended, and the101 reasons for major increases or variances between starting102 and ending costs. The commissioner shall also adopt, after103 public hearing, rules and regulations designed to protect104 the rights of privacy of the citizens of this state and the105 confidentiality of information contained in computer tapes106 or other storage devices to the maximum extent possible107 consistent with the efficient operation of the office of108 administration and contracting state agencies.1099. (1) Except as provided in subsection 12 of this110 section, the fee title to all real property now owned or111 hereafter acquired by the state of Missouri, or any112 department, division, commission, board or agency of stateSB 1578 5113 government, other than real property owned or possessed by114 the state highways and transportation commission,115 conservation commission, state department of natural116 resources, and the University of Missouri, shall on May 2,117 1974, vest in the governor. The governor may not convey or118 otherwise transfer the title to such real property, unless119 such conveyance or transfer is first authorized by an act of120 the general assembly. The provisions of this subsection121 requiring authorization of a conveyance or transfer by an122 act of the general assembly shall not, however, apply to the123 granting or conveyance of an easement for any purpose to any124 political subdivision of the state; a rural electric125 cooperative as defined in chapter 394; a public utility,126 except a railroad, as defined in chapter 386; or to127 accommodate utility service, including electrical, gas,128 steam, water, sewer, telephone, internet, or similar utility129 service, extended upon or provided to state property or130 facilities; to accommodate rights of access, ingress and131 egress on or to any state property or facilities; or to132 facilitate the construction, location, relocation, or use of133 any common elements of condominium property if the state is134 a unit owner within the condominium development. The135 governor, with the approval of the board of public136 buildings, may, upon the request of any state department,137 agency, board or commission not otherwise being empowered to138 make its own transfer or conveyance of any land belonging to139 the state of Missouri which is under the control and custody140 of such department, agency, board or commission, grant or141 convey without further legislative action, for such142 consideration as may be agreed upon, easements across, over,143 upon or under any such state land to any political144 subdivision of the state; a rural electric cooperative asSB 1578 6145 defined in chapter 394; a public utility, except a railroad,146 as defined in chapter 386; or to accommodate utility147 service, including electrical, gas, steam, water, sewer,148 telephone, internet, or similar utility service, extended149 upon or provided to state property or facilities; to150 accommodate rights of access, ingress and egress on or to151 state property or facilities; or to facilitate the152 construction, location, relocation, or use of any common153 elements of condominium property if the state is a unit154 owner within the condominium development. The easement155 shall be for the purpose of promoting the general health,156 welfare and safety of the public and shall include the right157 of access, ingress or egress for the purpose of158 constructing, maintaining or removing any street, roadway,159 sidewalk, public right-of-way or thoroughfare, pipeline,160 power line, gas line, water or steam line, telephone line,161 internet cable, sewer line, or other similar installation or162 any equipment or appurtenances necessary to the operation163 thereof; except that, a railroad as defined in chapter 386164 shall not be included in the provisions of this subsection165 unless such conveyance or transfer is first authorized by an166 act of the general assembly. The easement shall be for such167 consideration as may be agreed upon by the parties and168 approved by the board of public buildings. The attorney169 general shall approve the form of the instrument of170 conveyance. The commissioner of administration shall171 prepare management plans for such properties in the manner172 set out in subsection 7 of this section.173(2) There is hereby created in the state treasury the174 "Real Estate Fund", which shall consist of moneys received175 from the sale of real property owned by the state of176 Missouri as described in this subsection. The fund shall beSB 1578 7177 administered by the commissioner of administration or his or178 her designee for the purposes of acquiring interest in real179 property to be used to support state operations. The state180 treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund and shall181 approve disbursements from the fund at the request of the182 commissioner of administration or his or her designee. The183 following moneys shall be deposited to this fund, unless184 required by statute or constitutional provision to be185 deposited in some other specifically named fund:186(a) Any moneys or proceeds resulting from a real187 property transaction involving state-owned property as188 described in this subsection; and189(b) Any funds appropriated to the fund by the general190 assembly or otherwise credited to the fund.191(3) The commissioner of administration shall prepare192 an annual report of all receipts and expenditures from the193 fund established pursuant to subdivision (2) of this194 subsection. Notwithstanding the provisions of section195 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at196 the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the credit of197 the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest198 moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are199 invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such200 investments shall be credited to the fund.20110. The commissioner of administration shall202 administer a revolving "Administrative Trust Fund" which203 shall be established by the state treasurer which shall be204 funded annually by appropriation and which shall contain205 moneys transferred or paid to the office of administration206 in return for goods and services provided by the office of207 administration to any governmental entity or to the public.208 The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the fund, andSB 1578 8209 shall approve disbursements from the fund for the purchase210 of goods or services at the request of the commissioner of211 administration or the commissioner's designee. The212 provisions of section 33.080 notwithstanding, moneys in the213 fund shall not lapse, unless and then only to the extent to214 which the unencumbered balance at the close of any fiscal215 year exceeds one-eighth of the total amount appropriated,216 paid, or transferred to the fund during such fiscal year,217 and upon approval of the oversight division of the joint218 committee on legislative research. The commissioner shall219 prepare an annual report of all receipts and expenditures220 from the fund.22111. All the powers, duties and functions of the222 department of community affairs relating to statewide223 planning are transferred by type I transfer to the office of224 administration.22512. The titles which are vested in the governor by or226 pursuant to this section to real property assigned to any of227 the educational institutions referred to in section 174.020228 on June 15, 1983, are hereby transferred to and vested in229 the board of regents of the respective educational230 institutions, and the titles to real property and other231 interests therein hereafter acquired by or for the use of232 any such educational institution, notwithstanding provisions233 of this section, shall vest in the board of regents of the234 educational institution. The board of regents may not235 convey or otherwise transfer the title to or other interest236 in such real property unless the conveyance or transfer is237 first authorized by an act of the general assembly, except238 as provided in section 174.042, and except that the board of239 regents may grant easements over, in and under such real240 property without further legislative action.SB 1578 924113. Notwithstanding any provision of subsection 12 of242 this section to the contrary, the board of governors of243 Missouri Western State University, University of Central244 Missouri, Missouri State University, or Missouri Southern245 State University, or the board of regents of Southeast246 Missouri State University, Northwest Missouri State247 University, or Harris-Stowe State University, or the board248 of curators of Lincoln University may convey or otherwise249 transfer for fair market value, except in fee simple, the250 title to or other interest in such real property without251 authorization by an act of the general assembly.25214. All county sports complex authorities, and any253 sports complex authority located in a city not within a254 county, in existence on August 13, 1986, and organized under255 the provisions of sections 64.920 to 64.950, are assigned to256 the office of administration, but such authorities shall not257 be subject to the provisions of subdivision (4) of258 subsection 6 of section 1 of the Omnibus State259 Reorganization Act of 1974, Appendix B, RSMo, as amended.26015. All powers, duties, and functions vested in the261 administrative hearing commission, sections 621.015 to262 621.205 and others, are transferred to the office of263 administration by a type III transfer.✓
Creates a new fund for moneys received from the sale of real property owned by the state
Sponsors
Sen. David Gregory (R) sponsors SB 1578 alone.
Committees
SB 1578 went before 1 committee: Government Efficiency.
History
SB 1578 has taken 5 actions since Jan 20, 2026, the latest on Mar 23, 2026.
| Chamber | Action | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 23, 2026 | Senate | Hearing Conducted S Government Efficiency Committee | ||
Mar 23, 2026 | Senate | Voted Do Pass S Government Efficiency Committee | ||
Mar 9, 2026 | Senate | Hearing Cancelled S Government Efficiency Committee | ||
Feb 5, 2026 | Senate | Second Read and Referred S Government Efficiency Committee | ||
Jan 20, 2026 | Senate | S First Read |
Votes
SB 1578 has not gone to a roll call.
Source: senate.mo.gov · legiscan.com