HOUSE BILL NO. 8 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 0008H.06T 2023
AN ACT To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and Department of National Guard and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
There is appropriated out of the State Treasury, to be expended only as provided in 2 Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, for the purpose of funding each 3 department, division, agency, fund transfer, and program described herein for the item or items 4 stated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, chargeable to the fund designated, for the period 5 beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, as follows:
PART 1
Section 8.000. Each appropriation in this act shall consist of the item or 2 items in each section of Part 1 of this act, for the amount and 3 purpose and from the fund designated in each section of Part 1, as 4 well as all additional clarifications of purpose in Part 2 of this act 5 that make reference by section to said item or items in Part 1. Any 6 clarification of purpose in Part 2 shall state the section or sections CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 2
7 in Part 1 to which it attaches and shall, together with the language 8 of said section(s) in Part 1, form the complete statement of purpose 9 of the appropriation. As such, the provisions of Part 2 of this act 10 shall not be severed from Part 1, and if any clarification of purpose 11 in Part 2 is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall 12 invalidate all of the appropriations in this act of which said 13 clarification of purpose is a part. Part 3 of this act shall consist of 14 guidance to the Department of Public Safety in implementing the 15 appropriations found in Part 1 and Part 2 of this act. An 16 appropriation may be comprised in whole or in part of a one-time 17 amount, and such one-time amount shall be construed to be a 18 component part of, and not in addition to, the stated appropriation 19 amount. Any amount of an appropriation identified as “one-time” 20 in this act shall not be considered an addition to any ongoing core 21 appropriation(s) in future fiscal periods beyond June 30, 2024. 22 Any amount identified as one-time may, however, be requested in 23 any future fiscal period as a new decision item.
Section 8.005. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director, provided three percent (3%) flexibility is 3 allowed from this section to Section 8.285 4 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,628,749 5 Annual Salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 6 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,686 7 Expense and Equipment (including $231,893 in one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567,079 8 Program Distribution (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500,000 9 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,723,514
10 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399,493 11 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420,155 12 From Department of Public Safety Federal Fund (0152). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819,648
13 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434,338 14 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 15 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 16 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,163,031 17 From Justice Assistance Grant Program Fund (0782). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,597,749 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 3
18 Personal Service 19 From State Highways and Transportation Department Fund (0644). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78,412
20 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,087 21 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,131 22 From Services to Victims Fund (0592). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,218
23 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641,994 24 Annual Salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 25 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726 26 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453,841 27 From Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund (0681).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,096,561
28 Expense and Equipment 29 From Missouri Crime Prevention Information and Programming Fund 30 (0253). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
31 Expense and Equipment 32 From Antiterrorism Fund (0759). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000
33 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,576,476 34 Expense and Equipment (including $5,840 in one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18,006,211 35 From Department of Public Safety Federal Homeland Security Fund 36 (0193). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,582,687
37 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109,923 38 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813,000 39 From MODEX Fund (0867). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922,923
40 For receiving and expending grants, donations, contracts, and payments 41 from private, federal, and other governmental agencies, provided 42 the General Assembly shall be notified of the source of any new 43 funds and the purpose for which they shall be expended, in 44 writing, prior to the expenditure of said funds 45 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,759 46 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,855,000 47 From Department of Public Safety Federal Fund (0152). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,909,759 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 4
48 For drug task force grants, provided three percent (3%) be allowed for 49 grant administration 50 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,732 51 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,850,772 52 Program Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250,000 53 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,172,504
54 For scholarships for individuals to attend law enforcement academies 55 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000
56 For Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Fund (CESF) grants, provided 57 no more than ten percent (10%) is allowed for administrative costs 58 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790,139 59 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,758,773 60 From Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Fund (0179).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,548,912
61 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the 988 62 Public Safety Fund 63 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,955
64 For the purpose of providing services for peace officers and first 65 responders to assist in coping with stress and potential 66 psychological trauma resulting from a response to a critical 67 incident or emotionally difficult event 68 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,723 69 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503,511 70 From 988 Public Safety Fund (0864). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554,234
71 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the 72 Economic Distress Zone Fund 73 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552,955
74 For the purpose of providing funding to organizations registered with the 75 IRS as a 501(c)(3) corporation that provide services to residents of 76 the state in areas of high incidents of crime and deteriorating 77 infrastructure for the purpose of deterring criminal behavior in 78 such area 79 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,723 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 5
80 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503,511 81 From Economic Distress Zone Fund (0816). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554,234
82 For the establishment and enhancement of local violent crime prevention 83 programs in Missouri communities and improving the quality of 84 crime data reporting in compliance with the National 85 Incident-Based Reporting System 86 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
87 For a school safety program for all school districts statewide that speaks 88 directly to 911 services and on/off duty officers through the law 89 enforcement alert system 90 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900,000
91 For a statewide, competitively bid school safety program 92 From Budget Stabilization Fund (0522). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500,000
93 For grants to increase access to standardized water safety education and 94 swim lessons for underserved populations provided by a 95 community based nonprofit 96 From Budget Stabilization Fund (0522). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000
97 For the purchase of equipment for a police department located in any city 98 with more than one thousand three hundred but fewer than one 99 thousand five hundred inhabitants and located in a county with 100 more than seven hundred thousand but fewer than eight hundred 101 thousand inhabitants 102 From General Revenue Fund (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
103 For a nonprofit organization located in any city with more than seventy- 104 one thousand but fewer than seventy- nine thousand inhabitants to 105 help reduce the incident of violent crime and strengthen police 106 services by researching and analyzing the best practices to help 107 reduce violent crime 108 From Budget Stabilization Fund (0522) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 6
109 For a communication platform for active duty National Guardsmen, first 110 responders, and veterans to receive direct access to chaplains and 111 provide suicide prevention information and resources 112 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 113 Total (Not to exceed 87.05 F.T.E.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $68,991,265
Section 8.006. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For a minority police officer recruitment and retention program located in 3 a city not within a county with such program being administered 4 and overseen by an African-American police officer association 5 that supports efforts in reducing crime in a city not in a county and 6 county with more than one million inhabitants 7 From General Revenue (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000
Section 8.007. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For planning, design, and construction of a new Troop A Headquarters 3 and related facilities 4 From State Highways and Transportation Department Fund (0644) 5 (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,727,827
Section 8.010. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Program 4 From Department of Public Safety Federal Fund (0152). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,022,492
Section 8.015. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For the Narcotics Control Assistance Program and multi- jurisdictional 4 task forces 5 From Justice Assistance Grant Program Fund (0782). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,490,000
Section 8.020. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For the Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce 4 For supplementing deputy sheriffs' salary and related employment benefits 5 pursuant to Section 57.278, RSMo 6 From Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund (0913). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,200,000 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 7
Section 8.025. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For operating grants to local law enforcement cyber crimes task forces, 4 provided three percent (3%) is allowed for grant administration 5 and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to 6 Section 8.285 7 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $61,034 8 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,448,538 9 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,509,572
Section 8.030. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 To provide financial assistance to the spouses, children, and other 4 dependents of any local law enforcement officers, paramedics, 5 emergency medical technicians, corrections officers, and/or 6 firefighters who have lost their lives performing their duties. 7 Deaths from natural causes, illnesses, or injuries are outside the 8 program's scope, provided three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed 9 from this section to Section 8.285 10 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70,000
Section 8.035. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For the Services to Victims Program, provided three percent (3%) of each 4 grant award be allowed for the administrative expenses of each 5 grantee 6 From Services to Victims Fund (0592). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000
Section 8.040. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For the Violence Against Women Program 4 From Department of Public Safety Federal Fund (0152). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,294,327
Section 8.045. To the Department of Public Safety 2 For the Office of the Director, provided three percent (3%) flexibility is 3 allowed from this section to Section 8.285 4 For the Crime Victims' Compensation Program 5 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,900,000 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 8 8
6 From Department of Labor and Industrial Relations - Crime Victims - 7 Federal Fund (0191). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,500,000 8 From Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund (0681).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,837,329
9 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,289 10 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,000 11 From Department of Labor and Industrial Relations - Crime Victims - 12 Federal Fund (0191). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232,289
13 F