Officers must be certified before they can be employed. The Johnson County Sheriff assumed this proposal would not fiscally impact their agency. The Boone County Sheriff stated that after the next election process, the possibility exists that the next sheriff would need to attend an academy after election. Oversight assumes that this proposal does not require the affected political subdivision to pay for the cost of training. Therefore, the County Commission's decision to pay the cost of training would be a discretionary act.
Oversight assumes no fiscal impact to state or local funds.
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal. This proposal changes the training and certification requirements for elected sheriffs beginning January 1, 2002. Currently, elected county sheriffs are exempt from Chapter 590, RSMo, requiring minimum training hours, background check and other requirements of certification by the Director of the Department of Public Safety. This act makes elected sheriffs subject to such certification. Sections establishing a training program after election of sheriffs are deleted.