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MO HB341

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/1/2015

Primary Sponsor

Tony Dugger

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Centralizes campaign finance filing requirements by making the Missouri Ethics Commission the sole filing authority for candidates for state senator, state representative, county clerk, circuit court judges, and all elective municipal and county offices, removing the previous dual-filing requirement with local election authorities

  • Requires candidates filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission under the new provisions to submit all disclosure reports in an electronic format prescribed by the commission

  • Maintains local election authority filing requirements only for non-statewide ballot measures, which continue to be filed with the election authority for the political subdivision or district where the measure appears

  • Retains existing filing structure for statewide candidates (governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, attorney general, supreme court and appellate judges) who already file solely with the Missouri Ethics Commission

  • Effective date of January 1, 2016

Legislative Description

Specifies that beginning January 1, 2016, certain elective county offices must file ethics reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission instead of local election authorities

Last Action

Placed on Informal Calendar

5/6/2015

Committee Referrals

Select Committee on State and Local Governments2/24/2015
Elections1/27/2015

Full Bill Text

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