Bill Text: MO HB2222 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the Shield Our Streets Act to award grants to local law enforcement agencies for assistance in hiring law enforcement officers and to organizations to enhance public safety
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) [HB2222 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB2222-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PETERS.
6489L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 650, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the shield our streets act.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 650, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 650.490, to read as follows:
650.490. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Shield Our Streets Act".
2. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Department", the department of public safety;
(2) "Elevated need locality", a political subdivision of this state that:
(a) Has a violent crime rate at or above the national average, as determined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and
(b) Has, during the most recent five-year period, had budget reductions;
(3) "Eligible local law enforcement agency", a local law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over all or part of an elevated need locality;
(4) "Eligible organization":
(a) An eligible local law enforcement agency; or
(b) A nonprofit organization that operates in one or more elevated need localities.
3. (1) Subject to appropriations, the department of public safety is authorized to implement a program to award grants to eligible local law enforcement agencies to assist such agencies with hiring and rehiring career law enforcement officers in accordance with this subsection.
(2) Grant moneys awarded under this subsection shall be used by an eligible law enforcement agency to:
(a) Hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in the jurisdiction of the agency; or
(b) Rehire career law enforcement officers who have been laid off as a result of federal, state, or local budget reductions.
(3) Each grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a period of three years and may be extended or renewed for an additional two-year period at the discretion of the department.
(4) The department shall provide technical assistance to eligible local law enforcement agencies during the application process and while such agencies are receiving grants under this subsection.
(5) An eligible local law enforcement agency receiving a grant under this subsection shall not be required to provide any portion of the costs, in cash or in-kind, of the activities implemented with such grant moneys.
(6) In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated for hire and rehiring local law enforcement officers, there are authorized to be appropriated to implement this section ten million dollars for each of the fiscal years 2016 to 2021.
4. (1) Subject to appropriations, the department is authorized to implement a program to award grants to eligible organizations to enhance public safety through the activities described in subdivision (2) of this subsection.
(2) Grants awarded under this subsection shall be used as follows:
(a) With respect to an eligible organization described in paragraph (a) of subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section, to enhance public safety in the jurisdiction of the organization. Such enhancement may include, but not be limited to:
a. Purchasing public safety equipment;
b. Funding public safety programs;
c. Making infrastructure improvements for the purpose of enhancing public safety;
d. Purchasing and installing street lights and other lights to deter crime;
e. Funding activities related to crime labs;
f. Funding public defender programs;
(b) With respect to an eligible organization described in paragraph (b) of subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section, to implement programs designed to reduce crime in one or more of the cities or counties in the elevated need locality.
(3) Each grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a period of one year and may be extended or renewed for an additional period at the discretion of the department.
(4) The department shall provide technical assistance to eligible organizations during the application process and while such organizations are receiving grants under this subsection.
(5) An eligible organization receiving a grant under this subsection shall not be required to provide any portion of the costs, in cash or in-kind, of the activities implemented with such grant moneys.
(6) In addition to any other moneys authorized to be appropriated for public safety enhancement by eligible organizations, there are authorized to be appropriated to implement this subsection ten million dollars for each of the 2016 to 2021 fiscal years.
5. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Shield Our Streets Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated, and any contributions, donations, gifts, grants, bequests, or other moneys made available to carry out the purposes of this section. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, money in the fund shall be used solely for the administration of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.
6. The department may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.
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