HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD14345 BILL NO. 2007-174
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN Brown
ORDINANCE NO. I 4 3 4
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI,AMENDING CHAPTER 18
(MISC. OFFENSES), SECTION 165 (FALSE REPORTS), OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF JEFFERSON.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section . Chapter 18 (Misc. Offenses), Section 165 (False Reports) of the Code of
the City of Jefferson, Missouri, is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 18-165.False reports.
A. A person commits the offense of making a false report if he knowingly:
1. Gives false information to a law enforcement officer or for the purpose of implicating another
person in a crime;or
• 2. Makes a false report to a law enforcement officer that a crime has occurred or is about to
occur;or
3.
Makes,initiates,or transmits a signal,message,report,or other notification of an event
of fire when no such danger exists.
4. Makes, initiates, or transmits a false claim or report, or causes a false report to be
made,to a city employee charged with enforcement of City codes,that a code violation
has occurred when such person knows that the said violation has not occurred.
B. It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection(A)of this section that the actor retracted the false
statement or report before the law enforcement officer or any other person took substantial action in reliance thereon.
C. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under subsection(b)of this
section.
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Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date
• of its passage and approval.
Passed: a/ Approved: Aw,
Zresiding Officer Mayor
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ATTEST: APP VED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City ounselor
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