Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB173 Compare Versions

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2	2	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 173
4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WEBBER.
6	6	1108S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to grants for nonprofit
9	9	organizations at risk for terrorist attacks.
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11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Chapter 590, R SMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
13	13	two new sections, to be known as sections 590.1400 and 590.1405, 2
14	14	to read as follows:3
15	15	590.1400. 1. This section shall establish the 1
16	16	"Missouri Task Force on Safety and Security for Nonprofit 2
17	17	Organizations", within the department of public safety. The 3
18	18	task force shall study and make recommendations on the 4
19	19	security needs of nonprofit organizations that are at 5
20	20	elevated risk of terrorist attacks or threats which have the 6
21	21	potential to endanger individuals or public safety in 7
22	22	Missouri, including recommendations: 8
23	23	(1) On the administration and funding of a grant 9
24	24	program for eligible nonprofit entities as determined by the 10
25	25	department to apply for security grants covering security 11
26	26	personnel, security training, f acility hardening, and other 12
27	27	necessary security measures; and 13
28	28	(2) Outreach to and education for nonprofit entities 14
29	29	about the grant program and the security grant application 15
30	30	process, with a particular focus on engaging and assisting 16
31	31	first-time grant applicants. 17 SB 173 2
32	32	2. Members of the task force shall be appointed by the 18
33	33	director of the department of public safety and shall 19
34	34	include: 20
35	35	(1) The director of the department of public safety, 21
36	36	or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson of 22
37	37	the task force; 23
38	38	(2) The director of the Missouri state highway patrol, 24
39	39	or his or her designee; 25
40	40	(3) The executive director of the Missouri Sheriffs' 26
41	41	Association, or his or her designee; 27
42	42	(4) The executive director of the Missouri Pol ice 28
43	43	Chiefs Association, or his or her designee; 29
44	44	(5) The executive director of a state -wide interfaith 30
45	45	or interreligious organization, or his or her designee; and 31
46	46	(6) Three representatives from other nonprofit 32
47	47	organizations, including faith -based groups, academia, or 33
48	48	organizations that work on countering domestic terrorism and 34
49	49	extremism. 35
50	50	3. Members of the task force shall serve without 36
51	51	compensation. Members appointed under subdivisions (5) and 37
52	52	(6) of subsection 2 of this section sha ll serve a four year 38
53	53	term and may be reappointed. The director of the department 39
54	54	of public safety shall fill any vacancies on the task force 40
55	55	for members appointed under subdivisions (5) and (6) of 41
56	56	subsection 2 of this section. 42
57	57	4. The task force shall fix a time and place for its 43
58	58	meetings and shall meet at least quarterly. Additional 44
59	59	meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson. 45
60	60	5. A majority of the total task force members shall 46
61	61	constitute a quorum and any official action taken by the 47
62	62	task force shall require an affirmative vote of a majority 48
63	63	of the members present and voting. 49 SB 173 3
64	64	6. The task force shall issue a report to the 50
65	65	department of public safety of its findings and 51
66	66	recommendations with respect to the security statu s and 52
67	67	needs of nonprofit organizations that are at elevated risk 53
68	68	of terrorist attacks in Missouri and recommendations on the 54
69	69	appropriate formula and standards for determining security 55
70	70	grant recipients. The report shall be issued annually and 56
71	71	at such other times as deemed necessary by the task force. 57
72	72	The report shall also be provided to the chairperson of the 58
73	73	senate committee on appropriations and the house budget 59
74	74	committee. 60
75	75	7. The department shall develop a grant program to 61
76	76	administer funds to eligible nonprofit organizations. 62
77	77	8. The department of public safety shall adopt any 63
78	78	rules or regulations necessary to create a grant application 64
79	79	form identical or substantially similar to the form used by 65
80	80	the United States Department of Homel and Security for a 66
81	81	nonprofit security grant program. Any rule or portion of a 67
82	82	rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is 68
83	83	created under the authority delegated in this section shall 69
84	84	become effective only if it complies with and is subjec t to 70
85	85	all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, 71
86	86	section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are 72
87	87	nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the 73
88	88	general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay 74
89	89	the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 75
90	90	subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of 76
91	91	rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after 77
92	92	August 28, 2025, shall be invalid and void. 78
93	93	9. An eligible organization may receive a grant up to 79
94	94	five percent of the available grant pool for that 80
95	95	distribution. No grants shall be awarded until the 81 SB 173 4
96	96	announcement of the recipients and the amount of the grants 82
97	97	awarded under the federal nonprofit security grant program. 83
98	98	590.1405. 1. There is hereby created in the state 1
99	99	treasury the "Supplemental Nonprofit Safety and Security 2
100	100	Grant Program Fund" which shall consist of moneys 3
101	101	appropriated, donated, or otherwise made available to 4
102	102	eligible nonprofit organizations pursuant to secti on 5
103	103	590.1400 that are at elevated risk of terrorist attacks in 6
104	104	Missouri. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the 7
105	105	fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the 8
106	106	state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall 9
107	107	be a dedicated fund and money in the fund shall be used 10
108	108	solely by nonprofit organizations for security enhancements 11
109	109	or measures for security personnel, security training, 12
110	110	facility hardening, and other necessary security measures. 13
111	111	2. Notwithstanding the provision s of section 33.080 to 14
112	112	the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of 15
113	113	the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general 16
114	114	revenue fund. 17
115	115	3. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund 18
116	116	in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 19
117	117	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 20
118	118	credited to the fund. 21
119	119	4. No more than five percent of the funds available 22
120	120	annually shall be used for administration expenses 23
121	121	associated with the fund. 24
122	122	5. The fund shall be used to defray the costs of 25
123	123	security enhancements or measures for eligible nonprofit 26
124	124	organizations, which shall include: 27
125	125	(1) Safety and security planning; 28
126	126	(2) Safety and security equipment; 29
127	127	(3) Security-related technology; 30 SB 173 5
128	128	(4) Safety and security training; 31
129	129	(5) Safety and security exercises; 32
130	130	(6) Threat awareness and response training; 33
131	131	(7) Upgrades to existing structures that enhance 34
132	132	safety and security; and 35
133	133	(8) Vulnerability and threat assessments. 36
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