Missouri 2025 Regular Session

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 242
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN.
8	8	1171S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal section 130.034, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
11	11	permissible uses for campaign funds, with penalty provisions.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Section 130.034, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
15	15	section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 130.034, 2
16	16	to read as follows:3
17	17	130.034. 1. Contributions as defined in section 1
18	18	130.011, received by any committee shall not be converted to 2
19	19	any personal use. 3
20	20	2. Contributions may be used for any purpose allowed 4
21	21	by law including, but not limited to: 5
22	22	(1) Any ordinary expenses incurred relating to a 6
23	23	campaign; 7
24	24	(2) Any ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in 8
25	25	connection with the duties of a holder of elective office; 9
26	26	(3) Any childcare expenses that result directly from 10
27	27	campaigning for office or in connection with the duties of 11
28	28	public office that would not have been otherwise incurred 12
29	29	but for those activities. Eligible childcare expenses 13
30	30	include any expenses that provide for the well -being and 14
31	31	protection of the child, provided that no expenditu re shall 15
32	32	be made to a member of the candidate's or office holder's 16
33	33	household; 17 SB 242 2
34	34	(4) Any expenses associated with the duties of 18
35	35	candidacy or of elective office pertaining to the 19
36	36	entertaining of or providing social courtesies to 20
37	37	constituents, profes sional associations, or other holders of 21
38	38	elective office; 22
39	39	[(4)] (5) The return of any contribution to the person 23
40	40	who made the contribution to the candidate or holder of 24
41	41	elective office; 25
42	42	[(5)] (6) To contribute to a political organization 26
43	43	[or candidate committee ] as allowed by law; 27
44	44	[(6)] (7) To establish a new committee as defined by 28
45	45	this chapter; 29
46	46	[(7)] (8) To make an unconditional gift which is fully 30
47	47	vested to any charitable, fraternal or civic organizations 31
48	48	or other associations formed to provide for some good in the 32
49	49	order of benevolence, if such candidate, former candidate or 33
50	50	holder of elective office or such person's immediate family 34
51	51	gain no direct financial benefit from the unconditional gift; 35
52	52	[(8)] (9) Except when such candidate, former candidate 36
53	53	or holder of elective office dies while the committee 37
54	54	remains in existence, the committee may make an 38
55	55	unconditional gift to a fund established for the benefit of 39
56	56	the spouse and children of the candidate, former candida te 40
57	57	or holder of elective office. The provisions of this 41
58	58	subdivision shall expire October 1, 1997. 42
59	59	3. Upon the death of the candidate, former candidate 43
60	60	or holder of elective office who received such 44
61	61	contributions, all contributions shall be dispo sed of 45
62	62	according to this section and any funds remaining after 46
63	63	final settlement of the candidate's decedent's estate, or if 47
64	64	no estate is opened, then twelve months after the 48 SB 242 3
65	65	candidate's death, will escheat to the state of Missouri to 49
66	66	be deposited in the general revenue fund. 50
67	67	4. No contributions, as defined in section 130.011, 51
68	68	received by a candidate, former candidate or holder of 52
69	69	elective office shall be used to make restitution payments 53
70	70	ordered of such individual by a court of law or for the 54
71	71	payment of any fine resulting from conviction of a violation 55
72	72	of any local, state or federal law. 56
73	73	5. Committees described in subdivision (17) of section 57
74	74	130.011 shall make expenditures only for the purpose of 58
75	75	determining whether an individual will be a candidate. Such 59
76	76	expenditures include polling information, mailings, personal 60
77	77	appearances, telephone expenses, office and travel expenses 61
78	78	but may not include contributions to other candidate 62
79	79	committees. 63
80	80	6. Any moneys in the exploratory comm ittee fund may be 64
81	81	transferred to the candidate committee upon declaration of 65
82	82	candidacy for the position being explored. Such funds shall 66
83	83	be included for the purposes of reporting and limitation. 67
84	84	In the event that candidacy is not declared for the pos ition 68
85	85	being explored, the remaining exploratory committee funds 69
86	86	shall be returned to the contributors on a pro rata basis. 70
87	87	In no event shall the amount returned exceed the amount 71
88	88	given by each contributor nor be less than ten dollars. 72
89	89	7. Funds held in candidate committees, campaign 73
90	90	committees, debt service committees, and exploratory 74
91	91	committees shall be liquid such that these funds shall be 75
92	92	readily available for the specific and limited purposes 76
93	93	allowed by law. These funds may be invested on ly in short- 77
94	94	term treasury instruments or short -term bank certificates 78
95	95	with durations of one year or less, or that allow the 79
96	96	removal of funds at any time without any additional 80 SB 242 4
97	97	financial penalty other than the loss of interest income. 81
98	98	Continuing committees, political party committees, and other 82
99	99	committees such as out -of-state committees not formed for 83
100	100	the benefit of any single candidate or ballot issue shall 84
101	101	not be subject to the provisions of this subsection. This 85
102	102	subsection shall not be interpre ted to restrict the 86
103	103	placement of funds in an interest -bearing checking account. 87
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