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MO SB1077
Bill
Status
2/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mike Parson
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AI Summary
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Repeals and reenacts five sections of Missouri law (56.067, 56.265, 56.363, 56.807, 56.816) relating to county prosecutors that were previously declared unconstitutional due to procedural defects in the original enacting legislation
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Full-time prosecutors in non-charter counties receive compensation equal to an associate circuit judge; part-time prosecutors receive salaries ranging from $37,000 to $55,000 based on county assessed valuation
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$2,000 of prosecutor salary is contingent on completing at least 20 hours of annual classroom training approved by a professional association of Missouri county prosecuting attorneys
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Allows certain third classification counties to hold voter referendums to change full-time prosecutor positions back to part-time, with retirement benefits adjusted prospectively to part-time levels while preserving previously earned full-time benefits
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Includes an emergency clause making the act effective immediately upon passage to ensure counties can timely place questions before voters on changing prosecutor positions from full-time to part-time
Legislative Description
Repeals and reenacts provisions of law regarding county prosecutors that were declared unconstitutional based on a procedural defect in the enacting legislation
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
3/3/2016