| 1 | 1 | | SECONDREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEJOINT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION NO.134 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 102NDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBURGER. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 5625H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 7 | 7 | | JOINTRESOLUTION |
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| 8 | 8 | | SubmittingtothequalifiedvotersofMissourianamendmenttoArticleIIIoftheConstitution |
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| 9 | 9 | | ofMissouri,byadoptingtwonewsectionsrelatingtofirstresponders. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BeitresolvedbytheHouseofRepresentatives,theSenateconcurringtherein: |
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| 11 | 11 | | ThatatthenextgeneralelectiontobeheldinthestateofMissouri,onTuesdaynext |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2followingthefirstMondayinNovember,2024,orataspecialelectiontobecalledbythe |
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| 13 | 13 | | 3governorforthatpurpose,thereisherebysubmittedtothequalifiedvotersofthisstate,for |
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| 14 | 14 | | 4adoptionorrejection,thefollowingamendmenttoArticleIIIoftheConstitutionofthestate |
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| 15 | 15 | | 5ofMissouri: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SectionA.ArticleIII,ConstitutionofMissouri,isamendedbyadoptingtwonew |
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| 17 | 17 | | 2sections,tobeknownasSections38(e)and38(f),toreadasfollows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section38(e).1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofassaultagainstafirst |
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| 19 | 19 | | 2responderifheorsheattemptstokillorknowinglycausesorattemptstocauseserious |
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| 20 | 20 | | 3physicalinjurytoafirstresponder.ThisoffenseshallbeaclassAfelony. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 4 2.Asusedinthissection,theterm"firstresponder"shallincludeanylaw |
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| 22 | 22 | | 5enforcementofficer;emergencypersonnel;paidorvolunteerfirefighter;emergency |
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| 23 | 23 | | 6room,hospital,ortraumacenterpersonnel;emergencymedicaltechnician;ormember |
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| 24 | 24 | | 7oftheNationalGuardwhendeployedinthisstatewhoisassaultedintheperformance |
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| 25 | 25 | | 8ofhisorherofficialdutiesorasadirectresultofsuchofficialduties. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section38(f).1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 27 | 27 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 28 | 28 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 2 (1)"Firstresponder",anypersonemployedasalawenforcementofficer; |
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| 29 | 29 | | 3emergencypersonnel;paidorvolunteerfirefighter;emergencyroom,hospital,or |
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| 30 | 30 | | 4traumacenterpersonnel;emergencymedicaltechnician;ormemberoftheNational |
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| 31 | 31 | | 5Guardwhendeployedinthisstate; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 6 (2)"Killedinthelineofduty",shallincludeanyfirstresponderasdefinedin |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7thissectionwholoseshisorherlifewhen: |
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| 34 | 34 | | 8 (a)Deathiscausedbyanaccidentorthewillfulactofviolenceofanother; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 9 (b)Thefirstresponderisintheactiveperformanceofhisorherdutiesinhisor |
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| 36 | 36 | | 10herrespectiveprofessionandthereisarelationshipbetweentheaccidentorcommission |
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| 37 | 37 | | 11oftheactofviolenceandtheperformanceoftheduty,eveniftheindividualisoffduty; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12thefirstresponderistravelingtoorfromemployment;orthefirstresponderistaking |
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| 39 | 39 | | 13anymealbreakorotherbreakthattakesplacewhileheorsheisonduty; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 14 (c)Deathisthenaturalandprobableconsequenceoftheinjury;and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 15 (d)Deathoccurswithinthreehundredweeksfromthedatetheinjurywas |
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| 42 | 42 | | 16received. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 18Thetermexcludesdeathresultingfromthewillfulmisconductorintoxicationofthe |
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| 45 | 45 | | 19firstresponder.Thedivisionofworkers'compensationshallhavetheburdenofproving |
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| 46 | 46 | | 20suchwillfulmisconductorintoxication. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 21 2.Aclaimforcompensationforafirstresponderkilledinthelineofdutyshall |
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| 48 | 48 | | 22befiledbysurvivorsofthedeceasedwiththedivisionofworkers'compensationnot |
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| 49 | 49 | | 23laterthanoneyearfromthedateofthedeathofthefirstresponder.Ifaclaimismade |
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| 50 | 50 | | 24withinoneyearofthedateofthedeathofthefirstresponderkilledinthelineofduty, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 25compensationshallbepaidifthedivisionfindsthattheclaimantisentitledto |
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| 52 | 52 | | 26compensation.Anycompensationawardedshallbedistributedasprovidedbylaw.The |
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| 53 | 53 | | 27amountofcompensationpaidtotheclaimantshallbetwohundredandfiftythousand |
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| 54 | 54 | | 28dollarsforanysuchdeathoccurringafterDecember31,2024. |
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| 55 | 55 | | 29 3.Asurchargeoftwentydollarsshallbeassessedascostsineachcourt |
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| 56 | 56 | | 30proceedingfiledinanycourtinthestateinallcriminalcasesincludingviolationsofany |
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| 57 | 57 | | 31countyordinanceoranyviolationofcriminalortrafficlawsofthestate,includingan |
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| 58 | 58 | | 32infractionandviolationofamunicipalordinance;exceptthat,nosuchfeeshallbe |
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| 59 | 59 | | 33collectedinanyproceedinginanycourtwhentheproceedingorthedefendanthasbeen |
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| 60 | 60 | | 34dismissedbythecourtorwhencostsaretobepaidbythestate,county,ormunicipality. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 35Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,themoneyscollectedby |
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| 62 | 62 | | 36clerksofthecourtspursuanttothissubsectionshallbedepositedintothe"LineofDuty |
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| 63 | 63 | | HJR134 2 37CompensationFund"oranyotherfundusedsolelyforpayingclaimsoffirstresponders |
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| 64 | 64 | | 38killedinthelineofduty. |
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| 65 | 65 | | âś” |
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| 66 | 66 | | HJR134 3 |
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