SECOND REGULAR SESSION
93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DIXON.
Read 1st time February 6, 2006 and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 650, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a department of public safety grant program.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 650, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 650.120, to read as follows:
650.120. 1. Subject to appropriation, the department of public safety shall create a program to distribute grants to multijurisdictional Internet cyber crime law enforcement task forces and other law enforcement agencies. The grants shall be awarded and used to pay the salaries of newly hired detectives and computer forensic personnel whose focus is investigating Internet sex crimes against children, including but not limited to enticement of a child, possession or promotion of child pornography, and to provide funding for the training of such personnel. Such funding for a training program may be used to cover the travel expenses of those persons participating in such program.
2. A panel is hereby established in the department of public safety to award grants under this program and shall be comprised of the following members:
(1) The director of the department of public safety, or his or her designee;
(2) An employee of the department of public safety who shall be appointed by the director;
(3) Two members shall be appointed by the director of the department of public safety from a list of six nominees submitted by the Missouri Police Chief's Association;
(4) Two members shall be appointed by the director of the department of public safety from a list of six nominees submitted by the Missouri Sheriffs' Association;
(5) One member of the house of representatives who shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(6) One member of the senate who shall be appointed by the president pro tem.
The panel members who are appointed under subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) of this subsection shall serve a four-year term ending four years from the date of expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed. However, a person appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of such a term shall be appointed for the remainder of the term. Such members shall hold office for the term of his or her appointment and until a successor is appointed. The members of the panel shall receive no additional compensation but shall be eligible for reimbursement for mileage directly related to the performance of panel duties.
3. Local matching amounts are required for multijurisdictional Internet cyber crime law enforcement task forces and other law enforcement agencies to receive grants awarded by the panel. Such amounts shall be determined by the state appropriations process or by the panel.
4. The panel may make recommendations to the general assembly regarding the need for additional resources or appropriations.
5. Under section 23.253, RSMo, of the Missouri sunset act:
(1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall sunset automatically six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall sunset automatically twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section; and
(3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this section is sunset.
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