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INTRODUCED BY:_______________________ DATE:_____________________ <br />BILL NO.: 9069 ORDINANCE NO.:_____________ <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.20 OF THE <br />UNIVERSITY CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO OFFENSES <br />BY OR AGAINST MINORS, BY REPEALING SECTION 9.20.010 <br />THEREOF, RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A <br />CHILD, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO <br />BE KNOWN AS “SECTION 9.20.010 ENDANGERING THE <br />WELFARE OF A CHILD”, THEREBY AMENDING SAID SECTION <br />SO AS TO INCORPORATE CHANGES IN STATE LAW; <br />CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A <br />PENALTY. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY <br />CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1 <br />. Chapter 9.20 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to <br />offenses by or against minors, is hereby amended by repealing Section 9.20.010 thereof, <br />relating to endangering the welfare of a child, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section <br />to be known as “Section 9.20.010 Endangering the welfare of a child,” thereby amending <br />said section so as to incorporate changes in state law; so that said section, as so amended, <br />shall read as follows: <br /> 9.20.010 Endangering the welfare of a child. <br /> A. A person commits the ordinance violation of endangering the welfare of a <br />child if: <br />1. He or she with criminal negligence acts in a manner that creates a substantial risk to <br />the life, body or health of a child less than seventeen (17) years old; or <br />2. He or she knowingly encourages, aids or causes a child less than seventeen (17) years <br />old to engage in any conduct which causes or tends to cause the child to come within the <br />provisions of paragraph (d) of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 or subdivision (3) of <br />subsection 1 of Section 211.031 RSMo; or <br />3. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the care or custody of a <br />child less than seventeen (17) years old, he or she recklessly fails or refuses to exercise <br />reasonable diligence in the care or control of such child to prevent him or her from <br />coming within the provisions of paragraph (c) of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 or <br />paragraph (d) of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 or subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of <br />Section 211.031 RSMo; or <br />4. He or she knowingly encourages, aidsor causes a child less than seventeen (17) years <br />old to enter into any room, building or other structure which is a public nuisance as <br />defined in Section 195.130 RSMo; or <br /> <br />