SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 624
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR EHLMANN.
Pre-filed December 22, 1997, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
S2383.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 173, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to academic dishonesty, with penalty provisions.
Section A. Chapter 173, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 173.800, to read as follows:
173.800. 1. As used in this section, "exam" shall mean any exam given by or used by a public school or an approved public or private institution, as defined pursuant to section 173.200, RSMo.
2. A person commits the crime of exam fraud if he takes or attempts to take an exam in the place of another person who is officially recorded as taking the exam.
3. Exam fraud is a class B misdemeanor.
4. A person commits the crime of unlawful distribution of course-related materials if he provides, with or without receiving compensation, to any student of an approved private or public institution, as defined in section 173.200, RSMo, any papers or other work, in any form, which paper or other work is submitted by the student to the approved public or private institution as the student's original work in conjunction with any course or program of the institution in which the student is enrolled or participates. A person shall be guilty of the crime of unlawful distribution of course-related materials if the person knows or should have known that the paper or other work would be submitted as original work by the recipient of the paper or other work.
5. Unlawful distribution of course-related materials is a class B misdemeanor.