SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1763
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHICKS.
3637H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapters27,56,and106,RSMo,byaddingtheretofournewsectionsrelatingto
prosecutingandcircuitattorneys.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapters27,56,and106,RSMo,areamendedbyaddingtheretofournew
2sections,tobeknownassections27.110,56.930,56.933,and106.320,toreadasfollows:
27.110.Theattorneygeneralshallcompileastatewidereportsummarizingthe
2informationprovidedbyeachprosecutingandcircuitattorneyundersection56.933ina
3uniformfashionandsortablebyoffenseandjurisdiction.Thereportshallbemade
4availabletothepublicandsubmittedtothegovernorandthespeakerofthehouseof
5representativesandthepresidentprotemporeofthesenate,whoshalldistributethe
6reporttothecommitteeshavingjurisdictionoverjudiciarymatters.
56.930.Inanycountyormunicipalityinwhichthegovernorfindsthatthe
2prosecutingorcircuitattorneyhasfailedtoexecutethedutiesassignedorisunableto
3competentlyorfaithfullyexecutesuchdutiesinextraordinarycircumstances,including
4publiccorruption,publiclawlessnessordisorder,orpersistentandwidespreadunsolved
5orunprosecutedcriminalactivity,thegovernormayappointqualifiedspecial
6prosecutorswithconcurrentauthoritytoprosecuteoffensesorcasesdesignatedby
7thegovernorinthatcountyormunicipality.Suchspecialprosecutorsshallbeemployed
8andcompensatedbytheattorneygeneral.Thegovernorshallhavediscretiontoappoint
9specialprosecutorseitherunderthedirectionoforindependentfromtheattorney
10general.Apersonappointedtoserveasaspecialprosecutorshallhavethesamepowers
11astheprosecutingorcircuitattorneyofthecountyormunicipality,includingequal
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 12accesstoallrelevantinvestigativeandprosecutorialmaterials,resources,and
13authoritiesoftheprosecutingorcircuitattorney.
56.933.Ifaprosecutingorcircuitattorneydeclinestofileanindictmentor
2informationordoesnotfileanindictmentorinformationwithinthirtydaysofanarrest
3oriftheattorneygeneraldeterminesthataprosecutingorcircuitattorneyisnot
4activelyorproperlyinvestigatinganoffense,theattorneygeneralmayassumethe
5authoritytoinvestigateorprosecuteanoffense.Insuchcircumstances,theattorney
6generalshallhavethesamepowersastheprosecutingorcircuitattorneyofthecounty
7ormunicipality,includingequalaccesstoallrelevantinvestigativeandprosecutorial
8materials,resources,andauthoritiesoftheprosecutingorcircuitattorney.
106.320.Thegovernormaysuspendfromofficeanyprosecutingorcircuit
2attorney,orassistantthereof,forthatattorney'sneglectorfailuretoperformtheduties
3oftheoffice.Suchneglectorfailuretoperformthedutiesoftheofficeincludes
4instancesinwhichtheattorneyfailstoperformsomedutyrequiredofhimorherfor
5reasonsincluding,butnotlimitedto,willfulness,malice,ignorance,oversight,or
6incompetence.Ifthegovernorsuspendsaprosecutingorcircuitattorneyunderthis
7section,thegovernorshallappointaninterimprosecutingorcircuitattorneytoservein
8thatpositionuntilthenextregularlyscheduledelection.
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