HOUSE BILL NO. 2174 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERKINS.
4469H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 537.130, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to liability for fleeing from an unlawful or riotous assemblage in a motor vehicle.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 537.130, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 537.130, to read as follows: 537.130. 1. Any person or persons forming a part of an unlawful or riotous 2 assemblage shall be liable for any damage to person or property caused by the acts of such 3 assemblage, or of any person or persons unlawfully connected therewith. 4 2. Any person attempting to flee in a motor vehicle from an unlawful or riotous 5 assemblage shall not be criminally or civilly liable for any death or injury that may 6 result to any individual participating in the unlawful or riotous assemblage if the person 7 fleeing reasonably believes he or she or any occupant of the motor vehicle is in danger 8 and the person exercised due care at the time of the death or injury. ✔
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.
Statutes affected: