JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court reinstates
a law requiring the Jackson County Sports Authority to get bids for
many projects.
 

At issue was a measure tacked onto a broader bill lawmakers
passed in 2005. The measure requires any spending of more than
five-thousand dollars by the authority to go through competitive
bidding.
 

The authority filed a lawsuit a couple months after the measure
took effect, and a Cole County judge found the law unconstitutional
last summer. The judge determined that the bill violated
constitutional provisions against a bill changing from its original
purpose and having too many subjects.

But the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law was not in
violation, saying courts give wide latitude to the Legislature in
making laws.