HB 91 -- County Crime Reduction Funds

Co-Sponsors:  Mayer, Crowell, Jetton, Lipke (157)

This bill allows county commissions to create county crime
reduction funds and specifies the purposes for which the money in
the funds can be spent.

The bill allows the court to order restorative justice methods in
cases where there is a suspended imposition or execution of
sentence and to order individuals who have a suspended imposition
or execution of sentence for a misdemeanor to make a payment of
up to $1,000 to the county crime reduction fund.

The bill allows the court to order a payment of up to $1,000 to
the county crime reduction fund as a condition of probation.  A
judge can only order such a condition of probation if the county
crime reduction fund was established prior to sentencing.  A
judge cannot have any direct supervisory or administrative
control over a fund to which he or she orders probationers to
make payments.  A defendant can refuse probation that includes
payments to a county crime reduction fund as a condition, but
probation cannot be revoked solely for failure to make payments
to the fund, except under certain circumstances.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:10 am