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MO Rev Stat § 105.477 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.477 - Electronic filing, lobbying reports — information to be made available, to whom — internet website connection, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   105.477. Electronic filing, lobbying reports — information to be made available, to whom — internet website connection, when. — 1. The commission shall supply an electronic reporting system which shall be used by all lobbyists registered with the ethics commission for filing by electronic format prescribed by the commission. The electronic reporting system shall be able to operate using either the Windows or Macintosh operating environment with minimum standards set by the commission.  2. The commission shall have the appropriate software and hardware in place by January 1, 2003, for acceptance of reports electronically. The commission shall make this information available via an internet website connection by no later than January 1, 2004.  3. All lobbyists shall file expenditure reports required by the commission electronically as prescribed by the commission. In addition, lobbyists shall file a signed form prescribed by the commission which verifies the information filed electronically within five working days; except that, when a means becomes available which will allow a verifiable electronic signature, the commission may accept this in lieu of a signed form.  4. All records that are in electronic format, not otherwise closed by law, shall be available in electronic format to the public. The commission shall maintain and provide for public inspection a listing of all reports, with a complete description for each field contained on the report, that has been used to extract information from their database files. The commission shall develop a report or reports which contain every field in each database.  5. Annually, the commission shall provide to the general assembly at no cost a complete copy of information contained in the commission's electronic reporting system database files. The information shall be copied onto a medium specified by the general assembly. Such information shall not contain records otherwise closed by law. It is the intent of the general assembly to provide open access to the commission's records. The commission shall make every reasonable effort to comply with requests for information and shall take a liberal interpretation when considering such requests. Priority shall be given to public requests for reports identifying lobbyist or lobbyist principal expenditures per individual legislator. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 16, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1840)
MO Rev Stat § 105.478 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.478 - Penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   105.478. Penalty. — Any person guilty of knowingly violating any of the provisions of sections 105.450 to 105.498 shall be punished as follows:  (1) For the first offense, such person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor;  (2) For the second and subsequent offenses, such person is guilty of a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 14, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 105.482 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.482 - Severability.

Effective - 01 Jan 1991   105.482. Severability. — It is the intent of the legislature that sections 105.450 to 105.482 be severable as noted in section 1.140. In the event that any provision of sections 105.450 to 105.482 be declared invalid under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Missouri, it is the intent of the legislature that the remaining provisions of sections 105.450 to 105.482 remain in force and effect as far as they are capable of being carried into execution as intended by the legislature. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 15, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565)  Effective 1-01-91
MO Rev Stat § 105.489 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.489 - Financial interest statements — to be kept with filing officer.

Effective - 01 Jan 1992   105.489. Financial interest statements — to be kept with filing officer. — The financial interest statements required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of sections 105.483 to 105.492, other than pursuant to subsection 4 of section 105.485, shall be filed with the appropriate filing officer or officers. For the purpose of sections 105.483 to 105.492, the term "filing officer" is defined as:  (1) In the case of state elected officials and candidates for such office, and all other state officials and employees, the filing officer is the commission;  (2) In the case of judges of courts of law, the filing officer shall be the clerk of the supreme court. Financial interest statements filed by judges shall be made available for public inspection unless otherwise provided by supreme court rule;  (3) In the case of persons holding elective office in any political subdivision and candidates for such offices, and in the case of all other officers or employees of a political subdivision, the filing officer shall be the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565 § 4, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262)  Effective 1-01-92
MO Rev Stat § 105.491 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.491 - Executive director of commission — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   105.491. Executive director of commission — duties. — 1. The executive director of the commission shall:  (1) Develop and publish forms and printed instructions for use in filing the statements described in section 105.485;  (2) Furnish the necessary forms and instructions to persons required pursuant to the provisions of sections 105.483 to 105.492 to file financial statements by distributing them to any other locations the executive director deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections 105.483 to 105.492;  (3) Maintain a filing system for financial statements filed with the executive director's office and preserve such statements for a period of not less than five years;  (4) Make any financial statement filed with the executive director available for public inspection and copying within a reasonable time after filing and permit copying of any financial statement at a reasonable expense to such person;  (5) Employ staff and retain such contract services, including legal services to represent the commission before any state agency or before the courts as the executive director deems necessary within the limits authorized by appropriation by the general assembly.  2. The executive director and each other filing officer shall keep a public record of all persons inspecting or copying financial statements. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565 § 5, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262, A.L. 1997 S.B. 16)
MO Rev Stat § 105.492 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.492 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   105.492. Penalties. — 1. Any person required in sections 105.483 to 105.492 to file a financial interest statement who fails to file such statement by the times required in section 105.487 shall, if such person receives any compensation or other remuneration from public funds for the person's services, not be paid such compensation or receive such remuneration until the person has filed a financial interest statement as required by sections 105.483 to 105.492. Any person required in sections 105.483 to 105.492 to file a financial statement who fails to file such statement by the time required in section 105.487 and continues to fail to file the required financial interest statement for thirty or more days after receiving notice from the commission shall be subject to suspension from office in the manner otherwise provided by law or the constitution. The attorney general or prosecuting or circuit attorney, at the request of the commission, may take appropriate legal action to enforce the provisions of this section.  2. If a candidate for office does not file a financial interest statement by the close of business on the twenty-first day after the last day for filing for election for which the person is a candidate, the commission shall notify the official who accepted such candidate's declaration of candidacy that the candidate is disqualified. Such election official shall remove the candidate's name from the ballot.  3. Failure of any elected official or judge to file a financial interest statement thirty days after notice from the appropriate filing officer shall be grounds for removal from office as may be otherwise provided by law or the constitution.  4. Any person who knowingly misrepresents or omits any facts required to be contained in any financial interest statement filed as required by sections 105.483 to 105.496 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Venue for any criminal proceeding brought pursuant to this section shall be the county in which the defendant resided at the time the defendant filed the financial interest statement.  5. Any lobbyist who fails to timely file a lobbying disclosure report as required by section 105.473 shall be assessed a late filing fee of ten dollars for every day such report is late. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565 § 6, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262, A.L. 1997 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)
MO Rev Stat § 105.494 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.494 - Governor — appointment to certain boards or commissions prohibited.

Effective - 01 Jan 1991   105.494. Governor — appointment to certain boards or commissions prohibited. — No governor shall be appointed by any board or commission of state government to any administrative position which such board or commission has the authority to fill, during that governor's term of office, within two years of his leaving his elective office, and as long as a majority of the members serving on such board or commission were appointed by that governor. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565 § 7)  Effective 1-01-91
MO Rev Stat § 105.496 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.496 - Permanent select committee on ethics.

Effective - 01 Jan 1991   105.496. Permanent select committee on ethics. — Upon the convening of the next general assembly after January 1, 1991, the house of representatives and the senate shall each, respectively, establish by rule a permanent select committee on ethics and shall adopt the rules by which the manner and method of investigations and disciplinary proceedings and actions shall be conducted. ­­-------- (L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565 § 8)  Effective 1-01-91
MO Rev Stat § 105.498 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.498 - Out-of-state travel costs for full-time employees, reporting requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories   105.498. Out-of-state travel costs for full-time employees, reporting requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the spouse of any full-time employee of a public institution of higher education incurs out-of-state travel costs that are paid for or reimbursed by such institution, then such employee shall be required to file a quarterly travel report with the Missouri ethics commission listing the date or dates, location, purpose, and the full cost of any out-of-state travel made by such employee's spouse. Such costs shall include, but not be limited to, any transportation costs, lodging costs, and meal expenses that are paid for or reimbursed by the public institution. The commission shall publish travel reports in an electronic format on the commission's website and shall enable the reports to be easily searched by name, employee position, and institutional affiliation. The commission shall enable the electronic filing of reports.  2. In addition to the quarterly reports required under subsection 1 of this section, any spouse of a full-time employee of a public institution of higher education whose travels were funded by such public institution under the provisions of subsection 1 of this section during the one-year period immediately before August 28, 2016, shall, no later than six months after August 28, 2016, file an additional travel report with the commission covering travel expenditures during that one-year period. This travel report shall be identical in content to the quarterly travel reports required under subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 997 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 105.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.500 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   *105.500. Definitions. — For purposes of sections 105.500 to 105.598, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases mean:  (1) "Bargaining unit", a unit of public employees at any plant or installation or in a craft or in a function of a public body that establishes a clear and identifiable community of interest among the public employees concerned;  (2) "Board", the state board of mediation established under section 295.030;  (3) "Department", the department of labor and industrial relations established under section 286.010;  (4) "Exclusive bargaining representative", an organization that has been designated or selected, as provided in section 105.575, by a majority of the public employees in a bargaining unit as the representative of such public employees in such unit for purposes of collective bargaining;  (5) "Labor organization", any organization, agency, or public employee representation committee or plan, in which public employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with a public body or public bodies concerning collective bargaining, grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work;  (6) "Public body", the state of Missouri, or any officer, agency, department, bureau, division, board or commission of the state, or any other political subdivision or special district of or within the state. Public body shall not include the department of corrections;  (7) "Public employee", any person employed by a public body;  (8) "Public safety labor organization", a labor organization wholly or primarily representing persons trained or authorized by law or rule to render emergency medical assistance or treatment, including, but not limited to, firefighters, ambulance attendants, attendant drivers, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technician paramedics, dispatchers, registered nurses and physicians, and persons who are vested with the power of arrest for criminal code violations including, but not limited to, police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 232 § 1, A.L. 1967 p. 192, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1413)  *Revisor's Note: On June 1, 2021, this section was declared unconstitutional in Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC 98412 (Mo.banc). (1974) Employees of judicial department paid either by state or county are within the provisions of this section. State ex rel. O'Leary v. Missouri State Board of Mediation (Mo.), 509 S.W.2d 84. (2021) House Bill 1413 enacted in 2018 held invalid as violation of equal protection clause of Article I, Section 2 of state constitution; section as amended by that act could not be severed from rest of bill. Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC98412 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 105.503 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.503 - Applicability — exceptions — federal law supersedes, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018   *105.503. Applicability — exceptions — federal law supersedes, when. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the provisions of sections 105.500 to 105.598 shall apply to all employees of a public body, all labor organizations, and all labor agreements between such a labor organization and a public body, whether collective bargaining rights are granted to such entities in section 105.510 or by judicial decision.  2. The provisions of sections 105.500 to 105.598 shall not apply to:  (1) Public safety labor organizations and all employees of a public body who are members of a public safety labor organization;  (2) The department of corrections and all employees of the department of corrections;  (3) Members of a labor organization who are not employed by a public body; and  (4) Any labor agreement between a labor organization and an employer that is not a public body.  3. Nothing in sections 105.500 to 105.598 shall be construed to interfere with the rights and obligations that are specified in Title 29 of the United States Code, provided that in the case of a conflict with Title 29 of the United States Code, the provisions of Title 29 of the United States Code shall prevail. ­­-------- (L. 2018 H.B. 1413)  *Revisor's Note: On June 1, 2021, this section was declared unconstitutional in Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC 98412 (Mo.banc). (2021) House Bill 1413 enacting section in 2018 held invalid as violation of equal protection clause of Article I, Section 2 of state constitution; section as enacted could not be severed from rest of bill. Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC98412 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 105.525 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.525 - Issues as to appropriate bargaining units and majority representative status to be decided by board — appeal to circuit court.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   *105.525. Issues as to appropriate bargaining units and majority representative status to be decided by board — appeal to circuit court. — Issues with respect to appropriateness of bargaining units and majority representative status, as determined under section 105.575, shall be resolved by the board. In the event that the appropriate administrative body or any of the bargaining units shall be aggrieved by the decision of the board, an appeal may be had to the circuit court of the county where the administrative body is located or in the circuit court of Cole County. ­­-------- (L. 1967 p. 192 § 105.530, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1413)  *Revisor's Note: On June 1, 2021, this section was declared unconstitutional in Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC 98412 (Mo.banc). (1975) Utilization of the state board of mediation as provided in § 105.525, RSMo, held not to be an infringement on the constitutional powers of the curators of the University of Missouri. Curators of University of Missouri v. Public Service Employees Local No. 45 (Mo.), 520 S.W.2d 54.  (1977) It is the duty of the state board of mediation to determine which "employees" are proper members of a bargaining unit and which are properly part of management. Golden Valley Memorial v. Missouri State Bd. of Mediation (A.), 559 S.W.2d 581. (1986) The State Board of Mediation is not to be named as a party on an appeal of its decision. Baer v. Civilian Personnel Division, 714 S.W.2d 536 (Mo. App.).  (2021) House Bill 1413 enacted in 2018 held invalid as violation of equal protection clause of Article I, Section 2 of state constitution; section as amended by that act could not be severed from rest of bill. Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC98412 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 105.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.530 - Law not to be construed as granting right to strike.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   *105.530. Law not to be construed as granting right to strike. — Nothing contained in sections 105.500 to 105.598 shall be construed as granting a right to public employees covered in sections 105.500 to 105.598 to strike. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 232 § 4, A.L. 1967 p. 192 § 105.540, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1413)  *Revisor's Note: On June 1, 2021, this section was declared unconstitutional in Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC 98412 (Mo.banc). (1977) Teachers' strike while not covered by statute is illegal as violative of common law. School Dist. of Kansas City v. Clymer (A.), 554 S.W.2d 483. (1987) This statute does not give rise to any implied right of action on behalf of citizens whose home was destroyed during strike by fire fighters' union. White v. Intern. Ass'n. of Fire Fighters, 738 S.W.2d 933 (Mo. App.). (2021) House Bill 1413 enacted in 2018 held invalid as violation of equal protection clause of Article I, Section 2 of state constitution; section as amended by that act could not be severed from rest of bill. Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC98412 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 105.537 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.537 - Attorney-client information not to be included in reports, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018   *105.537. Attorney-client information not to be included in reports, when. — Nothing contained in the provisions of sections 105.533 to 105.555 shall be construed to require an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any state to include in any report required to be filed under the provisions of sections 105.533 to 105.555 any information that was lawfully communicated to such attorney by any of his or her clients in the course of a legitimate attorney-client relationship. ­­-------- (L. 2018 H.B. 1413)  *Revisor's Note: On June 1, 2021, this section was declared unconstitutional in Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC 98412 (Mo.banc). (2021) House Bill 1413 enacting section in 2018 held invalid as violation of equal protection clause of Article I, Section 2 of state constitution; section as enacted could not be severed from rest of bill. Missouri National Education Association v. Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, SC98412 (Mo.banc).