SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1482

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PORTWOOD (Sponsor), JETTON, HANAWAY, CROWELL,

ICET, THRELKELD, WRIGHT AND DEMPSEY (Co-sponsors).

         Read 1^st time February 12, 2004, and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 84, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to police officer residency requirements.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 84, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 84.125, to read as follows:

            84.125. 1. No city located not within a county or board or commission located in any such city shall require any person holding a position of peace officer, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 590.010, RSMo, to reside within the limits of such city as a condition of employment after the person has been employed for seven consecutive years as a peace officer. A peace officer who has been employed for seven consecutive years who works, or has worked during the time of employment, less than the time of regular service as defined by section 84.110 shall be considered employed for seven consecutive years as a peace officer. For the purposes of this section, the calculation of time for which a person has been employed shall begin from the date of appointment as a peace officer.

            2. If the person has been employed for seven consecutive years as a peace officer, no city located not within a county or board or commission located in any such city shall discriminate in any manner against such person because of the person's residency outside the boundaries of such city, except that such political subdivision may provide incentives, such as housing supplements or vehicle use guidelines, to encourage peace officers to locate within such political subdivision.

            3. A city located not within a county or board or commission located in any such city may require a peace officer to live within the state of Missouri.

            4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to use of department property as determined by any city located not within a county or board or commission located in any such city.