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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3535
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
7525H.02C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 320.230, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
peace of ficer duties of certain employees of the division of fire safety .
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 320.230, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 320.230, to read as follows:
320.230. 1. The state fire marshal shall conduct investigations and may conduct
2 hearings into the cause, origin, or circumstances of fire losses and shall cooperate with the
3 appropriate fire or police of ficials of this state or its political subdivisions in investigations of
4 the cause, origin or circumstances of fires, explosions or related occurrences involving the
5 possibility of arson or related of fenses.
6 2. The state fire marshal and the marshal's paid investigators who have attained
7 proper certification as peace of ficers pursuant to chapter 590 as approved by the director of
8 the department of public safety shall be deemed to be peace of ficers and shall notify the local
9 law enforcement agency of the existence of the investigators and shall have the power of
10 arrest for all of fenses incident to the investigation of the cause, origin or circumstances of
11 fires, fir eworks, explosions or like occurrences involving the possibility of arson, or related
12 of fenses, and in connection with any of fenses when aiding and assisting the sheriff of any
13 county or the chief of police of any municipality , or their designated representatives, at their
14 request , or when exigent circums tances that present an immediate thr eat of bodily harm
15 to any person exist .
16 3. The term "fire works" shall be as defined in section 320.106.
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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.