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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3241
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE EAL Y .
7091H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 546.740, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
execution witnesses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 546.740, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 546.740, to read as follows:
546.740. The chief administrative of ficer of the correctional center , or his duly
2 appointed representative , and any judge or jur or who declar ed death as a punishment
3 shall be present at the execution [ and ] . The director of the department of corrections shall
4 invite the presence of the attorney general of the state, and at least eight reputable citizens, to
5 be selected by him or her ; and he or she shall at the request of the defendant, permit such
6 cler gy or religious leaders, not exceeding two, as the defendant may name, and any person,
7 other than another incarcerated offender , relatives or friends, not to exceed five, to be present
8 at the execution, together with such peace of ficers as he or she may think expedient, to
9 witness the execution; but no person under twenty-one years of age shall be allowed to
10 witness the execution.
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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.