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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3224
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE KIMBLE.
6869H.02I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal sections 57.450 and 57.452, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to the sheriff of the City of St. Louis.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 57.450 and 57.452, RSMo, are repealed and two new sections
2 enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 57.450 and 57.452, to read as follows:
57.450. 1. The sheriff of the City of St. Louis shall be appointed by a majority of
2 the circu it judges and associate circ uit judges of the twenty-second judicial circu it, en
3 banc. The sheriff in such circu it shall be r emovable for cause by a majority of the
4 cir cuit judges and associate circu it judges of such circu it, en banc, in accordance with
5 the Missouri supr eme court administrative rules governing court personnel. Such
6 sheriff shall meet the same qualifications and req uirements specified in subsection 1 of
7 section 57.010 for elected sheriffs. The sheriff holding office on August 28, 2026, shall
8 continue to hold such office for the rem ainder of his or her term. Notwithstanding the
9 pr ovisions of section 57.080 to the contrary , should a vacancy occur fr om any cause in
10 the office of sheriff of the City of St. Louis during the rem ainder of the curren t term of
11 the elected sheriff, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by a majority of the cir cuit
12 judges and associate cir cuit judges of the twenty-second judicial cir cuit, en banc.
13 2. All general laws relating and applicable to the sheriff s of the several counties of
14 this state shall apply to the same of ficer in the City of St. Louis, except that the sheriff of the
15 City of St. Louis shall not enforce the general criminal laws of the state of Missouri unless
16 such enforcement shall be incidental to the duties customarily performed by the sherif f of the
17 City of St. Louis. The sherif f and sworn deputies of the office of sheriff of the City of St.
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.
18 Louis may be eligible for training and licensure by the peace of ficer standards and training
19 commission under chapter 590, and such of fice shall be considered a law enforcement agency
20 with the sheriff and sworn deputies considered law enforcement of ficers. All acts and parts of
21 acts providing for any legal process to be directed to any sheriff of any county shall be so
22 construed as to mean the sheriff of the City of St. Louis as if such of ficer were specifically
23 named in such act.
57.452. The provisions of section 590.180 shall not apply to any [ elected or
2 appointed ] sheriff of a city not within a county .
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