| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1033 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEFUCHS. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2443H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsections556.036and556.037,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsection |
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| 8 | 8 | | relatingtotimelimitationsforsexualoffenses. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Sections556.036and556.037,RSMo,arerepealedandonenewsection |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassection556.036,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 556.036.1.Aprosecutionformurder,[rapeinthefirstdegree,forciblerape, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2attemptedrapeinthefirstdegree,attemptedforciblerape,sodomyinthefirstdegree,forcible |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3sodomy,attemptedsodomyinthefirstdegree,attemptedforciblesodomy] anoffenseunder |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4chapter566,oranyclassAfelonymaybecommencedatanytime. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 2.Exceptasotherwiseprovidedinthissection,prosecutionsforotheroffensesmust |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6becommencedwithinthefollowingperiodsoflimitation: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (1)Foranyfelony,threeyears,exceptasprovidedinsubdivision(4)ofthis |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8subsection; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (2)Foranymisdemeanor,oneyear; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (3)Foranyinfraction,sixmonths; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11 (4)Foranyviolationofsection569.040,whenclassifiedasaclassBfelony,orany |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12violationofsection569.050or569.055,fiveyears. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 3.Iftheperiodprescribedinsubsection2ofthissectionhasexpired,aprosecution |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14mayneverthelessbecommencedfor: |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (1)Anyoffenseamaterialelementofwhichiseitherfraudorabreachoffiduciary |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16obligationwithinoneyearafterdiscoveryoftheoffensebyanaggrievedpartyorbyaperson |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17whohasalegaldutytorepresentanaggrievedpartyandwhoishimselforherselfnotaparty |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18totheoffense,butinnocaseshallthisprovisionextendtheperiodoflimitationbymorethan |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19threeyears.Asusedinthissubdivision,theterm"personwhohasalegaldutytorepresentan |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20aggrievedparty"shallmeantheattorneygeneralortheprosecutingorcircuitattorneyhaving |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21jurisdictionpursuanttosection407.553,forpurposesofoffensescommittedpursuantto |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22sections407.511to407.556;and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (2)Anyoffensebaseduponmisconductinofficebyapublicofficeroremployeeat |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24anytimewhenthepersonisinpublicofficeoremploymentorwithintwoyearsthereafter,but |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25innocaseshallthisprovisionextendtheperiodoflimitationbymorethanthreeyears;and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 (3)Anyoffensebaseduponanintentionalandwillfulfraudulentclaimofchild |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27supportarrearagetoapublicservantintheperformanceofhisorherdutieswithinoneyear |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28afterdiscoveryoftheoffense,butinnocaseshallthisprovisionextendtheperiodof |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29limitationbymorethanthreeyears. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30 4.Anoffenseiscommittedeitherwheneveryelementoccurs,or,ifalegislative |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31purposetoprohibitacontinuingcourseofconductplainlyappears,atthetimewhenthe |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32courseofconductortheperson'scomplicitythereinisterminated.Timestartstorunonthe |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33dayaftertheoffenseiscommitted. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 5.Aprosecutioniscommencedforamisdemeanororinfractionwhentheinformation |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35isfiledandforafelonywhenthecomplaintorindictmentisfiled. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36 6.Theperiodoflimitationdoesnotrun: |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37 (1)Duringanytimewhentheaccusedisabsentfromthestate,butinnocaseshall |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38thisprovisionextendtheperiodoflimitationotherwiseapplicablebymorethanthreeyears; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39 (2)Duringanytimewhentheaccusedisconcealinghimselforherselffromjustice |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40eitherwithinorwithoutthisstate; |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41 (3)Duringanytimewhenaprosecutionagainsttheaccusedfortheoffenseispending |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42inthisstate; |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43 (4)Duringanytimewhentheaccusedisfoundtolackmentalfitnesstoproceed |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44pursuanttosection552.020;or |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45 (5)DuringanyperiodoftimeafterwhichaDNAprofileisdevelopedfromevidence |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46collectedinrelationtothecommissionofacrimeandincludedinapublishedlaboratory |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47reportuntilthedateuponwhichtheaccusedisidentifiedbynamebaseduponamatch |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48betweenthatDNAevidenceprofileandtheknownDNAprofileoftheaccused.Forpurposes |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49ofthissection,theterm"DNAprofile"meansthecollectiveresultsoftheDNAanalysisofan |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50evidencesample. |
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| 63 | 63 | | [556.037.1.Notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsection556.036, |
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| 64 | 64 | | 2 prosecutionsforunlawfulsexualoffensesinvolvingapersoneighteenyearsof |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3 ageorundermaybecommencedatanytime. |
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| 66 | 66 | | HB1033 2 4 2.Forpurposesofthissection,"sexualoffenses"include,butarenot |
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| 67 | 67 | | 5 limitedto,alloffensesforwhichregistrationisrequiredundersections |
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| 68 | 68 | | 6 589.400to589.425.] |
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| 69 | 69 | | âś” |
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| 70 | 70 | | HB1033 3 |
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