Pre-filed December 6, 1999, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 568, RSMo, relating to offenses against the family by adding thereto one new section relating to selling a child.
Section A. Chapter 568, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 568.176, to read as follows:
568.176. 1. Any person who sells, or attempts to sell, any person less than eighteen years of age to another, or receives money or anything of value, in consideration of placing any person less than eighteen years of age in the custody, or under the power or control of another, or who buys, or attempts to buy, any person less than eighteen years of age, or pays money, or delivers anything of value, to another in consideration of having any person less than eighteen years of age placed in his or her custody, or under his or her power or control is guilty of a class B felony.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to legitimate adoptions nor to legitimate actions by department of
corrections officials or county jailers.
Missouri House of Representatives