Industry Resources | August 11, 2021
Missouri Senate Bill 26: Modifies Provisions Relating To Public Safety
On May 18, 2021, the Missouri Senate released this Bill 26, which modifies provisions relating to public safety. Under current law, the governing body of each political subdivision may revise, alter, increase, or decrease items in a proposed budget. This act provides that any taxpayer of a political subdivision may initiate an action for injunctive relief, which the court shall grant, if the governing body of such political subdivision decreases the budget for its law enforcement agency, excluding school officers of school districts, by an amount exceeding more than 12% relative to the proposed budgets of other departments of the . . .