Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 195

Drug Regulations

←195.507

Section 195.509.1

195.511→

August 28, 2015

Until December 31, 2016--Eligibility for state grants--department of public safety to monitor units.

195.509. 1. A multijurisdictional enforcement group which meets the

minimum criteria established in this section is eligible to receive state

grants to help defray the costs of operation.



2. To be eligible for state grants, a MEG shall:



(1) Be established and operating pursuant to intergovernmental contracts

written and executed in conformity by law, and involve two or more units of

local government;



(2) Establish a MEG policy board composed of an elected official, or his

designee, and the chief law enforcement officer from each participating unit

of local government and a representative of a hazardous materials response

team or, if such team is not formed, then a representative of the local fire

response agency, to oversee the operations of the MEG and make such reports

to the department of public safety as the department may require;



(3) Designate a single appropriate official of a participating unit of

local government to act as the financial officer of the MEG for all

participating units of the local government and to receive funds for the

operation of the MEG;



(4) Limit its target operation to enforcement of drug laws;



(5) Cooperate with the department of public safety in order to assure

compliance with sections 195.501 to 195.511 and to enable the department to

fulfill its duties under sections 195.501 to 195.511 and supply the

department with all information the department deems necessary therefor;



(6) Cooperate with the local hazardous material response team to

establish a local emergency response strategy.



3. The department of public safety shall monitor the operations of all

MEG units which receive state grants. From the moneys appropriated annually,

if funds are made available by the general assembly for this purpose, the

director shall determine and certify to the auditor the amount of the grant

to be made to each designated MEG financial officer. No provision of this

section shall prohibit funding of multijurisdictional enforcement groups by

sources other than those provided by the general assembly, if such funding is

in accordance with and in such a manner as provided by law.



(L. 1993 S.B. 180 § 5, A.L. 1999 S.B. 207)



Transferred 2014; now 650.161; Effective 1-01-17







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