Missouri HB 1521: Establishes the "Capitol Police Board."

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[PERFECTED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1521
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
4141H.03P DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 8.010, 8.170, 8.172, 8.177, and 8.178, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof six
new sections relating to the capitol police board, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 8.010, 8.170, 8.172, 8.177, and 8.178, RSMo, are repealed and six
2 new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 8.010, 8.111, 8.170, 8.172, 8.177,
3 and 8.178, to read as follows:
8.010. 1. The governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor constitute the board
2 of public buildings. The governor is chairman and the lieutenant governor, secretary. The
3 speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate shall serve
4 as ex officio members of the board but shall not have the power to vote. The board shall
5 constitute a body corporate and politic. Except as provided under [section] sections 8.007 and
6 8.111, the board has general supervision and charge of the public property of the state at the seat
7 of government, including the building located at 105 West Capitol Avenue in Jefferson City, and
8 other duties imposed on it by law.
9 2. The commissioner of administration shall provide staff support to the board.
8.111. 1. There is hereby established the "Capitol Police Board" which shall be
2 composed of five members, as follows:
3 (1) The governor, or his or her designee;
4 (2) The speaker of the house of representatives, or his or her designee;
5 (3) The president pro tempore of the senate, or his or her designee;
6 (4) The chief justice of the Missouri supreme court, or his or her designee; and
7 (5) The chair of the state capitol commission.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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9 The lieutenant governor, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the secretary
10 of the senate, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio members of the board but shall not
11 have the power to vote. At the first meeting of the board and at yearly intervals thereafter,
12 the members shall select from among themselves a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary.
13 2. The board shall be assigned to the house of representatives with supervision by
14 the house of representatives only for budgeting and reporting. Such supervision shall not
15 extend to matters relating to policies, regulatory functions, or appeals from activities of the
16 board, and no member or employee of the house of representatives shall participate in or
17 interfere with the activities of the board in any manner not specifically provided by law,
18 or at the direction of the board, and no member or employee of the house of
19 representatives shall interfere in any manner with any budget request of or with respect
20 to the withholding of any moneys appropriated to the board by the general assembly.
21 3. The board shall provide for public safety at the seat of government and for the
22 safety and security of elected officials, government employees, and their guests as needed
23 outside the seat of government. The board shall hire police officers as described in section
24 8.177.
25 4. The board shall hire a chief of police who shall be certified under chapter 590
26 and serve subject to the supervision of and at the pleasure of the board. The chief of police
27 shall be responsible for the administrative operations of the capitol police and perform
28 such other duties as may be delegated or assigned to the chief by law or by the board. The
29 chief of police shall employ staff and retain such contract services as he or she deems
30 necessary, within the limits authorized by appropriations of the general assembly.
31 5. The board may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the
32 administration of sections 8.111 to 8.178. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is
33 defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall
34 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter
35 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and
36 if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review,
37 to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held
38 unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted
39 after August 28, 2020, shall be invalid and void.
8.170. The [director] Missouri capitol police shall prosecute, in the name of the state,
2 for all trespasses and injuries of every kind done to the public buildings and other property, and
3 shall attend to the