FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.673
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECHRISTENSEN.
1732H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection130.031,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
politicaladvertisements,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section130.031,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection130.031,toreadasfollows:
130.031.1.Nocontributionofcashinanamountofmorethanonehundreddollars
2shallbemadebyoracceptedfromanysinglecontributorforanyelectionbyacontinuing
3committee,acampaigncommittee,apoliticalpartycommittee,anexploratorycommitteeora
4candidatecommittee.
5 2.Exceptforexpendituresfromapettycashfundwhichisestablishedand
6maintainedbywithdrawalsoffundsfromthecommittee'sdepositoryaccountandwith
7recordsmaintainedpursuanttotherecord-keepingrequirementsofsection130.036toaccount
8forexpendituresmadefrompettycash,eachexpenditureofmorethanfiftydollars,exceptan
9in-kindexpenditure,shallbemadebycheckdrawnonthecommittee'sdepositoryandsigned
10bythecommitteetreasurer,deputytreasurerorcandidate.Asingleexpenditurefromapetty
11cashfundshallnotexceedfiftydollars,andtheaggregateofallexpendituresfromapetty
12cashfundduringacalendaryearshallnotexceedthelesseroffivethousanddollarsorten
13percentofallexpendituresmadebythecommitteeduringthatcalendaryear.Acheckmade
14payableto"cash"shallnotbemadeexcepttoreplenishapettycashfund.
15 3.Nocontributionshallbemadeoracceptedandnoexpenditureshallbemadeor
16incurred,directlyorindirectly,inafictitiousname,inthenameofanotherperson,orbyor
17throughanotherpersoninsuchamannerastoconcealtheidentityoftheactualsourceofthe
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18contributionortheactualrecipientandpurposeoftheexpenditure.Anypersonwhoreceives
19contributionsforacommitteeshalldisclosetothatcommittee'streasurer,deputytreasureror
20candidatetherecipient'sownnameandaddressandthenameandaddressoftheactualsource
21ofeachcontributionsuchpersonhasreceivedforthatcommittee.Anypersonwhomakes
22expendituresforacommitteeshalldisclosetothatcommittee'streasurer,deputytreasureror
23candidatesuchperson'sownnameandaddress,thenameandaddressofeachpersontowhom
24anexpenditurehasbeenmadeandtheamountandpurposeoftheexpendituresthepersonhas
25madeforthatcommittee.
26 4.Noanonymouscontributionofmorethantwenty-fivedollarsshallbemadebyany
27person,andnoanonymouscontributionofmorethantwenty-fivedollarsshallbeacceptedby
28anycandidateorcommittee.Ifanyanonymouscontributionofmorethantwenty-fivedollars
29isreceived,itshallbereturnedimmediatelytothecontributor,ifthecontributor'sidentitycan
30beascertained,andifthecontributor'sidentitycannotbeascertained,thecandidate,
31committeetreasurerordeputytreasurershallimmediatelytransmitthatportionofthe
32contributionwhichexceedstwenty-fivedollarstothestatetreasureranditshallescheattothe
33state.
34 5.Themaximumaggregateamountofanonymouscontributionswhichshallbe
35acceptedinanycalendaryearbyanycommitteeshallbethegreateroffivehundreddollarsor
36onepercentoftheaggregateamountofallcontributionsreceivedbythatcommitteeinthe
37samecalendaryear.Ifanyanonymouscontributionisreceivedwhichcausestheaggregate
38totalofanonymouscontributionstoexceedtheforegoinglimitation,itshallbereturned
39immediatelytothecontributor,ifthecontributor'sidentitycanbeascertained,and,ifthe
40contributor'sidentitycannotbeascertained,thecommitteetreasurer,deputytreasureror
41candidateshallimmediatelytransmittheanonymouscontributiontothestatetreasurerto
42escheattothestate.
43 6.Notwithstandingtheprovisionsofsubsection5ofthissection,contributionsfrom
44individualswhosenamesandaddressescannotbeascertainedwhicharereceivedfroma
45fund-raisingactivityorevent,suchasdefinedinsection130.011,shallnotbedeemed
46anonymouscontributions,providedthefollowingconditionsaremet:
47 (1)Therearetwenty-fiveormorecontributingparticipantsintheactivityorevent;
48 (2)Thecandidate,committeetreasurer,deputytreasurerorthepersonresponsiblefor
49conductingtheactivityoreventmakesanannouncementthatitisillegalforanyonetomake
50orreceiveacontributioninexcessofonehundreddollarsunlessthecontributionis
51accompaniedbythenameandaddressofthecontributor;
52 (3)Thepersonresponsibleforconductingtheactivityoreventdoesnotknowingly
53acceptpaymentfromanysinglepersonofmorethanonehundreddollarsunlessthenameand
HB673 2 54addressofthepersonmakingsuchpaymentisobtainedandrecordedpursuanttotherecord-
55keepingrequirementsofsection130.036;
56 (4)Astatementdescribingtheeventshallbepreparedbythecandidateorthe
57treasurerofthecommitteeforwhomthefundswereraisedorbythepersonresponsiblefor
58conductingtheactivityoreventandattachedtothedisclosurereportofcontributionsand
59expendituresrequiredbysection130.041.Thefollowinginformationtobelistedinthe
60statementisinadditionto,notinlieuof,therequirementselsewhereinthischapterrelatingto
61therecordingandreportingofcontributionsandexpenditures:
62 (a)Thenameandmailingaddressofthepersonorpersonsresponsibleforconducting
63theeventoractivityandthenameandaddressofthecandidateorcommitteeforwhomthe
64fundswereraised;
65 (b)Thedateonwhichtheeventoccurred;
66 (c)Thenameandaddressofthelocationwheretheeventoccurredandthe
67approximatenumberofparticipantsintheevent;
68 (d)Abriefdescriptionofthetypeofeventandthefund-raisingmethodsused;
69 (e)Thegrossreceiptsfromtheeventandalistingoftheexpendituresincidenttothe
70event;
71 (f)Thetotaldollaramountofcontributionsreceivedfromtheeventfromparticipants
72whosenamesandaddresseswerenotobtainedwithsuchcontributionsandanexplanationof
73whyitwasnotpossibletoobtainthenamesandaddressesofsuchparticipants;
74 (g)Thetotaldollaramountofcontributionsreceivedfromcontributingparticipantsin
75theeventwhoareidentifiedbynameandaddressintherecordsrequiredtobemaintained
76pursuanttosection130.036.
77 7.Nocandidateorcommitteeinthisstateshallacceptcontributionsfromanyout-of-
78statecommitteeunlesstheout-of-statecommitteefromwhomthecontributionsarereceived
79hasfiledastatementoforganizationpursuanttosection130.021orhasfiledthereports
80requiredbysections130.049and130.050,whicheverisapplicabletothatcommittee.
81 8.Anypersonpublishing,circulating,ordistributinganyprintedmatterrelativeto
82anycandidateforpublicofficeoranyballotmeasureshallonthefaceoftheprintedmatter
83identifyinaclearandconspicuousmannerthepersonwhopaidfortheprintedmatterwiththe
84words"Paidforby"followedbytheproperidentificationofthesponsorpursuanttothis
85section.Forthepurposesofthissection,"printedmatter"shallbedefinedtoincludeany
86pamphlet,circular,handbill,sampleballot,advertisement,includingadvertisementsinany
87newspaperorotherperiodical,sign,includingsignsfordisplayonmotorvehicles,orother
88imprintedorletteredmaterial;but"printedmatter"isdefinedtoexcludematerialsprintedand
89purchasedpriortoMay20,1982,ifthecandidateorcommitteecandocumentthatdelivery
90tookplacepriortoMay20,1982;anysignpersonallyprintedandconstructedbyan
HB673 3 91individualwithoutcompensationfromanyotherpersonanddisplayedatthatindividual's
92placeofresidenceoronthatindividual'spersonalmotorvehicle;anyitemsofpersonaluse
93givenawayorsold,suchascampaignbuttons,pins,pens,pencils,bookmatches,campaign
94jewelry,orclothing,whichispaidforbyacandidateorcommitteewhichsupportsacandidate
95orsupportsoropposesaballotmeasureandwhichisobviousinitsidentificationwitha
96specificcandidateorcommitteeandisreportedasrequiredbythischapter;andanynews
97story,commentary,oreditorialprintedbyaregularlypublishednewspaperorotherperiodical
98withoutchargetoacandidate,committeeoranyotherperson.
99 (1)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyacandidatefromthecandidate's
100personalfunds,itshallbesufficientidentificationtoprintthefirstandlastnamebywhichthe
101candidateisknown.
102 (2)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyacommittee,itshallbesufficient
103identificationtoprintthenameofthecommitteeasrequiredtoberegisteredbysubsection5
104ofsection130.021andthenameandtitleofthecommitteetreasurerwhowasservingwhen
105theprintedmatterwaspaidfor.
106 (3)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyacorporationorotherbusinessentity,
107labororganization,oranyotherorganizationnotdefinedtobeacommitteebysubdivision(7)
108ofsection130.011andnotorganizedespeciallyforinfluencingoneormoreelections,itshall
109besufficientidentificationtoprintthenameoftheentity,thenameoftheprincipalofficerof
110theentity,bywhatevertitleknown,andthemailingaddressoftheentity,oriftheentityhas
111nomailingaddress,themailingaddressoftheprincipalofficer.
112 (4)Inregardtoanyprintedmatterpaidforbyanindividualorindividuals,itshallbe
113sufficientidentificationtoprintthenameoftheindividualorindividualsandtherespective
114mailingaddressoraddresses,exceptthatifmorethanfiveindividualsjoininpayingfor
115printedmatteritshallbesufficientidentificationtoprintthewords"Foralistofother
116sponsorscontact:"followedbythenameandaddressofonesuchindividualresponsiblefor
117causingthemattertobeprinted,andtheindividualidentifiedshallmaintainarecordofthe
118namesandamountspaidbyotherindividualsandshallmakesuchrecordavailableforreview
119upontherequestofanyperson.Nopersonshallacceptforpublicationorprintingnorshall
120suchworkbecompleteduntiltheprintedmatterisproperlyidentifiedasrequiredbythis
121subsection.
122 9.Anybroadcaststationtransmittinganymatterrelativetoanycandidateforpublic
123officeorballotmeasureasdefinedbythischaptershallidentifythesponsorofsuchmatteras
124requiredbyfederallaw.
125 10.Theprovisionsofsubsection8or9ofthissectionshallnotapplytocandidatesfor
126electivefederaloffice,providedthatpersonscausingmattertobeprintedorbroadcast
HB673 4 127concerningsuchcandidaciesshallcomplywiththerequirementsoffederallawfor
128identificationofthesponsororsponsors.
129 11.Anypersonpublishing,circulating,ordistributinganypolitical
130advertisementrelativetoanycandidateforpublicofficeoranyballotmeasurethat
131usesgenerativeartificialintelligenceshall,onthefaceofsuchadvertisement,identifyin
132aclearandconspicuousmannerthatgenerativeartificialintelligencewasusedinthe
133creationoftheadvertisement.Asusedinthissubsection,theterm"generativeartificial
134intelligence"meansanadvertisementthatcontainsimages,video,audio,text,orother
135digitalcontentcreatedinwholeorinpartbyamachine-basedsystemthatcan,fora
136givensetofhuman-definedobjectives,emulatethestructures,patterns,and
137characteristicsofinputdatainordertogeneratesyntheticcontent.
138 12.Itshallbeaviolationofthischapterforanypersonrequiredtobeidentifiedas
139payingforprintedmatterpursuanttosubsection8ofthissectionorpayingforbroadcast
140matterpursuanttosubsection9ofthissectiontorefusetoprovidetheinformationrequiredor
141topurposelyprovidefalse,misleading,orincompleteinformation.
142 [12.]13.Itshallbeaviolationofthischapterforanycommitteetoofferchancesto
143winprizesormoneytopersonstoencouragesuchpersonstoendorse,sendelectionmaterial
144bymail,deliverelectionmaterialinpersonorcontactpersonsattheirhomes;exceptthat,the
145provisionsofthissubsectionshallnotbeconstruedtoprohibithiringandpayingacampaign
146staff.
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