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IN HB1182
Bill
Status
1/9/2017
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Mahan
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the state examiner to appoint an eligible employee of the state board of accounts as director of special investigations, who must have completed law enforcement training and have at least 10 years of law enforcement experience.
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Designates the director of special investigations as a law enforcement officer with powers to make arrests for violations related to accounting for or handling public funds, and to serve process and notices connected with enforcement.
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Grants the director of special investigations the same authority as a law enforcement agency to access and maintain information regarding violations of statutes relating to accounting for or handling of public funds.
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Adds the director of special investigations of the state board of accounts to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of sentence enhancement statutes, making crimes involving pointing or discharging a firearm at the director subject to additional prison sentences of 5 to 20 years.
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Effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
State board of accounts. Authorizes the state examiner to appoint an employee of the state board of accounts as the director of special investigations (director). Requires that the director must have completed certain law enforcement training programs and must have at least 10 years of law enforcement experience. Provides that the director is a law enforcement officer for purposes of the criminal law. Adds the director to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of the statute providing a sentence enhancement for individuals who point a firearm or discharge a firearm at a police officer while committing certain crimes. (The
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
1/9/2017