No county or municipality, except as provided in section 67.310, may adopt or enforce a law, rule or ordinance which authorizes or requires arrest or punishment for public intoxication or being a common or habitual drunkard or alcoholic. No county or municipality may interpret or apply any law or ordinance to circumvent the provisions of this section.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.305
Counties or cities not to arrest or punish for public intoxication
Known as the State-Local Technical Services Act
The act spans §§ 67–67 (560 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1978; (L. 1977 H.B. 341 § 1, A.L. 1978 S.B. 749)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.