FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 324

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PARSON.

         Read 1^st time January 26, 2005 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

0629L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 569, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to trespass on school property, with a penalty provision.

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

            Section A. Chapter 569, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 569.153, to read as follows:

            569.153. 1. A person commits the crime of trespass on school property if he or she knowingly and unlawfully enters upon school property during school hours without the consent of school officials for the purpose of causing a disturbance or committing a crime while on the property.

            2. Trespass on school property is a class C misdemeanor.

            3. For the purposes of this section, the term "unlawfully enters" refers to any entry upon school property which is not:

            (1) Approved of and established in a school district's written policy on access to school grounds; or

            (2) Authorized by approval of the school board.