Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services
Section 589.030 - Duties of department of public safety — grants — statistics — training programs — reports — telephone reporting system.

Effective - 28 Aug 1980
589.030. Duties of department of public safety — grants — statistics — training programs — reports — telephone reporting system. — 1. The director of the department of public safety shall establish within the department the "State Center for the Prevention and Control of Sexual Assault"*.
2. The director of the department of public safety, acting through the center, may, directly or by grant, carry out the following:
(1) A continuing study of sexual assault, including a study and investigation of:
(a) The effectiveness of existing state and local laws dealing with sexual assault;
(b) The relationship, if any, between traditional legal and social attitudes toward sexual roles, the act of sexual assault and the formulation of laws dealing with sexual assault;
(c) The treatment of the victims of sexual assault by law enforcement agencies, hospitals and other medical institutions, prosecutors and the courts;
(d) The causes of sexual assault, identifying, to the degree possible, the social conditions which encourage sexual assault and the motives of the offenders;
(e) The impact of sexual assault on the victim and the family of the victim;
(f) Sexual assault in correctional institutions;
(g) The actual incidence of sexual assault as compared to the reported incidence of sexual assault and the reasons for any difference in such incidences; and
(h) The effectiveness of existing private, local and state government educational, counseling and other programs designed to prevent and control sexual assault;
(2) The compilation, analysis and publication of summaries of the continuing study conducted under subdivision (1) of this subsection and the research and demonstration projects conducted under subdivision (5) of this section. The director of the department of public safety shall annually submit to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court and the members of the general assembly a summary of such study and projects together with recommendations, where appropriate;
(3) The compilation and publication of training materials for personnel who are engaged in, or who intend to engage in, programs designed to prevent or control sexual assault;
(4) The development and maintenance of an information system with regard to the prevention and control of sexual assault, the treatment and counseling of the victims of sexual assault and their families, the rehabilitation of offenders and medical treatment;
(5) Assistance to community mental health centers and other qualified public and not-for-profit private entities in conducting research and demonstration projects concerning the prevention and control of sexual assault including, but not limited to, projects for:
(a) The planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of alternative methods used in the prevention and control of sexual assault, the treatment and counseling of the victims of sexual assault and their families, and the rehabilitation of offenders;
(b) For the application of such alternative methods; and
(c) For the promotion of community awareness of the specific locations in which, and the specific social and other conditions under which, sexual assaults are most likely to occur;
(6) Establish and maintain a telephone service, operating at all times, capable of receiving calls made concerning incidents of sexual assault so that callers may be instructed as to what steps to take in reporting sexual assault to the proper law enforcement authorities and where victims of sexual assault can receive counseling and assistance concerning incidents of sexual assault;
(7) Establish means whereby the existence of state and local programs to assist victims of sexual assault will be publicized to the public.
3. The center is hereby designated as the state sexual assault agency for all purposes of any federal sexual assault prevention act and may:
(1) Take all necessary and appropriate actions to obtain for this state all benefits offered under any federal act dealing with sexual assault and its prevention;
(2) Apply for and receive federal funds made available under any federal act;
(3) Participate, through its authorized representative, in proceedings under any federal act.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 1138, et al. § 5)
*Section 13 of H.B. 41, et al., 1981, established this center as a separate entity within the department of public safety. See section 589.035.

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 589 - Crime Prevention and Control Programs and Services

Section 589.010 - Short title.

Section 589.015 - Definitions.

Section 589.020 - Duties of department of elementary and secondary education — school programs — local boards have discretion.

Section 589.030 - Duties of department of public safety — grants — statistics — training programs — reports — telephone reporting system.

Section 589.035 - Center to be separate entity within department — effective date.

Section 589.040 - Duties of department of corrections — certain inmates to participate in programs.

Section 589.042 - Access to personal home computer, authority to require registered sexual offenders to provide as condition of probation.

Section 589.200 - Definitions.

Section 589.205 - Insurer may notify authorized agency of suspected fraudulent theft claim, provide information.

Section 589.210 - Authorized agency may require information relevant to theft claim from insurer.

Section 589.215 - Release of information by authorized agency to others — insurer entitled to information, when — immunity from liability for providing information.

Section 589.300 - Definitions.

Section 589.305 - Department may solicit funds.

Section 589.307 - Fund established, administration, purpose.

Section 589.310 - Establishment and enhancement of local crime prevention programs — proactive partnership prevention approach — amount of funding — audit — rules.

Section 589.400 - Registration of certain offenders with chief law officers of county of residence — time limitation — registration requirements — fees — automatic removal from registry — petitions for exemption — procedure, notice, denial of petitio...

Section 589.401 - Removal from registry, petition, procedure.

Section 589.402 - Internet search capability of registered sex offenders to be maintained — information to be made available — newspaper publication — juveniles exempt from public notification.

Section 589.403 - Correctional facility or mental health institution releasing on parole or discharge, official in charge, duties.

Section 589.404 - Definitions.

Section 589.405 - Court's duties upon release of sexual offender.

Section 589.407 - Registration, required information — substantiating accuracy of information — changes to information, notification to other jurisdictions.

Section 589.410 - Highway patrol to be notified, information to be made a part of MULES.

Section 589.414 - Registrant's duties on change of information — change in online identifiers, duty to report.

Section 589.415 - Probation and parole officers to notify law enforcement of sex offender change of residence, when — probation officer defined.

Section 589.417 - Statements, photographs and fingerprints required not to be public records — disclosure authorized for law enforcement officials and agencies — complete list of offenders maintained — released upon request.

Section 589.420 - Temporary assignment outside correctional facility or mental health institution — official in charge to notify before release — exception.

Section 589.425 - Failure to register, penalty — subsequent violations, penalty.

Section 589.426 - Halloween, restrictions on conduct — violations, penalty.

Section 589.500 - Title.

Section 589.503 - Purpose.

Section 589.506 - Definitions.

Section 589.509 - Compact commission, duties, members, voting — executive committee established.

Section 589.512 - Commissioner appointed, membership of state council.

Section 589.515 - Commission powers and duties.

Section 589.518 - Bylaws, organization and operation.

Section 589.521 - Chairperson and vice chairperson elected, duties — executive director appointed, duties.

Section 589.524 - Maintenance of corporate books and records.

Section 589.527 - Qualified immunity, defense and indemnification.

Section 589.530 - Actions of commission, procedure.

Section 589.533 - Rulemaking authority, procedure.

Section 589.536 - Oversight.

Section 589.539 - Dispute resolution.

Section 589.542 - Enforcement.

Section 589.545 - Payment of expenses — annual assessment collected — incurring of obligations, restrictions — accounts maintained.

Section 589.548 - Eligibility of compacting states — effective date of compact — amendments.

Section 589.551 - Withdrawal.

Section 589.554 - Default.

Section 589.557 - Judicial enforcement.

Section 589.560 - Dissolution of compact.

Section 589.563 - Severability clause.

Section 589.566 - Effect of other laws.

Section 589.569 - Binding effect of the compact.

Section 589.660 - Definitions.

Section 589.663 - Program created, purpose, procedures.

Section 589.664 - Disclosure of address, when — notice — limitation on dissemination.

Section 589.666 - Cancellation of certification, when.

Section 589.669 - Address accepted as participant's address, when.

Section 589.672 - Availability of participant addresses.

Section 589.675 - Inspection and copying of addresses, when.

Section 589.678 - Application, supporting materials, and communications not public records.

Section 589.681 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 589.683 - Inapplicability of Missouri sunset act.