Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS Chapter 578 • Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote 578.176. Bear wrestling — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of bear wrestling if he or she: (1) Wrestles a bear; (2) Permits bear wrestling to be done on any premises under his or her charge or control; (3) Promotes, conducts, or stages bear wrestling; (4) Advertises bear wrestling; (5) Collects any admission fee for bear wrestling; (6) Purchases, sells, or possesses a bear which he or she knows will be used for bear wrestling; (7) Trains a bear for bear wrestling; (8) Subjects a bear to surgical alteration for bear wrestling. 2. The offense of bear wrestling is a class A misdemeanor. -------- (Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, § C, November 3, 1998, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (2000) Proposition A did not violate constitutional requirements of single subject and clear title. United Gamefowl Breeders Ass'n. of Missouri v. Nixon, 19 S.W.3d 137 (Mo.banc).
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