HB213--BOARDOFPOLICECOMMISSIONERS
SPONSOR:Sparks
Thisbillprovidesthat,onorafterJuly1,2024,theBoardofPoliceCommissionersshallassume
controlofanymunicipalpoliceforceestablishedinanycitynotwithinacounty,which,atthistime,
isonlySt.LouisCity.Uponsuchassumption,anymunicipalpoliceforcewithinSt.LouisCityshall
convey,assign,orotherwisetransfertotheBoardtitleandownershipofalldebtsandassets,and
thestateshallacceptresponsibility,ownership,andliabilityassuccessor-in-interestforcontractual
obligations,debts,andotherlawfulobligationsofthemunicipalpoliceforcesestablishedinSt.
LouisCity.
ThebillprovidesthattheBoardwillemploy,withoutchangeinpayorbenefits,allcommissioned
andcivilianpersonnelwhowereemployedbythemunicipalpolicedepartmentpriortothedate
theBoardassumedcontrol.Thisbillspecifiestherightsandbenefitsaffordedsuchpersonnel,as
wellasthosewhoretirefromservicebeforetheBoardassumescontrol.
Currently,theBoardofTrustees,inwhichthegeneraladministrationandresponsibilityofproper
operationoftheretirementsystemisvested,iscomposedofninemembers.Thisbillincreasesthe
numberoftrusteesto10byaddingthepresidentoftheBoardofPoliceCommissionersofthecity
asanexofficiomemberoftheBoard.Thebillalsoincreasesthenumberoftrusteesappointedby
themayorofthecityfromtwomemberstothreeandreducestheretiredmembersfromthreeto
twomembers.
ThisbillisthesameasHB53,HB213,andHB216(2023)andHB2432(2022).