LOGRASSO (Co-sponsors) AND BARRY.
Read 1st time March 8, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 221, RSMo, relating to jails and jailers by adding thereto one new section relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions.
Section A. Chapter 221, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 221.510, to read as follows:
221.510. 1. Every chief law enforcement official, sheriff, jailer, private jailer, the department of corrections and all regional jail district officials shall conduct an inquiry of pending outstanding warrants on all prisoners, whether convicted or being held on suspicion of charges.
2. No prisoner shall be released from any correctional institution or jail prior to having a records check conducted by an authorized member of the correctional institution or jail.
3. No prisoner, whether convicted or being held on suspicion of charges, shall be transferred from one correctional institution or jail to another prior to having a records check conducted by an authorized member of the correctional institution or jail.
4. If any prisoner's record check indicates outstanding charges or outstanding warrants from another jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of the requesting official to inform the agency that issued the warrant that the correctional institution or jail has such person in custody.
5. Any prisoner whose records check indicates pending charges or warrants shall not be transferred to another correctional institution or jail unless a copy of those charges or warrants accompanies the prisoner and the receiving correctional institution or jail is notified in advance of the existing charges or warrants.
6. All correctional institutions and jails shall have access to a common database housing all information pertaining to pending charges or outstanding warrants on individuals. The department of public safety shall provide the database. The database shall be updated immediately when an individual is released from or transferred between correctional institutions or jails.
7. If an authorized member of the correctional institution or jail fails to perform a records check which results in the release of a prisoner with outstanding warrants, that individual will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor and shall immediately be placed on suspension from his or her job.
8. Any person may make a report to the Missouri highway patrol for violations of this section. The Missouri highway patrol shall conduct an investigation. If, in the opinion of the superintendent of the highway patrol, the investigation yields reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of this section is occurring or has occurred, he or she shall refer such information to either the attorney general or the county prosecutor of the county where the violations are alleged to have occurred or both.
9. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Missouri House of Representatives