HOUSE BILL NO. 1368 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE RUSH.
2744H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 650, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to private security camera cost reimbursement.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 650, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 650.920, to read as follows: 650.920. 1. There is hereby established within the department of public safety 2 the "Private Security Camera Incentive Program" to provide financial assistance to 3 qualified applicants who reside in priority areas of this state to improve their safety and 4 security through the purchase of security cameras to be installed on property owned or 5 leased by such applicants. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean: 6 (1) "Department", the department of public safety; 7 (2) "Priority area", an area identified by the department of public safety as 8 needing additional security measures based on public safety indicators, including crime 9 levels; 10 (3) "Program", the private security camera incentive program established under 11 this section; 12 (4) "Qualified applicant", a person residing in a priority area who is sixty-five 13 years of age or older, disabled, or whose household income does not exceed one hundred 14 and fifty percent of the current federal poverty level or sixty percent of the state median 15 income;
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. HB 1368 2
16 (5) "Security camera", an outdoor surveillance camera system, with functioning 17 digital video recording capability, that is installed on property owned or leased by a 18 qualified applicant. 19 2. Subject to appropriations, the department shall award rebates or vouchers to 20 qualified applicants beginning in January 2027. All rebates or vouchers shall be 21 awarded from the fund established under subsection 6 of this section. Rebates or 22 vouchers awarded shall be distributed by the law enforcement agency or fire 23 department with jurisdiction over the area in which the applicant resides. 24 3. Before January 1, 2026, the department shall establish the following: 25 (1) The methodology used to identify a priority area; 26 (2) The permissible collection, dissemination, use, and disposal of images 27 recorded by a security camera purchased under the program; and 28 (3) Minimum standards for security cameras purchased under the program. 29 4. An owner or lessee of a property may qualify to receive a rebate or voucher 30 under the program if: 31 (1) The applicant is sixty-five years of age or older, disabled, or the applicant's 32 household income does not exceed one hundred and fifty percent of the current federal 33 poverty level or sixty percent of the state median income; 34 (2) The property is located within a priority area; 35 (3) The applicant agrees in writing that the security camera will not be used for 36 the purpose of recording private property not owned or leased by the applicant; 37 (4) The rebate or voucher is used solely to offset the costs of a security camera; 38 (5) The application is submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the 39 department; and 40 (6) The security camera is purchased and installed after August 28, 2025. 41 5. The amount of a rebate or voucher under the program shall not exceed the 42 purchase cost of a security camera. 43 6. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Private Security Camera 44 Incentive Program Reimbursement Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated 45 to it by the general assembly and any gifts, donations, and bequests received from 46 federal, private, or other sources. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In 47 accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve 48 disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys 49 in this fund shall be used to provide rebates or vouchers to qualified applicants as 50 provided under this section. HB 1368 3
51 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys 52 remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 53 general revenue fund. 54 (3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as 55 other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 56 credited to the fund. 57 7. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act: 58 (1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall 59 automatically sunset six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized 60 by an act of the general assembly; and 61 (2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section 62 shall automatically sunset twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of 63 this section; and 64 (3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year 65 immediately following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this 66 section is sunset. 67 8. The department may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the 68 administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in 69 section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall 70 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 71 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable 72 and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to 73 review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 74 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or 75 adopted after August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void. ✔
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