FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 144

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BONNER, CIERPIOT, ROSS, MONACO, KELLEY (47),

LOGRASSO, BARTLE (Co-sponsors), CRAWFORD, KENNEDY, WALTON, BOUCHER, BARRY,

WILLOUGHBY, ABEL, REINHART, ENZ, BERKSTRESSER, ROBIRDS, HOLT, JOLLY, KELLY (36),

TOWNLEY, DOLAN AND FOLEY.

Pre-filed December 14, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk

0515L.02I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 221, RSMo, relating to jails and jailers by adding thereto one new section relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions.



Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 221, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 221.510, to read as follows:

221.510. 1. This section hereafter shall be known as "Jake's Law" in honor of Jake Robel.

2. Every chief law enforcement official, sheriff, public jailer, private jailer, department of corrections officials and all regional jail district officials shall conduct an inquiry of pending outstanding warrants on all prisoners about to be released, whether convicted or being held on suspicion of charges.

3. No prisoner, whether convicted or being held on suspicion of charges, shall be released or transferred from one correctional facility to another prior to having a warrant check conducted by an authorized member of the correctional facility.

4. If any prisoner's warrant check indicates outstanding charges or outstanding warrants from another jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of the official requesting the warrant check to inform the agency that issued the warrant that the correctional facility has such person in custody and that prisoner shall not be released unless to the custody of the jurisdictional authority that had issued the warrant, unless the warrant has been satisfied or dismissed, or unless the warrant issuing agency has notified the correctional facility holding the prisoner that they do not wish the prisoner be transferred or the warrant to be pursued.

5. Any person may make a report to the Missouri highway patrol for violations of this section, which shall conduct an investigation. If, in the opinion of the superintendent of the highway patrol, the investigation yields reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of this section is occurring or has occurred, he or she shall refer such information to either the attorney general or the county prosecutor of the county where the violations are alleged to have occurred.

6. If an authorized member of the correctional facility fails to perform a warrant check which results in the release of a prisoner with outstanding warrants, that individual shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.


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