FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.721
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECHRISTENSEN.
1733H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter1,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtolegalpersonhood.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter1,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection1.206,toreadasfollows:
1.206.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Bodyofwater",anynaturalorman-madeaccumulationofwater,
3regardlessofwhethertheaccumulationofwaterisstaticorsubjecttoaforcethatcauses
4ahydrologicalcurrent;
5 (2)"Governmentalentity",acourt,thegeneralassembly,thelegislativebodyof
6apoliticalsubdivision,oranotherentityofthestateorapoliticalsubdivisionifthe
7entityhasadjudicatoryorrulemakingauthority;
8 (3)"Humanbeing",amemberofthespeciesclassifiedashomosapiens;
9 (4)"Land",thesolidterrestrialsurfaceorsubsurfaceoftheearth;
10 (5)"Legalpersonhood",thelegalrightsandobligationsofanindividualunder
11thelawsofthisstateorthelegalrightsandobligationsofapersonotherthanan
12individualunderthelawsofthisstate;
13 (6)"Politicalsubdivision",thesameasundersection67.750;
14 (7)"Realproperty",anybuilding,fixture,improvement,appurtenance,
15structure,orotherdevelopmentthatisaffixedpermanentlytoland;
16 (8)"State",thesameasundersection1.020.
17 2.Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflawtothecontrary,agovernmental
18entityshallnotgrantlegalpersonhoodto,norrecognizelegalpersonhoodin:
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19 (1)Artificialintelligence;
20 (2)Aninanimateobject;
21 (3)Abodyofwater;
22 (4)Land;
23 (5)Realproperty;
24 (6)Atmosphericgases;
25 (7)Anastronomicalobject;
26 (8)Weather;
27 (9)Aplant;
28 (10)Anonhumananimal;or
29 (11)Anymemberofataxonomicspeciesthatisnotahumanbeing.
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