SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES FALLERT (Sponsor), ROBINSON AND HARRIS (110) (Co-sponsors).
Pre-filed December 19, 2007 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 589, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to sexual offenders in state parks, with a penalty provision.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 589, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 589.416, to read as follows:
589.416. 1. If any person required by sections 589.400 to 589.425 to register wishes to camp at a state park, such person shall, prior to camping at the state park, notify a park ranger for the park in which such person will be camping, in writing, of the following:
(1) The person's full name, address, and county of residence;
(2) The fact that such person is a registered sexual offender;
(3) The name and location of the state park at which such person will be camping;
(4) The date and time such person will be arriving at such park and the date and time such person will be leaving such park;
(5) The location of the campground at which such person will be camping; and
(6) The license number of any vehicle or vehicles such person will be utilizing in the state park.
2. Any park ranger for a state park who receives notification from a registered sexual offender under the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall do the following:
(1) Forward a copy of such written notification to the department of natural resources along with the date and time such written notification was received by such park ranger;
(2) Notify appropriate park personnel of the name of the offender and the dates and times such offender will be camping in the state park and the location of the campground at which such offender will be camping.
3. The department of natural resources shall retain the written notifications provided to them by the park rangers for a minimum of three years. The park rangers shall retain the written notifications provided to them by the registered sexual offenders for a minimum of one year.
4. Any sexual offender required by subsection 1 of this section to notify a park ranger who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection 1 of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
5. Any sexual offender who is found to be camping in a state park at any date or time other than a date and time such offender has given prior written notice to the park ranger, as required by subsection 1 of this section, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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