FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 64

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES DAVIS (Sponsor) AND YATES (Co-sponsor).

                  Pre-filed December 4, 2006 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 171, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a school holiday for election day.

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

            Section A. Chapter 171, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section to be known as section 171.055, to read as follows:

            171.055. Election day shall be a school holiday in any school located in an area where a general, municipal, or special election is being conducted. For purposes of this section, "school holiday" shall mean a day in which no routine classroom instruction shall transpire; however, a school building may remain open for parent-teacher conferences, field trips, or other activities not involving classroom instruction.

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