| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.278 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEPROUDIE. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1233H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter67,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtopublicnuisance, |
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| 8 | 8 | | withpenaltyprovisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter67,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection67.449,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 67.449.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Abuse",asdefinedinsection455.010; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (2)"Emergency",asuddenorunforeseensituation,inwhichpropertyorhuman |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4lifeisinjeopardy,thatrequiresimmediateactionandthepromptsummoningofaid; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5 (3)"Penalize",includes,butisnotlimitedto,theactualorthreatened |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6revocation,suspension,ornonrenewalofarentallicense;theactualorthreatened |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7assessmentoffines;ortheactualorthreatenedevictionorcausingtheactualor |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8threatenedevictionfromleasedpremises; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 (4)"Premises",anyparcelofproperty,whetherresidentialorcommercial;a |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10buildingorstructure,ifany,situatedontheproperty;andanyportionofthepublicway |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11thatabutsthepropertyifthepublicwayisusedinconjunctionwiththeabutting |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12propertyforthecommissionofillegalactivity; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (5)"Publicnuisance",acontinuingactorphysicalconditionthatismade, |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14permitted,allowed,orcontinuedbyanypersonorlegalentity,aperson'sorlegal |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15entity'sagentorservant,oranypersonorlegalentitywhoaidstherein,andthatis |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16detrimentaltothesafety,welfare,orconvenienceoftheinhabitantsofapolitical |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17subdivision,oranyactorconditionsodesignatedbystatuteorordinance; |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (6)"Victimofacrime",apersonwhosufferspersonalphysicalinjuryordeath |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19asadirectresultofacrime. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 2.Requeststolawenforcementoremergencyservicesforassistanceshallnotbe |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21consideredapublicnuisance. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 3.(1)Nopoliticalsubdivisionshallpenalizearesident,tenant,orlandlordfora |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23requesttolawenforcementoremergencyservicesbyoronbehalfofavictimofabuse,a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24victimofacrime,oranindividualinanemergencyifthecontactwasmadewiththe |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25reasonablebeliefthatinterventionoremergencyassistancewasnecessarytopreventthe |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26perpetrationorescalationof,ortorespondto,suchabuse,crime,oremergencyorifthe |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27interventionoremergencyassistancewasactuallyneededinresponsetosuchabuse, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28crime,oremergency. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 (2)Ifapoliticalsubdivisionenforcesorattemptstoenforceanordinanceagainst |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30aresident,tenant,orlandlordinviolationofsubdivision(1)ofthissubsection,the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31resident,tenant,orlandlordmaybringacivilactionforaviolationofthissectionand |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32seekanorderfromacourtofcompetentjurisdictionforanyofthefollowingremedies: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33 (a)Anorderrequiringthepoliticalsubdivisiontoceaseanddesisttheunlawful |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34practice; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35 (b)Paymentofcompensatorydamages,providedthataresident,tenant,or |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36landlordshallmakeareasonableefforttomitigateanydamages; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37 (c)Paymentofreasonableattorney'sfees; |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38 (d)Paymentofcourtcosts;and |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39 (e)Otherequitablereliefincluding,butnotlimitedto,reinstatingarentallicense |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40orrentalpermit,asthecourtmaydeemappropriate. |
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| 53 | 53 | | âś” |
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| 54 | 54 | | HB278 2 |
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