FIRST REGULAR SESSION

SENATE BILL NO. 55

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GRAVES.

Pre-filed December 1, 1998, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.



TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

S0572.01I


AN ACT

To repeal section 565.024, RSMo 1994, relating to the crime of involuntary manslaughter, 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Section A.  Section 565.024, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 565.024, to read as follows:

565.024.  1.  A person commits the crime of involuntary manslaughter in the first degree if he:

(1)  Recklessly causes the death of another person; or

(2)  While in an intoxicated condition operates a motor vehicle in this state and, when so operating, acts with criminal negligence to cause the death of any person.

2.  Involuntary manslaughter in the first degree is a class C felony.

3.  A person commits the crime of involuntary manslaughter in the second degree if he acts with criminal negligence to cause the death of any person.

4.  Involuntary manslaughter in the second degree is a class D felony.




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