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EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1008
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BURGER.
5421S.02I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 27.020, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
investigators appointed by the attorney general.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 27.020, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 27.020, 2
to read as follows:3
27.020. 1. The attorney general is hereby authorized 1
to appoint such assistant attorneys general as may be 2
necessary to properly perform the duties of his or her 3
office and shall fix the compensation of such assistants 4
within the limits of the amount appropriated by the general 5
assembly. Said assistant attorneys general shall hold their 6
office at the pleasure of the attorney general, shall 7
possess the same qualifications as the attorney general, and 8
before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall 9
each take and subscribe to an oath to support the 10
Constitution of the United States and of the state of 11
Missouri and to faithfully demean themselves in office. It 12
shall be their duty to assist the attorney general in his or 13
her official duties with power and authority under his or 14
her direction to represent him or her in the discharge of 15
all the duties of his or her office. 16
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2. The attorney general may, at the request of any 17
officer, department, board, bureau, commission or agency of 18
the state, assign assistant attorneys general to perform the 19
duties prescribed by law before or upon behalf of such 20
officer, department, board, bureau, commission or agency and 21
may, upon request as aforesaid, from time to time reassign 22
such assistants. 23
3. The attorney general is also authorized to appoint 24
a chief clerk, stenographers, typists, clerks, 25
[investigators] and such other employees as shall be 26
necessary to properly perform the duties of his or her 27
office [and shall fix the compensation of persons thus 28
employed within the limits of the amount appropriated by the 29
general assembly.] Said employees shall serve during the 30
pleasure of the attorney general. [The assistant attorneys 31
general and the chief clerk, stenographers, typists, clerks, 32
investigators and other employees shall be paid in the same 33
manner and at the same time as the attorney general. The 34
compensation and expenses of said assistants and employees 35
may be paid out of any state or federal funds appropriated 36
to said department for such purposes]. 37
4. The attorney general is further authorized to 38
appoint commissioned and noncommissioned investigators, as 39
shall be necessary to properly perform the duties of his or 40
her office. Investigators shall serve at the pleasure of 41
the attorney general. Each commissioned investigator, upon 42
appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath of office to 43
support the constitution and laws of the United States and 44
the state of Missouri and shall receive a certificate of 45
appointment, a copy of which shall be filed with the 46
secretary of state, issued by the attorney general or his or 47
her designee granting such commissioned investigator all the 48
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same powers of arrest held by peace officers to maintain 49
order and preserve the peace in any matter in which the 50
attorney general is appointed or assigned in accordance with 51
the law. Commissioned investigators may assist law 52
enforcement agencies when requested. The certificate of 53
appointment of each commissioned investigator may be 54
withdrawn at any time by the attorney general. Commissioned 55
investigators shall comply with all peace officer standards 56
required by chapter 590. 57
5. The attorney general is authorized to fix the 58
compensation of persons employed by him or her within the 59
limits of the amount appropriated by the general assembly. 60
The assistant attorneys general and the chief clerk, 61
stenographers, typists, clerks, investigators, and other 62
employees shall be paid in the same manner and at the same 63
time as the attorney general. The compensation and expenses 64
of said assistants, investigators, and other employees may 65
be paid out of any state or federal funds appropriated to 66
said department for such purposes. 67
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