SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BLACK (Sponsor), ENGLISH, MAYFIELD AND HURST (Co-sponsors).
4761H.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 632, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to sexually violent predators, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 632, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 632.520, to read as follows:
632.520. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1) “Employee of the department of mental health”, a person who is an employee of the department of mental health, an employee or contracted employee of a subcontractor of the department of mental health, or an employee or contracted employee of a subcontractor of an entity responsible for confining offenders as authorized by section 632.495;
(2) “Offender”, a person ordered to the department of mental health after a determination by the court that the person meets the definition of a sexually violent predator, a person ordered to the department of mental health after a finding of probable cause under section 632.489, or a person committed for control, care, and treatment by the department of mental health under sections 632.480 to 632.513;
(3) “Secure facility”, a facility operated by the department of mental health or an entity responsible for confining offenders as authorized by section 632.495.
2. No offender shall knowingly commit violence to an employee of the department of mental health or to another offender housed in a secure facility. Violation of this subsection shall be a class B felony.
3. No offender shall knowingly damage any building or other property owned or operated by the department of mental health. Violation of this subsection shall be a class C felony.
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