Establishes the "Missouri Crime Victims Fund"

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2418
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
4607H.02C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 660, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to crime victim
assistance.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 660, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 660.845, to read as follows:
660.845. 1. (1) Ther e is her eby creat ed in the state treasury the "Missouri
2 Crime V ictims Fund", which shall consist of moneys appr opriated by the general
3 assembly and any gifts, contributions, grants, or other donations fro m any public or
4 private sourc e. The state trea sur er shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with
5 sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state tr easurer may appr ove disbursements. The fund
6 shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appro priation, moneys in this fund shall be used
7 solely as provi ded in this section.
8 (2) Notwithstanding the pro visions of section 33.080 to the contrary , any moneys
9 r emaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not r evert to the credit of the
10 general reven ue fund.
11 (3) The state tre asurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as
12 other funds ar e invested. Any interes t and moneys earned on such investments shall be
13 cr edited to the fund.
14 2. Moneys in the Missouri crime victims fund shall be disbursed to entitlement
15 jurisdictions, eligible entities, or local governmental entities that are eligible for victim
16 assistance grants under the federal V ictims of Crime Act, Pub. L. 98-473, and relat ed
17 r egulations, and such jurisdictions and entities shall use such moneys for the same
18 purposes as an entitlement jurisdiction, eligible entity , or local governmental entity may
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
19 use victim assistance grants under the federal V ictims of Crime Act, Pub. L. 98-473, and
20 r elated r egulations.
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