FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 593

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PORTWOOD (Sponsor), WRIGHT (137), BEARDEN,

GOODMAN, NIEVES AND SMITH (14) (Co-sponsors).

         Read 1st time February 17, 2005 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

1695L.01I

 

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 board of police commissioners appointed by the governor and existing as an agency of the state of Missouri with authority over a police department located in a city not within a county 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 four consecutive years as a peace officer. A peace officer who has been employed for four 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 four 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 four consecutive years as a peace officer, no board of police commissioners appointed by the governor and existing as an agency of the state of Missouri with authority over a police department located in a city not within a county 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 board of police commissioners appointed by the governor and existing as an agency of the state of Missouri with authority over a police department located in a city not within a county 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.