FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
HOUSEBILLNO.401
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
0215H.02C JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter556,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotimelimitations
forprosecutionsforabuseorneglectofachild.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter556,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection556.035,toreadasfollows:
556.035.Notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsection556.036,prosecutionsfor
2abuseorneglectofachildundereighteenyearsofageundersection568.060mustbe
3commencedwithintwentyyearsofthecommissionoftheoffense.
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.