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By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostPerhaps this time, it will actually become law.Max's Law is once again on the governor's desk.State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer of Parkville has hope that this year will be the year."This is the third year now that I've sponsored Max's Law," Luetkemeyer tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post.Luetkemeyer first carried the legislation in the session following the death of K-9 Max. The St. Jospeh police dog was shot and killed by a suspect he was chasing June 21st of 2021. It was discovered after the death that under Missouri law the killing of a police animal was no more significant than a property crime.Luetkemeyer sought to change that."What Max's Law does is it raises the offense of killing a law enforcement canine to a felony offense so that somebody who does that they can actually spend time in prison," Luetkemeyer says.In the 2022 Missouri legislative session, the anti-crime measure that included Max's Law ran out of tim

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