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This bill modifies provisions related to the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, primarily by granting the board more autonomy in setting police salaries and by adjusting funding requirements for the police force. Key changes include allowing the board to determine police salaries without prior legislative approval, though minimum salary levels must be maintained, and establishing a phased-in minimum percentage of a city's general revenue that must be appropriated for police force funding, starting at 22% and increasing to 25% by 2028, with certain costs like litigation and pension expenses excluded from this calculation. The bill also clarifies that the board of police commissioners, not the state, is responsible for certain litigation costs and settlements related to the police force, and it extends the transition period for a city not within a county to transfer its police force control to the board until July 1, 2027. Additionally, it specifies that the state legal expense fund will reimburse boards of police commissioners for liability claims up to a collective maximum of two million dollars per fiscal year, and the Attorney General will represent the board in legal matters.

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https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB3066&year=2026&code=R