FIRST REGULAR SESSION

[P E R F E C T E D]

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 89

89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


Reported from the Committee on Corrections and General Laws, February 3, 1997, with recommendation that the Senate Committee Substitute do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

Senate Committee Substitute adopted February 12, 1997.

Taken up February 12, 1997. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.

TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

S0509.03P


AN ACT

To repeal section 221.111, RSMo 1994, relating to jails, 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     Section A. Section 221.111, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 221.111, to read as follows:

     221.111. 1. No person shall knowingly deliver, attempt to deliver, have in his possession, deposit or conceal in or about the premises of any county jail or other county correctional facility:

     (1) Any controlled substance as that term is defined by law, except upon the written prescription of a licensed physician, dentist, or veterinarian;

     (2) Any other alkaloid of any kind or any spiritous or malt liquor;

     (3) Any article or item of personal property which a prisoner is prohibited by law or rule made pursuant to section 221.060 from receiving or possessing, except as herein provided;

     (4) Any gun, knife, weapon, or other article or item of personal property that may be used in such manner as to endanger the safety or security of the institution or as to endanger the life or limb of any prisoner or employee thereof.

     2. The violation of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section shall be a class C felony; the violation of subdivision (2) of this section shall be a class D felony; the violation of subdivision (3) of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor; and the violation of subdivision (4) of this section shall be a class B felony.