SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1544
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEALLEN.
4349H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter579,RSMo,byaddingtheretotwonewsectionsrelatingtooffenses
involvingthedeliveryofacontrolledsubstance,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter579,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretotwonewsections,tobe
2knownassections579.021and579.022,toreadasfollows:
579.021.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstance
2causinggreatbodilyharmifapersondeliversordistributesacontrolledsubstance
3undersection579.020andgreatbodilyharmresultsfromtheuseofsuchcontrolled
4substance.
5 2.Itshallnotbeadefensethattheusercontributedtotheuser'sowngreat
6bodilyharmbyusingthecontrolledsubstanceorconsentingtotheadministrationofthe
7controlledsubstancebyanother.
8 3.Theoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstancecausinggreatbodilyharmis
9aclassCfelony.
579.022.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstance
2causingdeathifapersondeliversordistributesacontrolledsubstanceundersection
3579.020andadeathresultsfromtheuseofsuchcontrolledsubstance.
4 2.Itshallnotbeadefensethattheusercontributedtotheuser'sowndeathby
5usingthecontrolledsubstanceorconsentingtotheadministrationofthecontrolled
6substancebyanother.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 7 3.TheoffenseofdeliveryofacontrolledsubstancecausingdeathisaclassA
8felony.
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