CORPORATE SECURITY ADVISORS - 84.340, 571.030, & 590.750

Under current law, the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners has the authority to regulate corporate security advisors.

This act provides that the Department of Public Safety shall have the authority to regulate and license corporate security advisors. This act makes acting as a corporate security advisor without a license a misdemeanor.

The Department of Public Safety is granted rulemaking authority to implement the licensing and regulation of corporate security advisors.

This provision is identical to a provision of HCS/HB 1540 (2014) and HB 1596 (2014) and is similar to SS/SCS/HB 1539 (2014), the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SCS/SB 852 (2014), and the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SB 656 (2014).

PUBLIC SAFETY SALES TAX - 94.902

Upon voter approval, the City of Liberty and North Kansas City are authorized to impose sales tax of up to one half of one percent to be spent on equipment, salaries and benefits, and facilities for police, fire, and emergency medical providers.

This provision is identical to provisions of HCS/SB 607 (2014), HCS/SB 630 (2014), and HCS/SB 631 (2014) and is similar to HB 1443 (2014) and HB 1853 (2014).

LINE OF DUTY COMPENSATION FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL - 287.243

Under current law, emergency personnel killed in the line of duty are eligible for certain workers' compensation benefits when such person's life is lost as a result of an injury received in the active performance of his or her duties, within the scope of his or her profession, while on duty and but for the performance, death would not have occurred.

This act modifies the standard for eligibility. Under the act, individuals are eligible for compensation when:

-Death is caused by an accident or violence of another;

-The individual is in the active performance of his or her duties and there is a relationship between the accident or commission of the act and the performance of duty, even when off duty; the individual is traveling to or from employment; or the individual is taking a break while on duty;

-The injury is the cause of the death; and

-Death occurs within 300 weeks of the injury.

In addition, this act extends the expiration date on the line of duty compensation program to 2025 from 2015.

This provision is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/HCS/SCS/SB 852 (2014) and is similar to SB 979 (2014).

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS - 321.015 to 321.210

Under current law, any person who holds lucrative office or employment with the state or a political subdivision is prohibited from being a director of a fire protection district. The current statute excludes a stipend or per diem of not more than $75 per day from being considered lucrative office or employment. This act repeals the exception for the stipend and per diem.

Under current law, a person, to be qualified to serve as director for a fire protection district, must be a resident of the fire protection district. To be qualified to serve as a director for a district located partially or wholly in Greene County, the person must be a resident of the district for more than one year. To be qualified to serve as a director of a fire protection district in a county of the third or fourth classification, the person must be over the age of 25 and be a voter of the district more than a year before the election or appointment. This act repeals all of the above provisions. This act also repeals a provision requiring candidates for the first board of directors of a proposed fire protection district to pay a $5 filing fee and file an oath that the person meets all the qualifications for office.

Under this act, fire protection district directors regardless of the district's location must be residents of the district for at least one year before the election or appointment.

Current law sets the candidate filing fee for a fire protection district director at $10. This act sets the candidate filing fee for a fire protection district director at the amount equal to the filing fee for a candidate for county office, which is currently $50.

Current law sets the candidate filing fee for a fire protection district board member at the amount for a candidate for state representative. This act sets the filing fee at the amount required for a candidate for county office, which is currently set at $50 and is the same as the amount set for a state representative.

These provisions are similar to provisions of HB 1276 (2014), HCS/SCS/SB 824 (2014), and HCS/SCS/SB 854 (2014).

FALSE IMPERSONATION - 575.120

Under current law, an element of the class B misdemeanor of false impersonation includes falsely representing oneself as a public servant to induce another to submit to his or her authority. This act modifies the element to specify that the false representation can be in any manner including via the display of a badge or other credential.

DISARMING A POLICE OFFICER - 575.153

The act modifies the crime of disarming a peace officer by adding language which provides that a person commits such crime by intentionally removing a less-lethal weapon from a peace officer including blunt impact, chemical or conducted energy devices used in the performance of the officer's duties or if the person intentionally deprives the peace officer of such equipment while the officer is acting within the scope of his or her duties.

This provision is identical to HB 2190 (2014) and is contained in the truly agreed to and finally passed CCS/SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1231 (2014), CCS/HCS/SB 615 (2014), and CCS/HCS/SB 656 (2014), and HCS/HB 1540 (2014).

CRIME VICTIMS' COMPENSATION FUND - 595.030

Under current law, the Crime Victims' Compensation fund can pay eligible victims up to $200 per week for the loss of employment and for injury or death. This act raises that amount to $400 per week.

This provision is similar to SB 792 (2014) and is identical to HB 2065 (2014).

MEGHAN LUECKE