JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri incentive fund for science and technology businesses has been quashed before it could get started, as the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lawmakers had illegally linked its existence to an unrelated economic development proposal.
The high court’s unanimous opinion upholds a ruling last year by a Cole County judge, who determined that a contingency clause in the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment Act violated a state constitutional requirement that bills address only a single subject.
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