SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1454

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBINSON (Sponsor), RUCKER, KUESSNER, CASEY, ROORDA, TILLEY AND DOUGHERTY (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time January 19, 2006 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 473, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to public administrators.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 473, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 473.748, to read as follows:

            473.748. 1. As used in this section, the terms "conservator", "guardian", "protectee", and "ward" shall have the same definitions as in section 475.010, RSMo.

            2. Any term, provision, consideration, or covenant in any contract for treatment, goods, or services shall be unforceable if such term, provision, consideration, or covenant requires a public administrator who is acting as a guardian or conservator to personally pay, assume, or guarantee the debt or account of a ward or protectee.

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