Pre-filed December 21, 1999, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 217.800, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to pardons by the governor, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 217.800, RSMo Supp. 1999, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 217.800, to read as follows:
217.800. 1. In all cases in which the governor is authorized by the constitution to grant pardons, he or she may grant the same, with such conditions and under such restrictions as he or she may think proper.
2. All applications for pardon, commutation of sentence or reprieve shall be referred to the board for investigation. The board shall investigate each such case and submit to the governor a report of its investigation, with all other information the board may have relating to the applicant together with any recommendations the board deems proper to make.
3. The department of corrections shall notify the central repository, as provided in sections 43.500 to 43.530, RSMo, of any action of the governor granting a pardon, commutation of sentence, or reprieve.
4. In all cases in which the governor grants a reprieve or commutation of any sentence of death, the governor's
office shall contact the immediate family of the victim or victims of the charged capital offense at least twenty-four
hours before release of the governor's decision to the media, unless the governor's decision is made less than
twenty-four hours before the scheduled execution time, in which case, the governor's contact shall occur not more
than twenty-four hours after such decision.
Missouri House of Representatives