HCS HB 144 & 46 -- PRISONER RELEASES AND ESCAPES (Bonner)

This substitute requires law enforcement officers, jailers, and
the Department of Corrections to conduct a check for outstanding
warrants on all prisoners, whether convicted or being held on
suspicion of charges.  Prisoners may not be released or
transferred before a check has taken place.  Failure to do so is
a class A misdemeanor.

The substitute also increases the penalty for aiding in the
escape of a prisoner being held in custody or confinement on the
basis of a felony charge or conviction from a class D to a class
B felony.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Net Cost to General Revenue Fund of
$2,256,891 in FY 2002, $2,378,156 in FY 2003, and $2,463,130 in
FY 2004.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:42 am