A circuit court judge has tossed out one of the few legislative accomplishments pulled out of last fall’s derailed special session.

On Monday night, Feb. 20, Cole County Judge Dan Green overturned the Missouri Science and Innovation Reinvestment ACT due to constitutional issues concerning the way it was passed in September.

Green’s ruling is based on the bill’s contingency clause, which stated that MOSIRA would only be allowed to take effect if lawmakers also passed a larger, more comprehensive piece of economic development legislation. That second bill died in a legislative stalemate.

Green’s ruling prevents the state government from taking any steps to institute any part of MOSIRA — a fund intended to help generate more high-tech and research-based jobs in Missouri.

The decision is likely to be appealed to the state Supreme Court.