SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1068
90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SINGLETON.
Read 1st time March 1, 2000, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4645S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 595.218, RSMo 1994, relating to victims of crimes, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 595.218, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 595.218, to read as follows:
595.218. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, nothing in sections 595.200 to 595.215 shall be construed as creating a cause of action on behalf of any person against any public employee, public agency, the state or any agency responsible for the enforcement of rights and provisions of services set forth in sections 595.200 to 595.215.
2. Upon motion by an aggrieved party, the court may assess a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars per incident against any public employee who flagrantly and knowingly fails to enforce the rights of a crime victim.