FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.231
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBANGERT.
0124H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection537.555,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
immunityfromcivilliabilityforforcibleentryintoalockedvehicle.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section537.555,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection537.555,toreadasfollows:
537.555.1.Apersonshallnotbeheldcivillyliablefordamagesresultingfromthe
2forcibleentryintoavehicleforthepurposeofremovinganunsupervisedminororananimal
3ifsuchperson:
4 (1)Determinesthatthevehicleislockedorthereisnootherreasonablemethodfor
5removingtheminororanimalfromthevehicle;
6 (2)Hasagoodfaithbeliefthatforcibleentryintothevehicleisnecessarybecausethe
7minororanimalisinimminentdangerofsufferingharmifnotimmediatelyremovedfrom
8thevehicle;
9 (3)Contactsemergencyresponsepersonnelincludinganyfirefighter,emergency
10medicaltechnician,lawenforcementofficer,registerednurse,physician,orfirstresponder
11priortoforciblyenteringthevehicle;
12 (4)Remainswiththeminororanimalatasafelocationreasonablyclosetothe
13vehicleuntilemergencyresponsepersonnelarrives;and
14 (5)Usesnomoreforcetoenterthevehicleandremovetheminororanimalfromthe
15vehiclethanwasnecessaryunderthecircumstances.
16 2.Nothinginthissectionshallprovideimmunityfromcivilliabilityforactionstoaid
17aminororanimalinadditiontowhatisauthorizedbythissection.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 3.Asusedinthissection,theterm"animal"meanseverylivingvertebrate
19exceptahumanbeing.Theterm"animal"doesnotincludelivestockasdefinedin
20section277.020.
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