To repeal section 575.110, RSMo 1994, relating to tampering with a public record, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

     Section A. Section 575.110, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 575.110, to read as follows:

     575.110. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering with a public record if with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability of a public record:

     (1) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; [or]

     (2) Knowing he lacks authority to do so, he destroys, suppresses or conceals any public record[.];

     (3) If such person is a civil officer, he knowingly fails to deliver to his successor all records, books and papers, as required in section 109.010, RSMo; or

     (4) If such person is a private person having or obtaining possession of any books, records or papers, appertaining to any public office, he knowingly fails to deliver such books, records or papers to the officer entitled to the same as required in section 109.080, RSMo.

     2. Tampering with a public record is a class [A misdemeanor] D felony.