FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 488

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BRUNS (Sponsor) AND DEEKEN (Co-sponsor).

         Read 1st time February 9, 2005 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

1531L.01I

 

AN ACT

To repeal section 8.177, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to Missouri capitol police officers' powers.




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


            Section A. Section 8.177, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 8.177, to read as follows:

            8.177. 1. The director of the department of public safety shall employ Missouri capitol police officers for public safety at the seat of state government. Each Missouri capitol police officer, upon appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath of office to support the constitution and laws of the United States and the state of Missouri and shall receive a certificate of appointment, a copy of which shall be filed with the secretary of state, granting such police officers all the same powers of arrest held by other police officers to maintain order and preserve the peace in all state-owned or leased buildings, and the grounds thereof, at the seat of government and such buildings and grounds within the county which contains the seat of government.

            2. The director of the department of public safety shall appoint a sufficient number of Missouri capitol police officers, with available appropriations, as appropriated specifically for the purpose designated in this subsection, so that the capitol grounds may be patrolled at all times, and that traffic and parking upon the capitol grounds and the grounds of other state buildings owned or leased within the capital city and the county which contains the seat of government may be properly controlled. Missouri capitol police officers may make arrests for the violation of parking and traffic regulations promulgated by the office of administration.

            3. Missouri capitol police officers may take action on criminal, terrorist, and suspicious activities that occur in their presence. Missouri capitol police officers shall be authorized to investigate and arrest a person anywhere in the state, when there is probable cause to believe the person committed a crime within capitol police jurisdiction.