May 7, 2008 - Thanks to the strong leadership of Senate Majority Floor Leader Charlie Shields, House Speaker Designee Representative Ron Richard and Representative David Pearce, the Missouri House gave final approval to HB 2393, sending the mega projects legislation to Governor Blunt for signature.
The bill was fine tuned in the Senate to ensure benefit will accrue to Missouri before any benefit is given to mega projects. Legislators and the Department of Economic Development are currently working hard to attract a Bombardier facility to the Kansas City airport area and this bill is a key component of that plan.
The legislation was approved in a strong bipartisan effort and the MEDC thanks the legislators and the Department of Economic De
velopment for their hard work on the bill. MEDC was pleased to support the concepts in the bill.
velopment for their hard work on the bill. MEDC was pleased to support the concepts in the bill.
