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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2174
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE PERKINS.
4469H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o 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Section A. Section 537.130, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu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 fr om an unlawful or riotous
5 assemblage shall not be criminally or civilly liable for any death or injury that may
6 r esult to any individual participating in the unlawful or riotous assemblage if the person
7 fleeing rea sonably believes he or she or any occupant of the motor vehicle is in danger
8 and the person exerci sed due car e at the time of the death or injury .
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EXPLANA TION — 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.