566.149. Certain offenders not to be present within five hundred feet of school property, exception--permission required for parents or guardians who are offenders, procedure--penalty.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

566.149. Certain offenders not to be present within five hundred feet of school property, exception--permission required for parents or guardians who are offenders, procedure--penalty.

Certain offenders not to be present within five hundred feet of schoolproperty, exception--permission required for parents or guardianswho are offenders, procedure--penalty.

566.149. 1. Any person who has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to,or been convicted of, or been found guilty of:

(1) Violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisionsof subsection 2 of section 568.020, RSMo, incest; section 568.045, RSMo,endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree; subsection 2 ofsection 568.080, RSMo, use of a child in a sexual performance; section568.090, RSMo, promoting a sexual performance by a child; section 573.023,RSMo, sexual exploitation of a minor; section 573.025, RSMo, promotingchild pornography; or section 573.040, RSMo, furnishing pornographicmaterial to minors; or

(2) Any offense in any other state or foreign country, or undertribal, federal, or military jurisdiction which, if committed in thisstate, would be a violation listed in this section;

shall not be present in or loiter within five hundred feet of any schoolbuilding, on real property comprising any school, or in any conveyanceowned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or fromschool or a school-related activity when persons under the age of eighteenare present in the building, on the grounds, or in the conveyance, unlessthe offender is a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a student presentin the building and has met the conditions set forth in subsection 2 ofthis section.

2. No parent, legal guardian, or custodian who has pleaded guilty ornolo contendere to, or been convicted of, or been found guilty of violatingany of the offenses listed in subsection 1 of this section shall be presentin any school building, on real property comprising any school, or in anyconveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport studentsto or from school or a school-related activity when persons under the ageof eighteen are present in the building, on the grounds or in theconveyance unless the parent, legal guardian, or custodian has permissionto be present from the superintendent or school board or in the case of aprivate school from the principal. In the case of a public school, ifpermission is granted, the superintendent or school board president mustinform the principal of the school where the sex offender will be present.Permission may be granted by the superintendent, school board, or in thecase of a private school from the principal for more than one event at atime, such as a series of events, however, the parent, legal guardian, orcustodian must obtain permission for any other event he or she wishes toattend for which he or she has not yet had permission granted.

3. Regardless of the person's knowledge of his or her proximity toschool property or a school-related activity, violation of the provisionsof this section shall be a class A misdemeanor.