SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NOS. 1074 & 1129

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

                  Reported from the Special Committee on Urban Issues March 11, 2004, with recommendation that the House Committee Substitute for House Bill Nos. 1074 & 1129 Do Pass.

                                                                                                                                                                         STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

3897L.02C

AN ACT

To amend chapter 565, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to cross burning, with a penalty provision.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 565, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 565.095, to read as follows:

            565.095. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons, to burn, or cause to be burned, a cross. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class D felony for a second or subsequent offense.

            2. For purposes of this section, a person acts with the intent to intimidate when he or she intentionally places or attempts to place another person in fear of physical injury or fear of damage to property.