Missouri SB 1083: Modifies provisions relating to the attorney general

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1083
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ARTHUR.
3955S.03I ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 566, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to the attorney general.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 566, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
two new sections, to be known as sections 566.219 and 566.230, 2
to read as follows:3
566.219. 1. Upon receiving a referral from a 1
prosecuting attorney alleging any sexual offense involving a 2
child in chapter 566, any sexual offense involving a 3
vulnerable person in chapter 566, or any offense involving 4
trafficking in chapter 566, the attorney general may 5
commence prosecution of such offenses within sixty days of 6
receiving the referral by filing a complaint, information, 7
or indictment. Once the attorney general commences 8
prosecution pursuant to this section, he or she may 9
prosecute any additional offense that is part of the same 10
course of conduct as the offense or offenses originally 11
referred to the attorney general. 12
2. The attorney general, or one of his or her 13
assistants, shall have the authority to request an 14
examination before a grand jury and may sign indictments in 15
a case referred to the attorney general pursuant to 16
subsection 1 of this section. 17
566.230. There is created within the office of the 1
attorney general an abuse of children and vulnerable adults 2

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division. No assistant attorney general while assigned to 3
the abuse of children and vulnerable adults division shall 4
participate in the prosecution or defense of any civil claim 5
on behalf of the state, any agency of the state, or any 6
officer of the state, except the prosecution of an action 7
alleging any sexual offense involving a child or a 8
vulnerable person in chapter 566 or any offense involving 9
trafficking in chapter 566. 10
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