FIRST REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSE BILL NO. 80
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSS.
Pre-filed December 4, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
Read 1st time January 3, 2001.
Read 2nd time January 4, 2001, and referred to the Committee on Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Veteran Affairs, January 23, 2001.
Reported from the Committee on Public Safety, Law Enforcement and Veteran Affairs, February 15, 2001, with recommendation that the bill Do Pass.
Taken up for Perfection February 26, 2001. Bill ordered Perfected and printed.
TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 70, RSMo, relating to multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement, by adding thereto four new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Chapter 70, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto four new sections, to be known as sections 70.827, 70.829, 70.831 and 70.833, to read as follows:
70.827. As used in sections 70.827 to 70.833, the following terms mean:
(1) "Department", the department of public safety;
(2) "Director", the director of the department of public safety;
(3) "Multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group", or "MAEG", a combination of political subdivisions established pursuant to sections 70.827 to 70.833.
70.829. 1. Any two or more political subdivisions or the state highway patrol and any two or more political subdivisions may by order or ordinance agree to cooperate with one another in the formation of a multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group for the purpose of intensive professional investigation of fraudulent activities.
2. The power of arrest of any peace officer who is duly authorized as a member of a MAEG unit shall only be exercised during the time such peace officer is an active member of a MAEG unit and only within the scope of the investigation on which the unit is working. Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, such officer shall have the power of arrest, as limited in this subsection, anywhere in the state and shall provide prior notification to the chief of police of the municipality in which the investigation is to take place or the sheriff of the county if the investigation is to be made in his or her venue. The chief of police or sheriff may elect to work with the MAEG unit at his or her option when such MAEG is operating within the jurisdiction of such chief of police or sheriff.
70.831. 1. A county bordering another state may enter into agreement with the political subdivisions in such other state's contiguous county pursuant to section 70.220, to form a multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group for the enforcement of antifraud laws and work in cooperation pursuant to sections 70.827 to 70.833.
2. Such other state's law enforcement officers may be deputized as officers of the counties of this state participating in an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, and shall be deemed to have met all requirements of peace officer training and certification pursuant to chapter 590, RSMo, for the purposes of conducting investigations and making arrests in this state pursuant to the provisions of section 70.829, provided such officers have satisfied the applicable peace officer training and certification standards in force in such other state.
3. Such other state's law enforcement officers shall have the same powers and immunities when working under an agreement pursuant to subsection 1 of this section as if working under an agreement with another political subdivision in Missouri pursuant to section 70.815.
4. A multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group formed pursuant to this section is eligible to receive state grants to help defray the costs of its operation pursuant to the terms of section 70.833.
5. The provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4 of this section shall not be in force unless such other state has provided or shall provide legal authority for its political subdivisions to enter into such agreements and to extend reciprocal powers and privileges to the law enforcement officers of this state working pursuant to such agreements.
70.833. 1. A multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement group which meets the minimum criteria established in this section is eligible to receive state grants to help defray the costs of operation.
2. To be eligible for state grants, a MAEG shall:
(1) Be established and operating pursuant to intergovernmental contracts written and executed in conformity by law, and involve two or more units of local government;
(2) Establish a MAEG policy board composed of an elected official, or a designee, and the chief law enforcement officer from each participating unit of local government to oversee the operations of the MAEG and make such reports to the department of public safety as the department may require;
(3) Designate a single appropriate official of a participating unit of local government to act as the financial officer of the MAEG for all participating units of the local government and to receive funds for the operation of the MAEG;
(4) Limit its target operation to enforcement of antifraud laws;
(5) Cooperate with the department of public safety in order to assure compliance with sections 70.827 to 70.833 and to enable the department to fulfill its duties pursuant to sections 70.827 to 70.833 and supply the department with all information the department deems necessary therefor.
3. The department of public safety shall monitor the operations of all MAEG units which receive state grants. From the moneys appropriated annually, if funds are made available by the general assembly for this purpose, the director shall determine and certify to the auditor the amount of the grant to be made to each designated MAEG financial officer. No provision of this section shall prohibit funding of multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement groups by sources other than those provided by the general assembly, if such funding is in accordance with and in such a manner as provided by law.
4. The director shall report annually, no later than January first of each year, to the governor and the general
assembly on the operations of the multijurisdictional antifraud enforcement groups, including a breakdown of the
appropriation for the current fiscal year indicating the amount of the state grant each MAEG received or will
receive.
Missouri House of
Representatives