Missouri HB 2269: Creates a civil penalty for possession of a large capacity magazine.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2269
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE APPELBAUM.
5113H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 571, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to high-capacity
magazines, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 571, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 571.071 to read as follows:
571.071. 1. No person shall possess a high-capacity magazine.
2 2. Any person in possession of a high-capacity magazine shall be subject to a civil
3 penalty in the amount of one hundred dollars per high-capacity magazine, not to exceed
4 one thousand dollars per incident.
5 3. For the purposes of this section, "high-capacity magazine" shall include a
6 magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be
7 readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of ammunition, but does not
8 include an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operation only with,
9 .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
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EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.