MO HB1798

County commissions may establish a county law enforcement restitution fund supervised by a five-member board of trustees consisting of citizens appointed by the presiding commissioner, sheriff, and county coroner or medical examiner.

Fund money may only be expended for narcotics investigation, law enforcement equipment and supplies, federal or state grant matching funds, crime statistics reporting, and law enforcement-related expenses approved by the board of trustees.

County commissions are prohibited from reducing any law enforcement agency's budget as a result of restitution fund distributions; the fund serves only as a supplement to existing funding sources.

Courts cannot order assessment and payment into the fund for speeding, careless driving, traffic control violations, class C misdemeanors, or infractions, and any single assessment may not exceed $300.

County law enforcement restitution funds are subject to the same audit procedures as all other county funds.