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As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:

(1) "Commission", the Missouri state highways and transportation
commission;

(2) "Members of the patrol", the superintendent, lieutenant colonel,
majors, captains, director of radio, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals,
and patrolmen of the Missouri state highway patrol;

(3) "MULES", Missouri uniform law enforcement system, a statewide-
computerized communications system provided by the patrol designed to
provide services, information, and capabilities to the law enforcement
and criminal justice community in the state of Missouri;

(4) "Patrol", the Missouri state highway patrol;

(5) "Peace officers", sheriffs, police officers and other peace officers
of this state;

(6) "Radio personnel", those employees of the patrol engaged in the
construction, operation, and maintenance of the patrol radio system.
(RSMo 1939 § 8347, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and L. 1949 p. 292
§ 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)

There is hereby created a force consisting of a superintendent
and other officers, sergeants, corporals, patrolmen, and radio personnel,
as herein provided, to be known as "Missouri State Highway Patrol", which
shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this chapter and
all powers necessary to enable the members of the patrol to fully and
effectively carry out the purposes of this chapter but the powers and
duties hereby conferred on the members of such patrol shall be
supplementary to and in no way a limitation on the powers and duties of
sheriffs, police officers, or other peace officers of this state. (RSMo
1939 § 8346, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163)

1. The primary purpose of the highway patrol is to enforce the
traffic laws and promote safety upon the highways. As near as practicable
all personnel of the patrol shall be used for carrying out these purposes.

2. As near as practicable, all personnel of the patrol shall be utilized
in carrying out the provisions of sections 43.350 to 43.380. (L. 1957 p.
619 § 43.130, A.L. 1969 H.B. 670, A.L. 1983 S.B. 294)

1. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall
be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the
senate. The superintendent shall hold office at the pleasure of the
governor. The superintendent shall be a citizen of the United States and
a resident taxpaying citizen of this state for a period of three years
previous to being appointed as superintendent and shall be at least
thirty years of age. The superintendent shall maintain an office and
reside in Jefferson City.

2. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall:

(1) Have command of the patrol and perform all duties imposed on the
superintendent and exercise all of the powers and authority conferred
upon the superintendent by the provisions of this chapter and the
requirements of chapter 650, RSMo;

(2) Within available appropriations, establish an equitable pay plan for
the members of the highway patrol and radio personnel taking into
consideration ranks and length of service. (RSMo 1939 § 8348, A.L. 1945
p. 978, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1437 & 1148, A.L. 1998 H.B.
1681 & 1342 merged with S.B. 883)

CROSS REFERENCES: Actions subject to approval by department of public
safety, RSMo 650.005 Appointment, RSMo 650.005

The superintendent shall appoint from the membership of the
patrol one lieutenant colonel and five majors, who shall have the same
qualifications as the superintendent, and who may be relieved of the rank
of lieutenant colonel or major, as the case may be, and the duties of the
position by the superintendent at his pleasure. (L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A,
A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1965 p. 149, A.L. 1978 S.B. 772)

Effective 7-1-79

1. The superintendent may appoint not more than twenty-five
captains and one director of radio, each of whom shall have the same
qualifications as the superintendent, nor more than sixty lieutenants,
and such additional force of sergeants, corporals and patrolmen, so that
the total number of members of the patrol shall not exceed nine hundred
sixty-five officers and patrolmen and such numbers of radio personnel as
the superintendent deems necessary.

2. In case of a national emergency the superintendent may name additional
patrolmen and radio personnel in a number sufficient to replace,
temporarily, patrolmen and radio personnel called into military services.

3. Members of the patrol hired in conjunction with any agreement with the
Missouri gaming commission shall not be subject to the personnel cap
referenced in subsection 1 of this section. If such agreement is
subsequently terminated or modified to reduce the number of personnel
used in such agreement, those members affected by such termination or
modification shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in
subsection 1 of this section for a period of three years.

4. Members of the patrol hired in conjunction with the community-oriented
policing services federal grant or members assigned to fulfill the duties
established in sections 43.350 to 43.380 shall not be subject to the
personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section.

5. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, creed,
color, national origin or sex. (RSMo 1939 § 8349, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L.
1945 p. 978, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1951 p. 651, A.L. 1953 p. 565, A.L.
1955 p. 615, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1961 p. 482, A.L. 1965 p. 149, A.L.
1967 pp. 120, 121, A.L. 1973 H.B. 539, A.L. 1975 H.B. 695, A.L. 1978 S.B.
772, A.L. 1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 S.B. 550, A.L. 1993 H.B. 220, A.L.
1996 S.B. 578, A.L. 1999 S.B. 309, A.L. 2005 H.B. 618)

1. Patrolmen and radio personnel shall not be less than
twenty-one years of age. No person shall be appointed as superintendent
or member of the patrol or as a member of the radio personnel who has
been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude, or
against whom any indictment or information may then be pending charging
the person with having committed a crime, nor shall any person be
appointed who is not of good character or who is not a citizen of the
United States and who at the time of appointment is not a citizen of the
state of Missouri; or who is not a graduate of an accredited four-year
high school or in lieu thereof has not obtained a certificate of
equivalency from the state department of elementary and secondary
education or other source recognized by that department, or who does not
possess ordinary physical strength, and who is not able to pass the
physical and mental examination that the superintendent prescribes.

2. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, no member of the
patrol shall hold any other commission or office, elective or appointive,
while a member of the patrol, except that the superintendent may
authorize specified members to accept federal commissions providing
investigative and arrest authority to enforce federal statutes while
working with or at the direction of a federal law enforcement agency. No
member of the patrol shall accept any other employment, compensation,
reward, or gift other than regular salary and expenses as herein provided
except with the written permission of the superintendent. No member of
the patrol shall perform any police duty connected with the conduct of
any election, nor shall any member of the patrol at any time or in any
manner electioneer for or against any party ticket, or any candidate for
nomination or election to office on any party ticket, nor for or against
any proposition of any kind or nature to be voted upon at any election.

3. Members of the patrol shall be permitted to be candidates for and
members or directors of the school board in any school district where
they meet the requirements for that position as set forth in chapter 162,
RSMo. Members of the patrol who become school board directors or members
within the state shall be permitted to receive benefits or compensation
for their service to the school board as provided by chapter 162, RSMo.
(RSMo 1939 § 8352, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1969 H.B.
173, A.L. 1983 H.B. 268, A.L. 1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 S.B. 550, A.L.
1993 H.B. 198, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1037 merged with H.B. 1437 & 1148, A.L.
2004 S.B. 859)

The superintendent is authorized and empowered to prescribe
policies providing for increases in the salaries of members of the
highway patrol. Each year, prior to January first, the superintendent
shall submit a salary schedule report to the governor, speaker of the
house of representatives, and the president pro tem of the senate. The
salary schedule report prepared by the superintendent shall include, in
addition to other matters deemed pertinent to the superintendent, a
comparison of the salaries of police officers of the three largest police
departments in the state. The governor may make additional
recommendations to the report and forward them to the speaker of the
house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate. The
speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the
senate may assign the salary schedule report to the appropriate standing
committees to review the salary comparisons to ensure that parity in the
salary of members of the highway patrol and officers of the three largest
police departments is maintained. The superintendent of the highway
patrol shall testify before the appropriate committee on the salary
schedule report if called upon by such committee. The "service" of a
member of the patrol, who has served in the armed forces of the United
States and who has subsequently been reinstated as a member of the patrol
within ninety days after receiving a discharge other than dishonorable
from the armed forces of the United States, shall be considered service
with the patrol as a member of the patrol rendered since last becoming a
member prior to entrance into the armed forces of the United States;
except that no member shall be entitled to any credit, privilege or
benefit provided by this chapter if such member voluntarily extends or
participates in an extension of the period of service, whether by
reenlistment, waiver of discharge, acceptance of commission or any other
action, with the armed forces beyond the period of service for which such
member was originally commissioned, enlisted, inducted or called.

(RSMo 1939 § 8351, A.L. 1945 p. 976, A. 1949 H.B. 2003, A.L. 1994 H.B.
1437 & 1148, A.L. 2003 S.B. 212 & 220 merged with S.B. 468)

The board of public buildings shall provide suitable offices for
general headquarters at Jefferson City, Missouri, which shall at all
times be open and in charge of the superintendent, or some member of the
patrol designated by him. The superintendent, with the consent and
approval of the commission, shall employ such clerical force, radio
operators, and other subordinates, and shall provide such office
equipment, stationery, postage supplies, telegraph and telephone
facilities as he shall deem necessary, and shall also provide offices,
equipment, stationery, postage, clerical force, and other subordinates
for the headquarters of each district of the patrol. The state highway
patrol radio network shall be under the control of and at the service of
the superintendent for such regular and emergency bulletins and service
as the superintendent may require from time to time. (RSMo 1939 § 8365,
A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293)

All expenses of members of the patrol and all expenditures for
vehicles, equipment, arms, ammunition, supplies and all other
expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the patrol in the
enforcement of any state motor vehicle law or in the regulation of
traffic on highways maintained and constructed by the state highways and
transportation commission under the duties described in section 43.160
shall be paid monthly, except salaries of members of the patrol and
salaries of subordinates and clerical force which shall be paid in
semimonthly or monthly installments as designated by the commissioner of
administration, and shall be paid by the state treasurer out of the
proceeds of state motor vehicle fees and license taxes and state taxes on
the sale or use of motor vehicle fuels as provided in section 30(b) of
article IV of the constitution of this state upon warrants drawn by the
state auditor based upon bills of particular and vouchers certified by
the officer or employee designated by the commission. (L. 1943 p. 652 §
8365a, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266)

The necessary expenses of the members of the patrol in the
performance of their duties shall be paid by the state when such members
are away from their places of residence or from the district to which
they are assigned, subject to the approval of the commission. No fee
shall be allowed to any person or officer for the arrest and
transportation of persons arrested and transported by members of the
patrol, and no witness fees shall be granted or allowed members of the
patrol in criminal cases. Witness fees for members of the patrol in civil
cases, and for testifying in federal court, shall be the same as provided
by law, and shall be claimed and collected by members of the patrol, and
promptly transmitted to the division of collection in the department of
revenue. (RSMo 1939 § 8357, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 322)

CROSS REFERENCE: Officers not to receive witness fees, RSMo 550.160

1. The superintendent shall prescribe rules for instruction and
discipline and make all administrative rules and regulations and fix the
hours of duty for the members of the patrol. The superintendent shall
divide the state into districts and assign members of the patrol to such
districts in the manner as deemed proper to carry out the purposes of
this chapter. The superintendent may call members of the patrol from one
district to another.

2. The superintendent shall appoint the lieutenant colonel and five
majors from within the membership. Such individuals shall serve at the
superintendent's pleasure and shall return to their previously held rank
after being relieved of their position duties by the present or incoming
superintendent. The superintendent shall classify and rank through
promotions the majors, the director of radio, captains, lieutenants,
sergeants, corporals, patrolmen, and radio personnel from the next lower
grade after not less than one year of service satisfactorily performed
therein.

3. In case of the absence of the superintendent, or at the time the
superintendent designates, the lieutenant colonel shall assume the duties
of the superintendent. In the absence of both the superintendent and the
lieutenant colonel, a major shall be designated by the superintendent or
by the lieutenant colonel. In case of the disability of the
superintendent and the lieutenant colonel, the governor may designate a
major as acting superintendent and when so designated, the acting
superintendent shall have all the powers and duties of the superintendent.

4. The superintendent shall collect, compile and keep available for the
use of peace officers of the state the information as is deemed necessary
for the detection of crime and identification of criminals.

5. The superintendent is responsible for establishing policy, procedures,
and regulations in cooperation with the law enforcement and criminal
justice community in protecting the integrity of the MULES system. The
superintendent shall be responsible for the administration and
enforcement of all MULES policies and regulations consistent with state
and federal rules, policy, and law by which the MULES system operates.

6. Within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year, the
superintendent shall make to the governor and the commission a report of
the activities of the patrol and the cost thereof for the fiscal period.
(RSMo 1939 § 8354, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and L. 1949 p. 292
§ 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1720, et
al., A.L. 1994 H.B. 1437 & 1148, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)

CROSS REFERENCE: Bertillon system of identification of convicts, RSMo
217.315 to 217.325

1. The superintendent shall prescribe a distinctive style of
uniform and badge for members of the patrol to be made of the material
and of the color he specifies, and it shall be unlawful for any person to
wear the prescribed uniform or badge, or any distinctive part thereof,
except on order of the superintendent. The uniform shall be purchased at
the times the superintendent requires, and the superintendent shall fix a
uniform allowance for such purpose for each member of the patrol.

2. The members of the patrol shall, at the expense of the state, be
furnished with the vehicles, equipment, arms, ammunition, supplies and
insignia of office as the superintendent deems necessary, all of which
shall remain the property of the state and be strictly accounted for by
each member of the patrol. All such vehicles and equipment shall be
distinctively marked, and all vehicles used by members of the patrol
shall be distinctively lighted at night.

3. Members of the patrol shall wear their uniform and insignia of office
at all times when on duty, unless otherwise designated by the
superintendent. (RSMo 1939 § 8355, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293,
A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1048)

1. The members of the patrol, before entering upon the discharge
of their duties, shall each take and subscribe an oath to support the
constitution and laws of the United States and the state of Missouri and
to faithfully demean themselves in office in the form prescribed by
section 11, article VII, of the constitution of this state and they shall
each faithfully perform the duties of their respective offices and safely
keep and account for all moneys and property received by them.

2. The superintendent, major, director of radio, each member assigned to
duty in the department of finance and statistics and each member assigned
to duty in the department of supplies and equipment shall give bond to be
approved by the commission. The bond of the superintendent shall be
twenty thousand dollars, and for each other member required to be bonded,
ten thousand dollars. The cost of furnishing all such bonds shall be paid
by the state. (RSMo 1939 § 8356, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and
L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164)

1. After a probation period of one year the members of the patrol
shall be subject to removal, reduction in rank or suspension of more than
three days only for cause after a formal charge has been filed in writing
before or by the superintendent and upon a finding by a majority of a
board of six members randomly selected from troops or divisions other
than that of the accused. The board shall be composed of six unbiased
members including one nonvoting captain, one sergeant and four members of
the same rank as the accused member. The randomly selected captain shall
serve as presiding officer at the hearing. Within thirty days after the
petition is filed, unless the accused consents to an extension of time,
the board shall conduct a hearing and report to the superintendent the
finding by the majority of the board, whether the charges are true and
what discipline, if any, should be imposed. All lawful rules,
regulations, and orders of the superintendent shall be obeyed by the
members of the patrol who shall be subject to dismissal as provided or to
one or more of the following:

(1) Suspension not to exceed thirty days;

(2) Fine;

(3) Reduction in rank; or

(4) Disciplinary transfer at the member's expense;

as the superintendent may adjudge. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent nondisciplinary transfers of members if the
superintendent determines that such transfers are for the good of the
patrol. No hearings shall be required in the case of reprimands or
suspensions of three days or less which may be imposed at the discretion
of the superintendent.

2. Subject to the exceptions set forth in subsection 3, if a complaint is
filed against a member, the member will be provided a copy of the
complaint promptly after the complaint is filed by or received by the
patrol. Unless the member consents in writing to an earlier time, the
member will not be interrogated by the patrol or ordered to respond in
writing in connection with the complaint until forty-eight hours after
the member has received a copy of the complaint. The member will be
entitled to reasonable opportunity to have counsel present during any
interrogation related to the complaint. Prior to the superintendent or
the patrol making an initial recommendation of discipline, the member
shall be entitled to a copy of any investigation reports and any other
written or recorded information or other evidence reviewed by the patrol
which relates to the complaint; and the member will be afforded an
opportunity to present a written response thereto.

3. Notwithstanding any provisions in the preceding subsection, the
superintendent may postpone notifying the member that a complaint has
been filed and may withhold the complaint and part or all of the
investigation report and other evidence if the superintendent determines
that such disclosures will seriously interfere with the investigation
regarding that complaint or any other investigation being conducted by
the patrol or will likely jeopardize the health or safety of any person.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit the rights of
parties to discovery in civil or criminal litigation. (RSMo 1939 § 8353,
A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1955 p. 615, A.L. 1992 S.B. 550, A.L. 1998 S.B.
659, A.L. 1999 H.B. 661)

(1987) Hearing board's dismissal of state highway patrolman was within
its discretion in proceeding pursuant to this section. Gamble v. Hoffman,
732 S.W.2d 890 (Mo. banc).

It shall be the duty of the patrol to police the highways
constructed and maintained by the commission; to regulate the movement of
traffic thereon; to enforce thereon the laws of this state relating to
the operation and use of vehicles on the highways; to enforce and prevent
thereon the violation of the laws relating to the size, weight and speed
of commercial motor vehicles and all laws designed to protect and
safeguard the highways constructed and maintained by the commission. It
shall be the duty of the patrol whenever possible to determine persons
causing or responsible for the breaking, damaging or destruction of any
improved hard surfaced roadway, structure, sign markers, guard rail, or
any other appurtenance constructed or maintained by the commission and to
arrest persons criminally responsible therefor and to bring them before
the proper officials for prosecution. It shall be the duty of the patrol
to cooperate with such state official as may be designated by law in the
collection of all state revenue derived from highway users as an incident
to their use or right to use the highways of the state, including all
license fees and taxes upon motor vehicles, trailers, and motor vehicle
fuels, and upon, with respect to, or on the privilege of the manufacture,
receipt, storage, distribution, sale or use thereof (except the sales tax
on motor vehicles and trailers, and all property taxes). (RSMo 1939 §
8358, A.L. 1945 p. 977)

(1966) Missouri state troopers were well within their rights in making
check on automobile which corresponded with stolen vehicle report and the
halting and check of driver did not constitute an arrest so as to bring
into play all requirements of probable cause. Rodgers v. United States,
362 F.2d 358.

It shall be the duty of the operator or driver of any vehicle or
the rider of any animal traveling on the highways of this state to stop
on signal of any member of the patrol and to obey any other reasonable
signal or direction of such member of the patrol given in directing the
movement of traffic on the highways. Any person who willfully fails or
refuses to obey such signals or directions or who willfully resists or
opposes a member of the patrol in the proper discharge of his duties
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be
punished as provided by law for such offenses. (RSMo 1939 § 8361)

(1993) Statute does not apply to law enforcement officers, other than
members of the highway patrol. The failure to stop on a signal from other
law enforcement officers is not, in and of itself, a crime. State v.
Dossett, 851 S.W.2d 750 (Mo. App. W.D.).

The members of the state highway patrol, with the exception of
the director of radio and radio personnel, shall have full power and
authority as now or hereafter vested by law in peace officers when
working with and at the special request of the sheriff of any county, or
the chief of police of any city, or under the direction of the
superintendent of the state highway patrol, or in the arrest of anyone
violating any law in their presence or in the apprehension and arrest of
any fugitive from justice on any felony violation. The members of the
state highway patrol shall have full power and authority to make
investigations connected with any crime of any nature. The expense for
the patrol's operation under this section shall be paid monthly by the
state treasurer chargeable to the general revenue fund. (L. 1943 p. 652 §
8358a, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1988 S.B. 423)

Effective 5-13-88

(1967) The Missouri state highway patrol has the power of investigation,
arrest, search and seizure on Missouri highways. Gullett v. United States
(A.), 387 F.2d 307.

The members of the patrol, with the exception of the director of
radio and radio personnel, are hereby declared to be officers of the
state of Missouri and shall be so deemed and taken in all courts having
jurisdiction of offenses against the laws of this state. The members of
the patrol shall have the powers now or hereafter vested by law in peace
officers except the serving or execution of civil process. The members of
the patrol shall have authority to arrest without writ, rule, order or
process any person detected by him in the act of violating any law of
this state. When a member of the patrol is in pursuit of a violator or
suspected violator and is unable to arrest such violator or suspected
violator within the limits of the district or territory over which the
jurisdiction of such member of the patrol extends, he shall be and is
hereby authorized to continue in pursuit of such violator or suspected
violator into whatever part of this state may be reasonably necessary to
effect the apprehension and arrest of the same and to arrest such
violator or suspected violator wherever he may be overtaken. (RSMo 1939 §
8359, A.L. 1949 p. 293)

(1953) Highway patrolman, being an officer of the state, has the right to
arrest without warrant a person whom he has probable cause to believe
guilty of felony. State v. Campbell (Mo.), 262 S.W.2d 5.

Any member of the Missouri state highway patrol may arrest on
view, and without a warrant, any person he sees violating or who he has
reasonable grounds to believe has violated any law of this state relating
to the operation of motor vehicles. (L. 1965 p. 150 § 1)

1. The members of the patrol shall have the right and power of
search and seizure to take from any person under arrest or about to be
arrested deadly or dangerous weapons in the possession of such person,
and to search and seize on a public highway of this state, or off the
public highways of this state as an incident to an arrest made following
a hot pursuit from a public highway.

2. When ordered to any county or municipality in this state by the
governor because of civil disorder, members of the patrol during that
time may exercise all powers of search and seizure in the same manner and
to the same extent as any sheriff in this state.

3. The members of the highway patrol may request that the prosecuting or
circuit attorney apply for, and members of the highway patrol may serve,
search warrants anywhere within the state of Missouri, provided the
sheriff of the county in which the warrant is to be served, or his
designee, shall be notified upon application by the applicant of the
search warrant. The sheriff or his designee shall participate in serving
the search warrant. Any designee of the sheriff shall be a deputy sheriff
or other person certified as a peace officer under chapter 590, RSMo. The
sheriff shall always have a designee available.

4. The superintendent of the highway patrol shall see that every member
of the highway patrol is thoroughly instructed in the powers of police
officers to arrest for misdemeanors and felonies and to search and seize
in order that no person or citizen traveling in this state shall be
hindered, stopped, or arrested or his person or property searched or
seized without constitutional grounds existing therefor. (RSMo 1939 §
8362, A.L. 1958 2d Ex.Sess. p. 174, A.L. 1969 3d Ex.Sess. H.B. 18, A.L.
1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 H.B. 852, A.L. 1995 H.B. 461)

Effective 4-3-95

CROSS REFERENCE: Animal protection, highway patrol's powers and duties,
RSMo 578.030

(1984) The fact that members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol had no
authority to conduct a search and seizure beyond the jurisdiction of
state highways was irrelevant in a federal trial charging possession of
marijuana with intent to distribute, since the actions of state officers
are to be judged as if they were federal officers. United States v. Eng
(8th Cir.) 753 F.2d 683.

Any person arrested by a member of the patrol shall forthwith be
taken by such member before the court or associate circuit judge having
jurisdiction of the crime whereof such person so arrested is charged
there to be dealt with according to law. (RSMo 1939 § 8360)

Neither the governor, the commission, nor the superintendent
shall have any power, right or authority to command, order or direct any
member of the patrol to perform any duty or service not authorized by
this chapter. (RSMo 1939 § 8363)

Every law enforcement officer who investigates a vehicle accident
resulting in injury to or death of a person, or total property damage to
an apparent extent of five hundred dollars or more to one person, or who
otherwise prepares a written or computer-generated report as a result of
an investigation either at the time of and at the scene of the accident
or thereafter by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall
forward a report of such accident to the superintendent of the Missouri
state highway patrol within ten days after his or her investigation of
the accident, except that upon the approval of the superintendent of the
Missouri state highway patrol the report may be forwarded at a time
and/or in a form other than as required in this section. (L. 1973 H.B.
536 § 1, A.L. 1979 H.B. 167, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1660)

1. The Missouri division of highway safety shall prepare and upon
request supply to police departments, sheriffs, and other appropriate
agencies or individuals forms for written accident reports as required by
section 43.250 and this section. Reports shall call for sufficiently
detailed information to disclose, with reference to a vehicle accident,
the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.

2. Every written or computer-generated accident report required to be
made shall be submitted on the appropriate form or in the appropriate
computer format approved by the superintendent of the Missouri state
highway patrol and shall contain all the information required therein
unless not available. (L. 1973 H.B. 536 § 2, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1660)

All moneys received by the superintendent of the Missouri highway
patrol for the copying of reports, photographs, and other related
materials of highway patrol-investigated motor vehicle accidents and for
requests for specialized statistical computer analysis of motor vehicle
accident investigation data shall be deposited in the state treasury to
the credit of the "Highway Patrol Traffic Records Fund" which is hereby
created. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the
contrary, if the moneys collected and deposited into the fund are not
totally expended annually by the highway patrol at the end of the
biennium, such unexpended moneys in such fund shall remain in the fund
and shall not revert to the state general revenue fund. (L. 2003 S.B. 675)

Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, the
Missouri state highway patrol is hereby authorized to sell surplus
highway patrol motor vehicles. Sales to municipal, county, political
subdivisions or state governmental agencies shall be given preference
over sales to the general public. Vehicles may be offered for sale only
after approval is given in writing by the commissioner of administration
and an evaluation is made of each vehicle and a price determined by the
commissioner of administration. The highway patrol shall accept not less
than the amount authorized by the commissioner of administration for the
sale of vehicles. (L. 1983 S.B. 345 § 1, A.L. 1988 S.B. 423, A.L. 1998
H.B. 1562)

There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Highway
Patrol's Motor Vehicle and Aircraft Revolving Fund", which shall be
administered by the superintendent of the highway patrol. All funds
received by the highway patrol from:

(1) Any source for purchase of highway patrol motor vehicles;

(2) Any source for reimbursement of costs associated with the official
use of highway patrol vehicles;

(3) Any source for restitution for damage to or loss of a highway patrol
vehicle or aircraft;

(4) Any other source for the purchase of highway patrol aircraft or
aircraft parts; and

(5) Government agencies for the reimbursement of costs associated with
aircraft flights flown on their behalf by the highway patrol;

shall be credited to the fund. The state treasurer is the custodian of
the fund and shall approve disbursements from the fund subject to
appropriation and as provided by law and the constitution of this state
at the request of the superintendent of the highway patrol. The balances
from this fund shall be used for the purchase of highway patrol motor
vehicles, highway patrol aircraft or aircraft parts and operational
costs. Any unexpended balance in the* fund at the end of the fiscal year
shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to
the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund. (L. 1983
S.B. 345 § 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 440, A.L. 1997 H.B. 697, A.L. 2001 H.B. 163)

*Word "the" does not appear in original rolls.

There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Criminal
Justice Network and Technology Revolving Fund", which will be
administered by the superintendent of the highway patrol. All funds
associated with the criminal justice network received by the highway
patrol shall be credited to the fund. The state treasurer is the
custodian of the fund and shall approve disbursements from the fund
subject to appropriation and as provided by law and the constitution of
this state at the request of the superintendent of the highway patrol.
The balances from this fund shall be used for the procurement of
telecommunications and computer equipment, services, and software
associated with connection to the criminal justice network. Any
unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be
exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to the
transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund. All funds
associated with MULES in the office of administration's revolving
administrative trust fund shall be transferred to the criminal justice
network and technology revolving fund on August 28, 1997. (L. 1997 H.B.
697 § 1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 43.025,
there is hereby created within the Missouri state highway patrol a
"Governor's Security Division". (L. 2005 H.B. 353)

The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall
appoint from the membership of the patrol, a director of the governor's
security division who shall be responsible for the operation of the
division. (L. 2005 H.B. 353)

1. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol may
assign highway patrol members under the superintendent's command to serve
in the governor's security division on a permanent or temporary basis.

2. All salaries, expenses and other costs relating to the assignment of
Missouri state highway patrol members to the governor's security division
shall be paid within the limits of appropriations from general revenue,
or from such other funding as may be authorized by the general assembly.
(L. 2005 H.B. 353)

1. The director of the governor's security division shall provide
transportation, security, and protection for the governor and the
governor's immediate family.

2. At the discretion of the superintendent, the director of the
governor's security division may also provide transportation, security,
and protection for other public officials. (L. 2005 H.B. 353)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 43.025,
there is hereby created within the Missouri state highway patrol a
"Division of Drug and Crime Control". (L. 1983 S.B. 294 § 1)

The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall
appoint from the membership of the patrol, a director of the division of
drug and crime control who shall be responsible for the operation of the
division. (L. 1983 S.B. 294 § 2)

1. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol may
assign highway patrol members under his command to serve in the division
of drug and crime control on a permanent or temporary basis.

2. All salaries, expenses and other costs relating to the assignment of
Missouri state highway patrol members to the division of drug and crime
control shall be paid within the limits of appropriations from general
revenue, or from such other funding as may be authorized by the general
assembly. (L. 1983 S.B. 294 § 3)

1. The director of the division of drug and crime control shall
initiate the investigation of any suspected crime or criminal activity
within this state at the request of the attorney general, when the
attorney general has authority to initiate legal action with respect to
the matter to be investigated, or at the request of any chief of police,
prosecuting attorney, sheriff or the superintendent of the Missouri state
highway patrol.

2. If the attorney general or the superintendent of the highway patrol
request the director of the division of drug and crime control to
undertake any investigation under this section other than a drug-related
investigation, the director shall notify as soon as practical the chief
of police, prosecuting attorney, or sheriff having jurisdiction in the
area in which the pending investigation will be conducted of such pending
investigation unless such official is a subject in the investigation or
is implicated or allegedly involved in the investigation. (L. 1983 S.B.
294 § 4)

As used in sections 43.400 to 43.410, the following terms mean:

(1) "Missing child" or "missing juvenile", any person who is under the
age of seventeen years, whose temporary or permanent residence is in the
state of Missouri or who is believed to be within the state of Missouri,
whose location has not been determined, and who has been reported as
missing to a law enforcement agency;

(2) "Missing child report", a report prepared on a standard form supplied
by the Missouri state highway patrol for the use by private citizens and
law enforcement agencies to report missing children or missing juvenile
information to the Missouri state highway patrol;

(3) "Missing person", a person who is missing and meets one of the
following characteristics:

(a) Is physically or mentally disabled to the degree that the person is
dependent upon an agency or another individual;

(b) Is missing under circumstances indicating that the missing person's
safety may be in danger;

(c) Is missing under involuntary or unknown circumstances; subject to the
provisions of (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f) of this subsection;

(d) Is a child or juvenile runaway from the residence of a parent, legal
guardian, or custodian;

(e) Is a child and is missing under circumstances indicating that the
person was or is in the presence of or under the control of a party whose
presence or control was or is in violation of a permanent or temporary
court order and fourteen or more days have elapsed, during which time the
party has failed to file any pleading with the court seeking modification
of the permanent or temporary court order;

(f) Is missing under circumstances indicating that the person was or is
in the presence of or under the control of a party whose presence or
control was or is in violation of a permanent or temporary court order
and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person may be taken
outside of the United States;

(4) "Patrol", the Missouri state highway patrol;

(5) "Registrar", the state registrar of vital statistics. (L. 1985 H.B.
366, et al. § 5, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 30)

1. The reporting of missing persons by law enforcement agencies,
private citizens, and the responsibilities of the patrol in maintaining
accurate records of missing persons are as follows:

(1) A person may file a complaint of a missing person with a law
enforcement agency having jurisdiction. The complaint shall include, but
need not be limited to, the following information:

(a) The name of the complainant;

(b) The relationship of the complainant to the missing person;

(c) The name, age, address, and all identifying characteristics of the
missing person;

(d) The length of time the person has been missing;

(e) All other information deemed relevant by either the complainant or
the law enforcement agency;

(2) A report of the complaint of a missing person shall be immediately
entered into the Missouri uniform law enforcement system (MULES) and the
National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system by the law enforcement
agency receiving the complaint, and disseminated to other law enforcement
agencies who may come in contact with or be involved in the investigation
or location of a missing person;

(3) A law enforcement agency with which a complaint of a missing child
has been filed shall prepare, as soon as practicable, a standard missing
child report. The missing child report shall be maintained as a record by
the reporting law enforcement agency during the course of an active
investigation;

(4) Upon the location of a missing person, or the determination by the
law enforcement agency of jurisdiction that the person is no longer
missing, the law enforcement agency which reported the missing person
shall immediately remove the record of the missing person from the MULES
and NCIC files.

2. No law enforcement agency shall prevent an immediate active
investigation on the basis of an agency rule which specifies an automatic
time limitation for a missing person investigation. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272,
et al., A.L. 1994 S.B. 661)

The superintendent of the patrol shall organize a missing persons
unit within the patrol, which unit shall be the central repository for
this state for information regarding missing persons. The head of this
missing person unit shall, with the approval of the superintendent of the
patrol, establish the services deemed necessary to aid in the location of
missing persons including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Collecting and disseminating information regarding missing persons in
order to assist in locating such persons;

(2) Establishing a system of interstate and intrastate communication of
information relating to children determined to be missing by the parent,
guardian, or legal custodian of the child, or by a law enforcement agency;

(3) Providing a centralized file for the exchange of information on
missing children with appropriate private or federal agencies which serve
as national coordinators of missing children incidents;

(4) Assisting in the investigation of reports of missing persons by a
uniformed or commissioned member of the patrol. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et
al., A.L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al.)

The director of the department of social services, the director
of the department of mental health, school districts, and juvenile
courts, shall establish appropriate procedures to ensure that all
possible instances of missing children are reported to the appropriate
law enforcement agency or the highway patrol as required by sections
43.400 to 43.409. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al.)

Any parent, guardian, or legal custodian may submit a missing
child report to the patrol on any child whose whereabouts are unknown,
regardless of the circumstances, subsequent to the reporting of such to
the appropriate law enforcement agency within the county in which the
child became missing. Each of the reports so made by any parent,
guardian, or legal custodian shall be included in the records of the
patrol concerning the missing child in question. The parent, guardian, or
legal custodian responsible for notifying the patrol or a law enforcement
agency of a missing child shall immediately notify such agency or the
patrol when the location of the child reported missing has been
determined. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al.)

A person who knowingly makes a false report of a missing person,
or knowingly makes a false statement in any such report, to a law
enforcement agency is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. (L. 1988 H.B.
1272, et al.)

1. Upon receipt of a report of a missing child, the patrol may
notify the state registrar of vital statistics of the disappearance and
may provide the registrar with information concerning the identity of the
missing child.

2. If the patrol has reason to believe that a missing child has been
enrolled in a specific Missouri elementary or secondary school, the
patrol shall notify the last such known school of the disappearance.

3. The patrol shall by rule determine the manner and form of notices and
information required by sections 43.406 to 43.409. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et
al.)

1. Upon notification by the patrol that a child born in this
state is missing, the registrar shall mark the birth certificate record
of that child in such a manner that whenever a copy of the birth
certificate or information regarding the birth record is requested, the
registrar shall be alerted to the fact that the certificate is that of a
missing child.

2. In response to any inquiry, the registrar may provide a copy of a
birth certificate or information concerning the birth record of any child
whose record is marked pursuant to this section, but shall proceed as
follows:

(1) When a copy of the birth certificate of a child whose record has been
marked is requested in person, the registrar's personnel accepting the
request shall immediately notify his supervisor. The person making the
request shall complete a form supplying his name, address, telephone
number, Social Security number and relationship to the missing child and
the name, address and birth date of the missing child. The driver's
license of the person making the request, if available, shall be
photocopied and returned to him. The registrar's personnel shall note the
physical description of the person making the request, and, upon the
latter's departure from the registrar's office, the supervisor shall
immediately notify the missing persons unit of the highway patrol as to
the request and the information obtained pursuant to this subsection. The
registrar shall retain the form completed by the person making the
request.

(2) When a copy of the birth certificate of a child whose record has been
marked is requested in writing, the registrar's personnel receiving the
request shall immediately notify his supervisor. The supervisor shall
immediately notify the missing persons unit of the highway patrol as to
the request and shall provide a copy of the written request. The
registrar shall retain the original written request. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272,
et al.)

1. Upon notification by the patrol of a child's disappearance, a
school in which the child is currently or was previously enrolled shall
mark the record of that child in such a manner that whenever a copy of or
information regarding the record is requested, the school shall be
alerted to the fact that the record is that of a missing child. The
school shall immediately report to the missing persons unit of the
highway patrol any request concerning marked records or knowledge as to
the whereabouts of any missing child.

2. Within fourteen days after enrolling a transfer student, the
elementary or secondary school personnel shall request directly from the
student's previous school a certified copy of his record. The requesting
school shall exercise due diligence in obtaining the copy of the record
requested. Any elementary or secondary school requested to forward a copy
of a transferring student's record to the new school shall comply unless
the record has been marked pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, in
which case the copy shall not be forwarded and the requested school shall
notify the missing persons unit of the highway patrol of the request. (L.
1988 H.B. 1272, et al.)

Upon learning of the recovery of a missing child, the patrol
shall notify the registrar and any school previously informed of the
child's disappearance. Thereupon, both the registrar and the school shall
remove the mark from the child's records. (L. 1988 H.B. 1272, et al.)

1. Every county coroner or medical examiner promptly shall
furnish the Missouri state highway patrol with copies of fingerprints on
standardized fingerprint cards, personal descriptions and other
identifying data, including date and place of death, of all deceased
persons whose deaths are in a classification requiring inquiry by the
coroner or medical examiner where the deceased is not identified or the
coroner or medical examiner is not satisfied with the decedent's
identification. In any case where it is not physically possible to
furnish prints of the ten fingers of the deceased, prints or partial
prints of any fingers with other identifying data shall be forwarded by
the county coroner or medical examiner to the highway patrol.

2. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this section, the county
coroner or medical examiner shall cause a dentist to carry out a dental
examination of the deceased. The coroner or medical examiner shall
forward the dental records to the Missouri state highway patrol on a form
supplied by the highway patrol for such purpose.

3. The Missouri state highway patrol shall compare the fingerprints
received from the county coroner or medical examiner to fingerprints on
file with the Missouri state highway patrol or with other law enforcement
agencies for purposes of attempting to determine the identity of the
deceased. Other descriptive data supplied with the fingerprints shall
also be compared to records concerning missing persons. The highway
patrol shall submit the results of the comparisons to the appropriate
coroner or medical examiner and if a tentative or positive identification
is made, to the law enforcement authority which submitted the report of
the missing person.

4. When any person makes a report of a missing child to a law enforcement
authority, the authority shall request a member of the family or next of
kin of the missing child to authorize the release of the medical and
dental records of the person reported missing to the law enforcement
agency making the initial report and to the Missouri state highway patrol.

5. The Missouri state highway patrol shall compare the dental records
received from the coroner or medical examiner to dental records of
missing children on file with the highway patrol or other law enforcement
agency. The department shall submit the results of the comparison to the
coroner or medical examiner and if a tentative or positive identification
is made, to the law enforcement authority which submitted the report of
the missing child. (L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al. § 6)

As used in sections 43.500 to 43.543, the following terms mean:

(1) "Administration of criminal justice", performance of any of the
following activities: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial
release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional
supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders.
The administration of criminal justice shall include criminal
identification activities and the collection, storage, and dissemination
of criminal history information, including fingerprint searches,
photographs, and other indicia of identification;

(2) "Central repository", the Missouri state highway patrol criminal
records and identification division for compiling and disseminating
complete and accurate criminal history records and for compiling,
maintaining, and disseminating criminal incident and arrest reports and
statistics;

(3) "Committee", criminal records and justice information advisory
committee;

(4) "Criminal history record information", information collected by
criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable
descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments,
informations, or other formal criminal charges, and any disposition
arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision, and release;

(5) "Final disposition", the formal conclusion of a criminal proceeding
at whatever stage it occurs in the criminal justice system;

(6) "Missouri charge code", a unique number assigned by the office of
state courts administrator to an offense for tracking and grouping
offenses. Beginning January 1, 2005, the complete charge code shall
consist of digits assigned by the office of state courts administrator,
the two-digit national crime information center modifiers and a single
digit designating attempt, accessory, or conspiracy. The only exception
to the January 1, 2005, date shall be the courts that are not using the
statewide court automation case management pursuant to section 476.055,
RSMo; the effective date will be as soon thereafter as economically
feasible for all other courts;

(7) "State offense cycle number", a unique number, supplied by or
approved by the Missouri state highway patrol, on the state criminal
fingerprint card. The offense cycle number, OCN, is used to link the
identity of a person, through fingerprints, to one or many offenses for
which the person is arrested or charged. The OCN will be used to track an
offense incident from the date of arrest to the final disposition when
the offender exits from the criminal justice system. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 &
874 § 1, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184)

1. For the purpose of maintaining complete and accurate criminal
history record information, all police officers of this state, the clerk
of each court, the department of corrections, the sheriff of each county,
the chief law enforcement official of a city not within a county and the
prosecuting attorney of each county or the circuit attorney of a city not
within a county shall submit certain criminal arrest, charge, and
disposition information to the central repository for filing without
undue delay in the form and manner required by sections 43.500 to 43.543.

2. All law enforcement agencies making misdemeanor and felony arrests as
determined by section 43.506 shall furnish without undue delay, to the
central repository, fingerprints, charges, appropriate charge codes, and
descriptions of all persons who are arrested for such offenses on
standard fingerprint forms supplied or approved by the highway patrol or
electronically in a format and manner approved by the highway patrol. All
such agencies shall also notify the central repository of all decisions
not to refer such arrests for prosecution. An agency making such arrests
may enter into arrangements with other law enforcement agencies for the
purpose of furnishing without undue delay such fingerprints, charges,
appropriate charge codes, and descriptions to the central repository upon
its behalf.

3. In instances where an individual less than seventeen years of age and
not currently certified as an adult is taken into custody for an offense
which would be a felony if committed by an adult, the arresting officer
shall take fingerprints for the central repository. These fingerprints
shall be taken on fingerprint cards supplied by or approved by the
highway patrol or transmitted electronically in a format and manner
approved by the highway patrol. The fingerprint cards shall be so
constructed that the name of the juvenile should not be made available to
the central repository. The individual's name and the unique number
associated with the fingerprints and other pertinent information shall be
provided to the court of jurisdiction by the agency taking the juvenile
into custody. The juvenile's fingerprints and other information shall be
forwarded to the central repository and the courts without undue delay.
The fingerprint information from the card shall be captured and stored in
the automated fingerprint identification system operated by the central
repository. In the event the fingerprints are found to match other
tenprints or unsolved latent prints, the central repository shall notify
the submitting agency who shall notify the court of jurisdiction as per
local agreement.

4. Upon certification of the individual as an adult, the certifying court
shall order a law enforcement agency to immediately fingerprint the
individual. The law enforcement agency shall submit such fingerprints to
the central repository within fifteen days and shall furnish the offense
cycle number associated with the fingerprints to the prosecuting attorney
or the circuit attorney of a city not within a county and to the clerk of
the court ordering the subject fingerprinted. If the juvenile is
acquitted of the crime and is no longer certified as an adult, the
prosecuting attorney shall notify within fifteen days the central
repository of the change of status of the juvenile. Records of a child
who has been fingerprinted and photographed after being taken into
custody shall be closed records as provided under section 610.100, RSMo,
if a petition has not been filed within thirty days of the date that the
child was taken into custody; and if a petition for the child has not
been filed within one year of the date the child was taken into custody,
any records relating to the child concerning the alleged offense may be
expunged under the procedures in sections 610.122 to 610.126, RSMo.

5. The prosecuting attorney of each county or the circuit attorney of a
city not within a county shall notify the central repository on standard
forms supplied by the highway patrol or in a manner approved by the
highway patrol of all charges filed, including all those added subsequent
to the filing of a criminal court case, and whether charges were not
filed in criminal cases for which the central repository has a record of
an arrest. All records forwarded to the central repository by prosecutors
or circuit attorneys as required by sections 43.500 to 43.530 shall
include the state offense cycle number of the offense, the charge code
for the offense, and the originating agency identifier number of the
reporting prosecutor, using such numbers as assigned by the highway
patrol.

6. The clerk of the courts of each county or city not within a county
shall furnish the central repository, on standard forms supplied by the
highway patrol or in a manner approved by the highway patrol, with all
final dispositions of cases for which the central repository has a record
of an arrest or a record of fingerprints reported pursuant to sections
43.500 to 43.506. Such information shall include, for each charge:

(1) All judgments of not guilty, acquittals on the ground of mental
disease or defect excluding responsibility, judgments or pleas of guilty
including the sentence, if any, or probation, if any, pronounced by the
court, nolle pros, discharges, releases and dismissals in the trial court;

(2) Court orders filed with the clerk of the courts which reverse a
reported conviction or vacate or modify a sentence;

(3) Judgments terminating or revoking a sentence to probation,
supervision or conditional release and any resentencing after such
revocation; and

(4) The offense cycle number of the offense, and the originating agency
identifier number of the sentencing court, using such numbers as assigned
by the highway patrol.

7. The clerk of the courts of each county or city not within a county
shall furnish, to the department of corrections or department of mental
health, court judgment and sentence documents and the state offense cycle
number and the charge code of the offense which resulted in the
commitment or assignment of an offender to the jurisdiction of the
department of corrections or the department of mental health if the
person is committed pursuant to chapter 552, RSMo. This information shall
be reported to the department of corrections or the department of mental
health at the time of commitment or assignment. If the offender was
already in the custody of the department of corrections or the department
of mental health at the time of such subsequent conviction, the clerk
shall furnish notice of such subsequent conviction to the appropriate
department by certified mail, return receipt requested, or in a manner
and format mutually agreed to, within fifteen days of such disposition.

8. Information and fingerprints, and other indicia forwarded to the
central repository, normally obtained from a person at the time of the
arrest, may be obtained at any time the subject is in the criminal
justice system or committed to the department of mental health. A law
enforcement agency or the department of corrections may fingerprint the
person and obtain the necessary information at any time the subject is in
custody. If at the time of disposition, the defendant has not been
fingerprinted for an offense in which a fingerprint is required by
statute to be collected, maintained, or disseminated by the central
repository, the court shall order a law enforcement agency to fingerprint
immediately the defendant. The law enforcement agency shall submit such
fingerprints to the central repository without undue delay and within
thirty days and shall furnish the offense cycle number associated with
the fingerprints to the prosecuting attorney or the circuit attorney of a
city not within a county and to the court clerk of the court ordering the
subject fingerprinted.

9. The department of corrections and the department of mental health
shall furnish the central repository with all information concerning the
receipt, escape, execution, death, release, pardon, parole, commutation
of sentence, granting of executive clemency, legal name change, or
discharge of an individual who has been sentenced to that department's
custody for any offenses which are mandated by law to be collected,
maintained or disseminated by the central repository. All records
forwarded to the central repository by the department as required by
sections 43.500 to 43.543 shall include the offense cycle number of the
offense, and the originating agency identifier number of the department
using such numbers as assigned by the highway patrol. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 &
874 § 2, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1992 S.B. 638, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L.
1995 H.B. 174, et al., A.L. 1998 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2003
S.B. 184, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453)

Notwithstanding section 610.120, RSMo, the sheriff of any county,
the sheriff of the city of St. Louis, and the judges of the circuit
courts of this state may make available, for review, information obtained
from the central repository to private entities responsible for probation
supervision pursuant to sections 559.600 to 559.615, RSMo. When the term
of probation is completed or when the material is no longer needed for
purposes related to the probation, it shall be returned to the court or
destroyed. The private entities shall not use or make this information
available to any other person for any other purpose. (L. 1993 S.B. 180)

1. The department of public safety is hereby designated as the
central repository for the collection, maintenance, analysis and
reporting of crime incident activity generated by law enforcement
agencies in this state. The department shall develop and operate a
uniform crime reporting system that is compatible with the national
uniform crime reporting system operated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

2. The department of public safety shall:

(1) Develop, operate and maintain an information system for the
collection, storage, maintenance, analysis and retrieval of crime
incident and arrest reports from Missouri law enforcement agencies;

(2) Compile the statistical data and forward such data as required to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation or the appropriate Department of Justice
agency in accordance with the standards and procedures of the national
system;

(3) Provide the forms, formats, procedures, standards and related
training or training assistance to all law enforcement agencies in the
state as necessary for such agencies to report incident and arrest
activity for timely inclusion into the statewide system;

(4) Annually publish a report on the nature and extent of crime and
submit such report to the governor and the general assembly. Such report
and other statistical reports shall be made available to state and local
law enforcement agencies and the general public through an electronic or
manual medium;

(5) Maintain the privacy and security of information in accordance with
applicable state and federal laws, regulations and orders; and

(6) Establish such rules and regulations as are necessary for
implementing the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a
rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created
under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only
if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter
536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and
chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with
the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay
the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently
held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any
rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2000, shall be invalid and void.

3. Every law enforcement agency in the state shall:

(1) Submit crime incident reports to the department of public safety on
forms or in the format prescribed by the department; and

(2) Submit any other crime incident information which may be required by
the department of public safety.

4. Any law enforcement agency that violates this section may be
ineligible to receive state or federal funds which would otherwise be
paid to such agency for law enforcement, safety or criminal justice
purposes. (L. 2000 H.B. 1677, et al.)

1. Those offenses considered reportable for the purposes of
sections 43.500 to 43.543 include all felonies and serious or aggravated
misdemeanors consistent with the reporting standards established by the
National Crime Information Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, for
the Federal Interstate Identification Index System. In addition, all
cases arising pursuant to sections 566.010 to 566.141, RSMo, where the
defendant pleads guilty to an offense involving a child under seventeen
years of age and the court imposes a suspended imposition of sentence
shall be reported. The following types of offenses shall not be
considered reportable for the purposes of sections 57.403, RSMo, 43.500
to 43.543, and 595.200 to 595.218, RSMo: disturbing the peace, curfew
violation, loitering, false fire alarm, disorderly conduct, nonspecific
charges of suspicion or investigation, and general traffic violations and
all misdemeanor violations of the state wildlife code. All violations for
driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol are reportable. All
offenses considered reportable shall be reviewed annually and noted in
the Missouri charge code manual established in section 43.512. All
information collected pursuant to sections 43.500 to 43.543 shall be
available only as set forth in section 610.120, RSMo.

2. Law enforcement agencies, court clerks, prosecutors and custody
agencies may report required information by electronic medium either
directly to the central repository or indirectly to the central
repository via other criminal justice agency computer systems in the
state with the approval of the highway patrol, based upon standards
established by the advisory committee.

3. In addition to the repository of fingerprint records for individual
offenders and applicants, the central repository of criminal history and
identification records for the state shall maintain a repository of
latent prints, palm prints and other prints submitted to the repository.
(L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 3, A.L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58, A.L. 1991 H.B. 566,
A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184)

CROSS REFERENCE: Arrest records, open records law, certain records closed
when, exceptions, RSMo 610.100 to 610.120

All criminal history information, in the possession or control of
the central repository, except criminal intelligence and investigative
information, may be made available to qualified persons and organizations
for research, evaluative and statistical purposes under written
agreements reasonably designed to ensure the security and confidentiality
of the information and the protection of the privacy interests of the
individuals who are subjects of the criminal history. Prior to such
information being made available, information that uniquely identifies
the individual shall be deleted. Organizations receiving such criminal
history information shall not reestablish the identity of the individual
and associate it with the criminal history information being provided.
(L. 1989 S.B. 215 & 58)

The director of the department of public safety shall, in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, establish such rules
and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of sections
43.500 to 43.543. All collection and dissemination of criminal history
information shall be in compliance with chapter 610, RSMo, and applicable
federal laws or regulations. Such rules shall relate to the collection of
criminal history information from or dissemination of such information to
criminal justice, noncriminal justice, and private agencies or citizens
both in this and other states. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated
under the authority of sections 43.500 to 43.543 shall become effective
unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section
536.024, RSMo. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 4, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1437 & 1148,
A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)

The central repository, with the approval of the supreme court,
shall publish and make available to criminal justice officials, a
standard manual of codes for all offenses in Missouri. The manual of
codes shall be known as the "Missouri Charge Code Manual", and shall be
used by all criminal justice agencies for reporting information required
by sections 43.500 to 43.530. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 5)

The central repository, with the approval of the attorney
general, shall publish regulations governing the security and privacy of
criminal history record information as required by this state and by
federal law or regulation. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 6)

1. There is hereby established within the department of public
safety a "Criminal Records and Justice Information Advisory Committee"
whose purpose is to:

(1) Recommend general policies with respect to the philosophy, concept
and operational principles of the Missouri criminal history record
information system established by sections 43.500 to 43.530, in regard to
the collection, processing, storage, dissemination and use of criminal
history record information maintained by the central repository;

(2) Assess the current state of electronic justice information sharing;
and

(3) Recommend policies and strategies, including standards and
technology, for promoting electronic justice information sharing, and
coordinating among the necessary agencies and institutions; and

(4) Provide guidance regarding the use of any state or federal funds
appropriated for promoting electronic justice information sharing.

2. The committee shall be composed of the following officials or their
designees: the director of the department of public safety; the director
of the department of corrections and human resources; the attorney
general; the director of the Missouri office of prosecution services; the
president of the Missouri prosecutors association; the president of the
Missouri court clerks association; the chief clerk of the Missouri state
supreme court; the director of the state courts administrator; the
chairman of the state judicial record committee; the chairman of the
circuit court budget committee; the presidents of the Missouri peace
officers association; the Missouri sheriffs association; the Missouri
police chiefs association or their successor agency; the superintendent
of the Missouri highway patrol; the chiefs of police of agencies in
jurisdictions with over two hundred thousand population; except that, in
any county of the first class having a charter form of government, the
chief executive of the county may designate another person in place of
the police chief of any countywide police force, to serve on the
committee; and, at the discretion of the director of public safety, as
many as three other representatives of other criminal justice records
systems or law enforcement agencies may be appointed by the director of
public safety. The director of the department of public safety will serve
as the permanent chairman of this committee.

3. The committee shall meet as determined by the director but not less
than semiannually to perform its duties. A majority of the appointed
members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

4. No member of the committee shall receive any state compensation for
the performance of duties associated with membership on this committee.

5. Official minutes of all committee meetings will be prepared by the
director, promptly distributed to all committee members, and filed by the
director for a period of at least five years. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 §7,
A.L. 2002 H.B. 1895)

1. Records required to be filed with the central repository under
the provisions of sections 43.500 to 43.530 shall be filed beginning
January 1, 1988. The moneys in the fund as set forth in section 43.530
shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly for the
particular purpose for which collected. On January 1, 1987, the central
repository as defined in subdivision (1) of section 43.500 shall begin to
charge the fees set forth in section 43.530.

2. An agency required to comply with the provisions of sections 43.500 to
43.530 may request a delay for compliance with sections 43.500 to 43.530
on the basis of technical restraints, and shall submit with the request
for delayed compliance a description of the restraint and the earliest
date possible for resolution of the restraint.

3. The director of the department of public safety shall submit the
request for delayed compliance to the criminal records advisory committee
for review and approval within thirty days of receipt and advise the
requesting agency of the committee recommendation within sixty days of
the receipt of the request.

4. All such requests for delayed compliance must be submitted to the
director of the department of public safety no later than October 1,
1986, and no delay may be granted which extends the date for compliance
past January 1, 1989. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 9)

For purposes of sections 43.500 to 43.543 all federal and
nonstate of Missouri agencies and persons shall pay for criminal records
checks, fingerprint searches, and any of the information as defined in
subdivision (4) of section 43.500, when such information is not related
to the administration of criminal justice. There shall be no charge for
information supplied to criminal justice agencies for the administration
of criminal justice. For purposes of sections 43.500 to 43.543 the
administration of criminal justice is defined in subdivision (1) of
section 43.500 and shall be available only as set forth in section
610.120, RSMo. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 10, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184)

For each request requiring the payment of a fee received by the
central repository, the requesting entity shall pay a fee of not more
than five dollars per request for criminal history record information not
based on a fingerprint search when the requesting entity is required to
obtain such information by any provision of state or federal law and pay
a fee of not more than fourteen dollars per request for criminal history
record information based on a fingerprint search when the requesting
entity is required to obtain such information by any provision of state
or federal law; provided that, when the requesting entity is not required
to obtain such information by law, the requesting entity shall pay a fee
of not more than ten dollars per request for criminal history record
information not based on a fingerprint search and pay a fee of not more
than twenty dollars per request for criminal history record information
based on a fingerprint search. Each such request shall be limited to
check and search on one individual. Each request shall be accompanied by
a check, warrant, voucher, money order, or electronic payment payable to
the state of Missouri-criminal record system or payment shall be made in
a manner approved by the highway patrol. The highway patrol may establish
procedures for receiving requests for criminal history record information
for classification and search for fingerprints, from courts and other
entities, and for the payment of such requests. There is hereby
established by the treasurer of the state of Missouri a fund to be
entitled as the "Criminal Record System Fund". Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary, if the moneys
collected and deposited into this fund are not totally expended annually
for the purposes set forth in sections 43.500 to 43.543, the unexpended
moneys in such fund shall remain in the fund and the balance shall be
kept in the fund to accumulate from year to year. (L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874
§ 11, A.L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 184, A.L.
2004 H.B. 1453, A.L. 2005 H.B. 487)

Effective 7-6-05

For the protection of children, all criminal history information,
in the possession or the control of the Missouri criminal records
repository, except criminal intelligence and investigative information,
may be made available to qualified persons and organizations for
research, evaluative and statistical purposes under written agreements
reasonably designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of the
information and the protection of the privacy interests of the
individuals who are the subjects of the criminal history. Prior to such
information being made available, information that uniquely identifies
the individual must be deleted. Organizations receiving such criminal
history information shall not reestablish the identity* of the individual
and associate it with the criminal history information being provided.
The provisions of section 610.120, RSMo, shall not apply to
depersonalized criminal history information releases for research
purposes. (L. 1989 H.B. 502, et al. § 7)

*Word "identify" appears in original rolls.

1. Criminal history and identification records obtained from the
central repository shall be used solely for the purpose for which they
were obtained. The subject of the record shall be afforded the
opportunity to challenge the correctness, accuracy, or completeness of a
criminal history record.

2. The central records repository shall have authority to engage in the
practice of collecting, assembling, or disseminating criminal history
record information for the purpose of retaining manually or
electronically stored criminal history information. Any person obtaining
criminal history record information from the central repository under
false pretense, or who advertises or engages in the practice of
collecting, assembling, and disseminating as a business enterprise, other
than for the purpose of furnishing criminal history information to the
authorized requester for its intended purpose, is guilty of a class A
misdemeanor. (L. 2003 S.B. 184)

1. Law enforcement agencies within the state of Missouri may
perform a Missouri criminal record review for only open records through
the MULES system for the purpose of hiring of municipal or county
governmental employees. For each request, other than those related to the
administration of criminal justice, the requesting entity shall pay a fee
to the central repository, pursuant to section 43.530. For purposes of
this section, "requesting entity" shall not be the law enforcement agency
unless the request is made by the law enforcement agency for purposes of
hiring law enforcement personnel.

2. Municipalities and counties may, by local or county ordinance, require
the fingerprinting of applicants or licensees in specified occupations
for the purpose of receiving criminal history record information by local
or county officials. A copy of the ordinance must be forwarded for
approval to the Missouri state highway patrol prior to the submission of
fingerprints to the central repository. The local or county law
enforcement agency shall submit a set of fingerprints of the applicant or
licensee, accompanied with the appropriate fees, to the central
repository for the purpose of checking the person's criminal history. The
set of fingerprints shall be used to search the Missouri criminal records
repository and shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
to be used for searching the federal criminal history files if necessary.
The fingerprints shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed
by the Missouri state highway patrol. Notwithstanding the provisions of
section 610.120, RSMo, all records related to any criminal history
information discovered shall be accessible and available to the municipal
or county officials making the record request.

3. All criminal record check information shall be confidential and any
person who discloses the information beyond the scope allowed is guilty
of a class A misdemeanor. (L. 2005 H.B. 353)

1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Authorized state agency", a division of state government or an
office of state government designated by the statutes of Missouri to
issue or renew a license, permit, certification, or registration of
authority to a qualified entity;

(2) "Care", the provision of care, treatment, education, training,
instruction, supervision, or recreation;

(3) "Missouri criminal record review", a review of criminal history
records and sex offender registration records pursuant to sections
589.400 to 589.425, RSMo, maintained by the Missouri state highway patrol
in the Missouri criminal records repository;

(4) "National criminal record review", a review of the criminal history
records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

(5) "Patient or resident", a person who by reason of age, illness,
disease or physical or mental infirmity receives or requires care or
services furnished by a provider, as defined in this section, or who
resides or boards in, or is otherwise kept, cared for, treated or
accommodated in a facility as defined in section 198.006, RSMo, for a
period exceeding twenty-four consecutive hours;

(6) "Provider", a person who:

(a) Has or may have unsupervised access to children, the elderly, or
persons with disabilities; and

(b) a. Is employed by or seeks employment with a qualified entity; or

b. Volunteers or seeks to volunteer with a qualified entity; or

c. Owns or operates a qualified entity;

(7) "Qualified entity", a person, business, or organization, whether
public or private, for profit, not for profit, or voluntary, that
provides care, placement, or educational services for children, the
elderly, or persons with disabilities as patients or residents, including
a business or organization that licenses or certifies others to provide
care or placement services;

(8) "Youth services agency", any public or private agency, school, or
association which provides programs, care or treatment for or which
exercises supervision over minors.

2. A qualified entity may obtain a Missouri criminal record review of a
provider from the highway patrol by furnishing information on forms and
in the manner approved by the highway patrol.

3. A qualified entity may request a Missouri criminal record review and a
national criminal record review of a provider through an authorized state
agency. No authorized state agency is required by this section to process
Missouri or national criminal record reviews for a qualified entity,
however, if an authorized state agency agrees to process Missouri and
national criminal record reviews for a qualified entity, the qualified
entity shall provide to the authorized state agency on forms and in a
manner approved by the highway patrol the following:

(1) Two sets of fingerprints of the provider if a national criminal
record review is requested;

(2) A statement signed by the provider which contains:

(a) The provider's name, address, and date of birth;

(b) Whether the provider has been convicted of or has pled guilty to a
crime which includes a suspended imposition of sentence;

(c) If the provider has been convicted of or has pled guilty to a crime,
a description of the crime, and the particulars of the conviction or plea;

(d) The authority of the qualified entity to check the provider's
criminal history;

(e) The right of the provider to review the report received by the
qualified entity; and

(f) The right of the provider to challenge the accuracy of the report. If
the challenge is to the accuracy of the criminal record review, the
challenge shall be made to the highway patrol.

4. The authorized state agency shall forward the required forms and fees
to the highway patrol. The results of the record review shall be
forwarded to the authorized state agency who will notify the qualified
entity. The authorized state agency may assess a fee to the qualified
entity to cover the cost of handling the criminal record review and may
establish an account solely for the collection and dissemination of fees
associated with the criminal record reviews.

5. Any information received by an authorized state agency or a qualified
entity pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be used solely
for internal purposes in determining the suitability of a provider. The
dissemination of criminal history information from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation beyond the authorized state agency or related governmental
entity is prohibited. All criminal record check information shall be
confidential and any person who discloses the information beyond the
scope allowed is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

6. The highway patrol shall make available or approve the necessary
forms, procedures, and agreements necessary to implement the provisions
of this section. (L. 1988 H.B. 1559 § 1, A.L. 1991 H.B. 566, A.L. 1994
S.B. 693, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1362, A.L. 2002 S.B. 758 merged with S.B. 969,
et al., A.L. 2003 S.B. 184, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1055 merged with H.B. 1453)

CROSS REFERENCE: No charge for background check of homeless former
members of militia or armed forces, 610.103

Each criminal justice agency which submits criminal arrest,
charge and disposition information to the central repository shall make
criminal history information available on request to the investigator of
the Missouri senate without charge. (L. 1992 H.B. 852 § 1)

In order to facilitate the authorized interstate exchange of
criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes to adopt
the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 42 U.S.C. 14616, the
legislature approves and adopts the compact. The chief administrator of
the state's criminal history records repository shall execute the compact
on behalf of the state of Missouri. (L. 2003 S.B. 184)

Any state agency listed in section 621.045, RSMo, the division of
professional registration of the department of economic development, the
department of social services, the supreme court of Missouri, the state
courts administrator, the department of elementary and secondary
education, the Missouri lottery, the Missouri gaming commission, or any
state, municipal, or county agency which screens persons seeking
employment with such agencies or issuance or renewal of a license,
permit, certificate, or registration of authority from such agencies; or
any state, municipal, or county agency or committee, or state school of
higher education which is authorized by state statute or executive order,
or local or county ordinance to screen applicants or candidates seeking
or considered for employment, assignment, contracting, or appointment to
a position within state, municipal, or county government; or the Missouri
peace officers standards and training, POST, commission which screens
persons, not employed by a criminal justice agency, who seek enrollment
or access into a certified POST training academy police school, or
persons seeking a permit to purchase or possess a firearm for employment
as a watchman, security personnel, or private investigator; or law
enforcement agencies which screen persons seeking issuance or renewal of
a license, permit, certificate, or registration to purchase or possess a
firearm shall submit two sets of fingerprints to the Missouri state
highway patrol, Missouri criminal records repository, for the purpose of
checking the person's criminal history. The first set of fingerprints
shall be used to search the Missouri criminal records repository and the
second set shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
be used for searching the federal criminal history files if necessary.
The fingerprints shall be submitted on forms and in the manner prescribed
by the Missouri state highway patrol. Fees assessed for the searches
shall be paid by the applicant or in the manner prescribed by the
Missouri state highway patrol. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
610.120, RSMo, all records related to any criminal history information
discovered shall be accessible and available to the state, municipal, or
county agency making the record request. (L. 1993 S.B. 180, A.L. 2003
S.B. 184, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353)

The state highway patrol shall include in its voluntary system of
reporting for compilation in the "Missouri Crime Index" all reported
incidents of domestic violence, whether or not an arrest is made. All
incidents shall be reported on forms provided by the highway patrol and
in a manner prescribed by the patrol. For purposes of this section only,
"domestic violence" shall be defined as any dispute arising between
spouses, former spouses, persons related by blood or marriage,
individuals who are presently residing together or have resided together
in the past and persons who have a child in common regardless of whether
they have been married or have resided together at any time. (L. 1991
H.B. 566, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1471 merged with S.B. 457, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869,
A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision § 479.261 subsec.
2)

*Transferred 2000; formerly § 479.261 subsec. 2

1. The department of public safety, through the highway patrol,
shall establish and maintain a statewide toll-free emergency telephone
service which shall be operated on a twenty-four-hour schedule. The
telephone system shall be capable of receiving reports of an individual
operating a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated or drugged condition;
careless and reckless driving; auto accidents; or criminal activity. This
number can also be used to inform the highway patrol that the person
operating a vehicle has vehicular problems.

2. This service shall receive reports over a single statewide toll-free
number. Upon receiving such a report, the highway patrol shall contact
the law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction where the reported
suspected driver or incident was observed at which time the appropriate
law enforcement official or highway patrolman may investigate the
reported suspect.

3. Any person convicted of filing a false report shall be guilty of a
class B misdemeanor and may be fined up to five hundred dollars. (L. 1988
S.B. 800 §§ 1, 2, 3)

1. The patrol shall, subject to appropriation, maintain a web
page on the Internet which shall be open to the public and shall include
a registered sexual offender search capability.

2. The registered sexual offender search shall make it possible for any
person using the Internet to search for and find the information
specified in subdivisions (1) to (4) of subsection 4 of this section, if
known, on offenders registered in this state pursuant to sections 589.400
to 589.425, RSMo, except that only persons who have been convicted of,
found guilty of or plead guilty to committing or attempting to commit
sexual offenses shall be included on this web site.

3. The registered sexual offender search shall include the capability to
search for sexual offenders by name, zip code, and by typing in an
address and specifying a search within a certain number of miles radius
from that address.

4. Only the information listed in subdivisions (1) to (4) of this
subsection shall be provided to the public in the registered sexual
offender search:

(1) The name of the offender;

(2) The last known address of the offender, including the street address,
city, county, state, and zip code;

(3) A photograph of the offender; and

(4) The crime or crimes for which the offender was convicted that caused
him or her to have to register. (L. 2003 S.B. 184)

The highway patrol is hereby authorized to create, direct,
control and supervise the "Missouri Regional Computer Forensics Lab"
(RCFL). The highway patrol has the ability to bring together federal,
state, and local resources to fight computer crimes for the purposes
listed in section 43.656. The RCFL shall be located within a twenty-five
mile radius of an international airport. (L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al.)

It is hereby found and declared that:

(1) With the widespread use of computers, the Internet and electronic
devices to commit crimes and the critical lack of resources at state and
local levels;

(2) Modern day criminals have learned to exploit the Internet and
electronic communication to leverage computer technology to reach a
virtually unlimited number of victims while maintaining a maximum level
of anonymity, computer crimes will continue to mount, especially in, but
not limited to, the areas of child pornography and sexual offenses
involving children, consumer fraud and harassment;

(3) It is necessary for the protection of the citizens of this state that
provisions be made for the establishment of the Missouri regional
computer forensics lab to prevent and reduce computer, Internet and other
electronically based crimes. (L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al.)

The highway patrol shall have the power, as necessary or
convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of
sections 43.653 to 43.656, to enter into agreements or other transactions
with, negotiate memorandum of understanding with all governmental
agencies, participate in interstate computer forensic matters as they
relate to the purposes of the center, both within and outside the state
when necessary or appropriate, or when required to do so by a proper
authority and accept grants and the cooperation of, the United States or
any agency or instrumentality thereof or of this state or any agency or
instrumentality thereof, in furtherance of the purposes of this section,
and to do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such
aid and cooperation. (L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al.)

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