FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 471

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES JACKSON, PORTWOOD, CUNNINGHAM (86), BIVINS, SMITH (14), LEMBKE, ICET, HANAWAY, SALVA, AVERY, STEFANICK (Co-sponsors), STEVENSON, RUPP, ROARK, KELLY (144), ANGST, WOOD, MYERS, HARRIS (110), KINGERY, MERIDETH, WRIGHT, BEARDEN, KELLY (36), MOORE, GRAHAM, VIEBROCK, MARSH, HOBBS, PEARCE, WILSON (130), WILDBERGER, DUSENBERG, SMITH (118), CRAWFORD, JETTON, TOWNLEY, BEAN, LUETKEMEYER, FARES, WAGNER, ENGLER, BLACK, BOUGH, CUNNINGHAM (145), RECTOR, SCHNEIDER, HARRIS (23), WALSH, THRELKELD, SAGER, PURGASON, DOUGHERTY, CORCORAN, SHOEMYER (9), BRUNS, BYRD, COOPER (120), SUTHERLAND, DETHROW, RUESTMAN, SHOEMAKER (8), KING, MUNZLINGER, ST. ONGE, WARD, HUNTER, DEMPSEY, SPRENG, SELBY, YAEGER, EMERY, NIEVES, JOHNSON (90), BISHOP, DIXON, ERVIN, SANDER, DEEKEN, BROWN, GOODMAN, TAYLOR, ADAMS AND QUINN.

         Read 1st time February 13, 2003, and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

1547L.01I

 

AN ACT

To amend chapter 71, 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 71, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 71.203, to read as follows:

            71.203. 1. No state-appointed board or commission located in any city not within a county shall require any person applying for or holding a position of peace officer, as defined in subdivision (3) of section 590.010, RSMo, to meet any type of residency requirement other than a requirement to live in the state of Missouri as a condition of employment.

            2. No state-appointed board or commission located in any city not within a county shall discriminate in any manner against any person applying for or holding a position of peace officer because of such person's residency unless such person's residency is outside of the state of Missouri except that such state appointed board or commission may provide incentives, such as housing supplements or vehicle-use guidelines, to encourage peace officers to locate within such political subdivision.

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