HCS HB 2 -- CRIME

This bill corrects inconsistencies between House Bill 353, House
Bill 972, Senate Bill 37, et al., Senate Bill 254, and Senate
Bill 402 as enacted by the first regular session of the 93rd
General Assembly.

Currently, any owner, occupier, or other person with a lawful
right to the use and enjoyment of any property who knowingly
allows a person under the age of 21 to drink or possess
intoxicating liquor or who fails to stop a person under the age
of 21 from drinking or possessing intoxicating liquor on his or
her property is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  The bill
changes the penalty to a class B misdemeanor.  Any subsequent
violation is a class A misdemeanor.

The bill changes the laws regarding driving while intoxicated to
expand the definitions of "aggravated offender," "chronic
offender," and "intoxication-related traffic offense" to include
murder in the second degree where the underlying felony is an
intoxication-related offense.  A chronic offender is a person
convicted of:

(1)  Four or more intoxication-related offenses;

(2)  Two or more occasions of involuntary manslaughter,
aggravated vehicular manslaughter, assault in the second degree,
or assault of a law enforcement officer in the second degree; or

(3)  Two intoxication-related offenses and involuntary
manslaughter, aggravated vehicular manslaughter, assault in the
second degree, or assault of a law enforcement officer in the
second degree.

The bill also restructures the statute regarding involuntary
manslaughter in the first degree and eliminates Sections 577.625
and 577.628, RSMo, as enacted in House Bill 353 to make them
consistent with Senate Bill 254.  Inconsistencies in Section
210.117 as enacted by House Bill 568, Senate Bill 155, and Senate
Bill 420 concerning child abuse are also eliminated.

The bill contains an emergency clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Special Session
Last Updated September 19, 2005 at 2:44 pm