Missouri HB456: Requires certain municipalities in St. Louis County to disband their municipal police department and choose other options for th

What the bill says

To amend chapter 85, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to police departments. Section A. Chapter 85, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 85.700, to read as follows: 85.700. 1. No later than five years after the effective date of this section, the governing body of each city with fewer than five thousand inhabitants that is located in any county with more than one million inhabitants shall disband such city's police department. 2. A city described in subsection 1 of this section may contract for law enforcement services provided by another l.

From the introduced text:

To amend chapter 85, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to police departments. Section A. Chapter 85, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 85.700, to read as follows: 85.700. 1. No later than five years after the effective date of this section, the governing body of each city with fewer than five thousand inhabitants that is located in any county with more than one million inhabitants shall disband such city's police department. 2. A city described in subsection 1 of this section may contract for law enforcement services provided by another law enforcement agency or may choose to have no law enforcement services provided by the city by contract or otherwise. ✔ EXPLANATION -- Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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Sponsors

• Ian Mackey (D, 099) · primary sponsor