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MO Rev Stat § 105.452 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.452 - Prohibited acts by elected and appointed public officials and employees.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   105.452. Prohibited acts by elected and appointed public officials and employees. — 1. No elected or appointed official or employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall:  (1) Act or refrain from acting in any capacity in which he is lawfully empowered to act as such an official or employee by reason of any payment, offer to pay, promise to pay, or receipt of anything of actual pecuniary value paid or payable, or received or receivable, to himself or any third person, including any gift or campaign contribution, made or received in relationship to or as a condition of the performance of an official act, other than compensation to be paid by the state or political subdivision; or  (2) Use confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself, his spouse, his dependent child in his custody, or any business with which he is associated;  (3) Disclose confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself or any other person;  (4) Favorably act on any matter that is so specifically designed so as to provide a special monetary benefit to such official or his spouse or dependent children, including but not limited to increases in retirement benefits, whether received from the state of Missouri or any third party by reason of such act. For the purposes of this subdivision, "special monetary benefit" means being materially affected in a substantially different manner or degree than the manner or degree in which the public in general will be affected or, if the matter affects only a special class of persons, then affected in a substantially different manner or degree than the manner or degree in which such class will be affected. In all such matters such officials must recuse themselves from acting, except that such official may act on increases in compensation subject to the restrictions of Section 13 of Article VII of the Missouri Constitution; or  (5) Use his decision-making authority for the purpose of obtaining a financial gain which materially enriches himself, his spouse or dependent children by acting or refraining from acting for the purpose of coercing or extorting from another anything of actual pecuniary value.  2. No elected or appointed official or employee of any political subdivision shall offer, promote, or advocate for a political appointment in exchange for anything of value to any political subdivision. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 3, A.L. 1990 H.B. 948, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2233)
MO Rev Stat § 105.453 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.453 - Paid political consulting, prohibited for statewide elected officials and members of general assembly.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   105.453. Paid political consulting, prohibited for statewide elected officials and members of general assembly. — 1. No statewide elected official or member of the general assembly shall accept or receive compensation of any kind as a paid political consultant for:  (1) A candidate for the office of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, state senator, or state representative;  (2) The candidate committee of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, state senator, or state representative;  (3) The governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor, any state senator, or any state representative;  (4) Any continuing committee; or  (5) Any campaign committee.  2. For purposes of this section, the terms "candidate", "candidate committee", "campaign committee", and "continuing committee" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under section 130.011. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1983)
MO Rev Stat § 105.455 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.455 - Six-month waiting period for certain elected or appointed officials — limited to compensated lobbyists — exemptions — definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   105.455. Six-month waiting period for certain elected or appointed officials — limited to compensated lobbyists — exemptions — definitions. — 1. No person elected or appointed to the state senate, to the state house of representatives, or to the office of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, or state auditor who vacates the office, whether by resignation, expulsion, term limitation under Article III, Section 8 of the Constitution of Missouri, or otherwise, shall act, serve, or register as a lobbyist until six months after the expiration of any term of office for which such person was elected or appointed.  2. No person holding an office that required appointment by the governor and confirmation by the senate who vacates the office, whether by resignation, expulsion, or otherwise, shall act, serve, or register as a lobbyist until six months after the vacation of such office.  3. For purposes of this section, the prohibition contained herein shall apply only to lobbyists employed by a lobbyist principal for pay or other compensation in excess of reimbursement for expenses incurred.  4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person who acts, serves, or registers as a lobbyist for a state department or agency.  5. For purposes of this section, the terms "lobbyist" and "lobbyist principal" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under section 105.470. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 1979)
MO Rev Stat § 105.458 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.458 - Prohibited acts by members of governing bodies of political subdivisions, exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   105.458. Prohibited acts by members of governing bodies of political subdivisions, exceptions. — 1. No member of any legislative or governing body of any political subdivision of the state shall:  (1) Perform any service for such political subdivision or any agency of the political subdivision for any consideration other than the compensation provided for the performance of his or her official duties, except as otherwise provided in this section; or  (2) Sell, rent or lease any property to the political subdivision or any agency of the political subdivision for consideration in excess of five hundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars per annum, or in the case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum, unless the transaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let or a sale made after public notice and in the case of property other than real property, competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted is the lowest received; or  (3) Attempt, for any compensation other than the compensation provided for the performance of his or her official duties, to influence the decision of any agency of the political subdivision on any matter; except that, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit such person from participating for compensation in any adversary proceeding or in the preparation or filing of any public document or conference thereon.  2. No sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, or corporation in which any member of any legislative body of any political subdivision is the sole proprietor, a partner having more than a ten percent partnership interest, or a coparticipant or owner of in excess of ten percent of the outstanding shares of any class of stock, shall:  (1) Perform any service for the political subdivision or any agency of the political subdivision for any consideration in excess of five hundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars per annum, or in the case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum, unless the transaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let after public notice and competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted is the lowest received;  (2) Sell, rent or lease any property to the political subdivision or any agency of the political subdivision where the consideration is in excess of five hundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars per annum, or in the case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum, unless the transaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let or a sale made after public notice and in the case of property other than real property, competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted is the lowest received. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 6, A.L. 1985 H.B. 193, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1120, A.L. 2005 H.B. 577 merged with S.B. 306 merged with S.B. 307)
MO Rev Stat § 105.461 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.461 - Interest in measure, bill, or ordinance to be recorded — financial interest statement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   105.461. Interest in measure, bill, or ordinance to be recorded — financial interest statement. — 1. The governor, lieutenant governor, any member of the general assembly, or any member of the governing body of a political subdivision who has a substantial personal or private interest in any measure, bill, order or ordinance proposed or pending before the general assembly or such governing body, shall, before such official passes on the measure, bill, order or ordinance, file a written report of the nature of the interest with the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate or clerk of such governing body and such statement shall be recorded in the appropriate journal or other record of proceedings of the governing body. The governor shall make the governor's written report along with the governor's approval or disapproval of any bill or act of the general assembly describing the nature of the interest and such report shall be recorded in the journal of the house of representatives or of the senate.  2. The governor, lieutenant governor, any member of the general assembly, or any member of the governing body of a political subdivision shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements of this section if such official has filed, at any time before the official passes on such measure, bill, order or ordinance, a financial interest statement pursuant to sections 105.483 to 105.492 which discloses the basis for the official's substantial personal or private interest or interests that the official may have therein. Any such person may amend the person's financial interest statement to disclose any subsequently acquired substantial interest at any time before the person passes on any measure, bill, order or ordinance, and shall be relieved of the provisions of subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 262 § 105.460, A.L. 1997 S.B. 16)
MO Rev Stat § 105.462 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.462 - Prohibited acts by persons with rulemaking authority — appearances — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   105.462. Prohibited acts by persons with rulemaking authority — appearances — exceptions. — 1. No member of any agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof who is empowered to adopt a rule or regulation, other than rules and regulations governing the internal affairs of the agency, or who is empowered to fix any rate, adopt zoning or land use planning regulations or plans, or who participates in or votes on the adoption of any such rule, regulation, rate or plan shall:  (1) Attempt to influence the decision or participate, directly or indirectly, in the decision of the agency in which he or she is a member when he or she knows the result of such decision may be the adoption of rates or zoning plans by the agency which may result in a direct financial gain or loss to him or her, to his or her spouse or a dependent child in his or her custody or to any business with which he or she is associated;  (2) Perform any service, during the time of his or her employment, for any person, firm or corporation for compensation other than the compensation provided for the performance of his or her official duties, if by the performance of the service he or she attempts to influence the decision of the agency of the state or political subdivision in which he or she is a member;  (3) Perform for one year after termination of his or her employment any service for compensation for any person, firm or corporation to influence the decision or action of the agency with which he or she served as a member; provided, however, that he or she may, after termination of his or her office or employment, perform such service for consideration in any adversary proceeding or in the preparation or filing of any public document or conference thereon unless he or she participated directly in that matter or in the receipt or analysis of that document while he or she was serving as a member.  2. No such member or any business with which such member is associated shall knowingly perform any service for, or sell, rent or lease any property to any person, firm or corporation which has participated in any proceeding in which the member adopted, participated in the adoption or voted on the adoption of any rate or zoning plan or the granting or revocation of any license during the preceding year and received therefor in excess of five hundred dollars per transaction or one thousand five hundred dollars per annum except on transactions pursuant to an award on contract let or of sale made after public notice and in the case of property other than real property, competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted is the lowest received. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 7, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1120)
MO Rev Stat § 105.464 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.464 - Prohibited acts by persons in judicial or quasi-judicial positions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   105.464. Prohibited acts by persons in judicial or quasi-judicial positions. — 1. No person serving in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity shall participate in such capacity in any proceeding in which the person knows that a party is any of the following: the person or the person's great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian, foster parent, spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, ward, niece, nephew, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, or cousin.  2. No provision in the section shall be construed to prohibit him from entering an order disqualifying himself or herself or transferring the matter to another court, body, or person for further proceedings. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 8, A.L. 1997 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 105.465 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.465 - Dissolution of candidate committee required, when — disbursement of moneys, limitations — definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   105.465. Dissolution of candidate committee required, when — disbursement of moneys, limitations — definitions. — 1. Any person who registers as a lobbyist shall dissolve his or her candidate committee. In the course of dissolving such committee, such person shall not disburse moneys from such committee, except for the purpose of:  (1) Returning a contribution made to the candidate committee to the entity responsible for making the contribution to the committee;  (2) Donating moneys to a nonprofit entity qualified as exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or  (3) Transferring moneys to a political party committee.  2. For purposes of this section, the term "lobbyist" shall have the same meaning given to such term under section 105.470, and the terms "committee", "candidate committee", "contribution", and "political party committee" shall have the same meanings given to such terms under section 130.011. ­­-------- (L. 2016 H.B. 2203)
MO Rev Stat § 105.466 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.466 - Exceptions to applicability of sections 105.450 to 105.458, 105.462 to 105.468, and 105.472 to 105.482.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   105.466. Exceptions to applicability of sections 105.450 to 105.458, 105.462 to 105.468, and 105.472 to 105.482. — 1. No provision of sections 105.450 to 105.458, 105.462 to 105.468, and 105.472 to 105.482 shall be construed to prohibit any person from performing any ministerial act or any act required by order of a court or by law to be performed.  2. No provision of sections 105.450 to 105.458, 105.462 to 105.468, and 105.472 to 105.482 shall be construed to prohibit any person from communicating with the office of the attorney general or any prosecuting attorney or any attorney for any political subdivision concerning any prospective claim or complaint then under consideration not otherwise prohibited by law.  3. No provision of sections 105.450 to 105.458, 105.462 to 105.468, and 105.472 to 105.482 shall be construed to prohibit any person, firm or corporation from receiving compensation for property taken by the state or any political subdivision thereof under the power of eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of the constitution and the laws of the state. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 105.467 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.467 - Discharge and discrimination prohibited, reasons — reinstatement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   105.467. Discharge and discrimination prohibited, reasons — reinstatement. — 1. A governmental body, state agency or appointing authority shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against a person or state employee acting on behalf of a person regarding compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because:  (1) The person or state employee acting on behalf of the person reports or is about to report, verbally or in writing, a violation or a suspected violation of sections 105.450 to 105.498; or  (2) A person or state employee acting on behalf of the person is requested by the commission to participate in an investigation, hearing, or inquiry held by the commission or any related court action. ­­This subsection shall not apply to a person or state employee acting on behalf of a person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false report.  2. A person or state employee acting on behalf of a person who alleges a violation of subsection 1 of this section may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive relief, or actual damages, or both.  3. A court, in rendering a judgment in an action brought pursuant to this section, shall order, as the court considers appropriate, reinstatement of the person or state employee acting on behalf of the person, the payment of back wages, full reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority rights, actual damages, or any combination of these remedies. A court may also award such person all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney's fees and witness fees, if the court determines that the award is appropriate. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 262)
MO Rev Stat § 105.472 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.472 - Violation of law — complaint — oath.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   105.472. Violation of law — complaint — oath. — All complaints against lobbyists, elected or appointed officials, including judges, or employees of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be made in writing to the Missouri ethics commission. The complaints shall name the person allegedly violating the provisions of sections 105.450 to 105.482, the nature of the violation and the date of the commission of the violation and shall be signed by the complainant and shall contain the complainant's statement under oath that the complainant believes, to the best of the complainant's knowledge, the truthfulness of the statements contained therein. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 11, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565, A.L. 1997 S.B. 16)
MO Rev Stat § 105.475 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.475 - Lobbyist exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   105.475. Lobbyist exceptions. — 1. The provisions of sections 105.470 to 105.473 shall not apply to any public official or a staff member, employee, spouse or dependent child of a public official when employed by a lobbyist principal and who is acting on behalf of the lobbyist principal in their employment, except if such person's employment is as a lobbyist for the lobbyist principal.  2. The provisions of sections 105.470 to 105.473 shall not apply to any member of a union who is acting in either an employment capacity or contractual capacity in association with the union, except if such person's employment or contractual capacity is as a lobbyist for the union. ­­-------- (L. 1997 S.B. 16)
MO Rev Stat § 105.476 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VIII - Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records|Chapter 105 - Public Officers and Employees — Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 105.476 - Applicability of other provisions of law — additional standards.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   105.476. Applicability of other provisions of law — additional standards. — Nothing in sections 105.450 to 105.498 shall be interpreted as exempting any individual from applicable provisions of any other laws of this state or the provisions of any charter or ordinance of other political subdivisions in the state, and nothing in sections 105.450 to 105.498 shall prohibit any political subdivision from establishing additional or more stringent requirements than those specified in sections 105.450 to 105.498. ­­-------- (L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 13, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1650 & 1565, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262)