FIRST REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PAGE.
Read 1st time March 28, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapters 172, 174, 175, and 178, RSMo, by adding thereto five new sections relating to student housing at public institutions of higher education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapters 172, 174, 175, and 178, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto five new sections, to be known as sections 172.755, 174.459, 175.075, 178.645, and 178.965, to read as follows:
172.755. The University of Missouri shall perform a check of the state sex offender registry for each applicant for student housing to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, as defined in section 589.400, RSMo. The university shall require that each application for student housing be accompanied by the identifying information necessary to perform the check and a supplemental fee to cover the cost of performing the check. The university shall not grant student housing to any person required to be registered as a sex offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425, RSMo.
174.459. Each state college or university governed by this chapter shall perform a check of the state sex offender registry for each applicant for student housing to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, as defined in section 589.400, RSMo. The college or university shall require that each application for student housing be accompanied by the identifying information necessary to perform the check and a supplemental fee to cover the cost of performing the check. The college or university shall not grant student housing to any person required to be registered as a sex offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425, RSMo.
175.075. Lincoln University shall perform a check of the state sex offender registry for each applicant for student housing to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, as defined in section 589.400, RSMo. The university shall require that each application for student housing be accompanied by the identifying information necessary to perform the check and a supplemental fee to cover the cost of performing the check. The university shall not grant student housing to any person required to be registered as a sex offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425, RSMo.
178.645. Linn State Technical College shall perform a check of the state sex offender registry for each applicant for student housing to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, as defined in section 589.400, RSMo. The college shall require that each application for student housing be accompanied by the identifying information necessary to perform the check and a supplemental fee to cover the cost of performing the check. The college shall not grant student housing to any person required to be registered as a sex offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425, RSMo.
178.965. Each community college or junior college governed by this chapter shall perform a check of the state sex offender registry for each applicant for student housing to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, as defined in section 589.400, RSMo. The college shall require that each application for student housing be accompanied by the identifying information necessary to perform the check and a supplemental fee to cover the cost of performing the check. The college shall not grant student housing to any person required to be registered as a sex offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425, RSMo.
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