SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1231

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COX.

4472H.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 455.007, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the judiciary.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 455.007, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 455.007, to read as follows:

            455.007. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the public interest exception to the mootness doctrine shall apply to an appeal of a full order of protection which[:

            (1)] has expired[; and

            (2) Subjects the person against whom such order is issued to significant collateral consequences by the mere existence of such full order of protection after its expiration].

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