HB2432--BOARDOFPOLICECOMMISSIONERS
SPONSOR: Roden
Thisbillprovidesthat,onorafterJuly1,2023,theBoardof
PoliceCommissionersshallassumecontrolofanymunicipalpolice
forceestablishedinanycitynotwithinacounty,which,atthis
time,isonlySt.LouisCity.Uponsuchassumptionanymunicipal
policeforcewithinSt.LouisCityshallconvey,assign,or
otherwisetransfertotheBoardtitleandownershipofalldebts
andassets,andthestateshallacceptresponsibility, ownership,
andliabilityassuccessor-in-interestforcontractualobligations,
debts,andotherlawfulobligationsofthemunicipalpoliceforces
establishedinSt.LouisCity.
ThebillprovidesthattheBoardwillemploy,withoutchangeinpay
orbenefits,allcommissionedandcivilianpersonnelwhowere
employedbythemunicipalpolicedepartmentpriortothedatethe
Boardassumedcontrol. Thisbillspecifiestherightsandbenefits
affordedsuchpersonnel,aswellasthosewhoretirefromservice
beforetheBoardassumescontrol.
Currently,theBoardofTrustees,inwhichthegeneral
administration andresponsibility ofproperoperationofthe
retirementsystemisvested,iscomposedofninemembers. This
billincreasesthenumberoftrusteesto10byaddingthepresident
oftheBoardofPoliceCommissionersofthecityasanexofficio
memberoftheBoardofTrustees. Thebillalsoincreasesthe
numberoftrusteesappointedbythemayorofthecityfromtwo
memberstothreeandreducestheretiredmembersfromthreetotwo
members.
ThisbillissimilartoHB1037(2021).