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2	2	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 331
4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CRAWFORD.
6	6	1087S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To repeal section 115.306, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
9	9	qualifications of candidates for public office, with penalty provisions.
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11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Section 115.306, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
13	13	section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 115.306, 2
14	14	to read as follows:3
15	15	115.306. 1. No person shall qualify as a candidate 1
16	16	for elective public office in the state of Missouri who has 2
17	17	been found guilty of or pled guilty to a felony under the 3
18	18	federal laws of the United States of America or to a felony 4
19	19	under the laws of this state or an offense committed in 5
20	20	another state that would be considered a felony in this 6
21	21	state. 7
22	22	2. (1) Any person who files as a candidate for 8
23	23	election to a public office shall be disqualified from 9
24	24	participation in the election for which the candidate has 10
25	25	filed if such person is delinquent in the payment of any 11
26	26	state income taxes, personal prop erty taxes, municipal 12
27	27	taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence, as 13
28	28	stated on the declaration of candidacy, or if the person is 14
29	29	a past or present corporate officer of any fee office that 15
30	30	owes any taxes to the state. 16
31	31	(2) Each potential candidate for election to a public 17
32	32	office, except candidates for a county or city committee of 18 SB 331 2
33	33	a political party, shall file an affidavit with the 19
34	34	department of revenue and include a copy of the affidavit 20
35	35	with the declaration of candidacy required unde r section 21
36	36	115.349. Such affidavit shall be in substantially the 22
37	37	following form: 23
38	38	(3) Upon receipt of a complaint alleging a delinquency 39
39	39	of the candidate in the filing or payment of any state 40
40	40	income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real 41
41	41	property taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the 42
42	42	declaration of candidacy, or if the person is a past or 43
43	43	present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any 44
44	44	taxes to the state, the department of revenue shall 45
45	45	investigate such potential candidate to verify the claim 46
46	46	contained in the complaint. If the department of revenue 47
47	47	finds a positive affirmation to be false, the department 48
48	48	shall contact the secretary of state, or the election 49
49	49	official who accepted such candidate's declaration of 50
50	50	candidacy, and the potential candidate. The department 51
51	51	24 AFFIRMATION OF TAX PAYMENTS AND BONDING
52	52	25 REQUIREMENTS:
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64	64	I hereby declare under penalties of perjury that I am not
65	65	currently aware of any delinquency in the filing or payment
66	66	of any state income taxes, personal property taxes,
67	67	municipal taxes, real property taxes on the place of
68	68	residence, as stated on the decla ration of candidacy, or
69	69	that I am a past or present corporate officer of any fee
70	70	office that owes any taxes to the state, other than those
71	71	taxes which may be in dispute. I declare under penalties
72	72	of perjury that I am not aware of any information that
73	73	would prohibit me from fulfilling any bonding requirements
74	74	for the office for which I am filing.
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76	76	37 _______________ Candidate's Signature
77	77	38 _______________ Printed Name of Candidate SB 331 3
78	78	shall notify the candidate of the outstanding tax owed and 52
79	79	give the candidate thirty days to remit any such outstanding 53
80	80	taxes owed which are not the subject of dispute between the 54
81	81	department and the candidate. If the candidate fails to 55
82	82	remit such amounts in full within thirty days, the candidate 56
83	83	shall be disqualified from participating in the current 57
84	84	election and barred from refiling for an entire election 58
85	85	cycle even if the individual pays all of the outstanding 59
86	86	taxes that were the subject of the complaint. 60
87	87	(4) Any person who files as a candidate for elect ion 61
88	88	to a public office that performs county functions in a city 62
89	89	not within a county shall file an affidavit with the 63
90	90	election authority and shall attach thereto official copies 64
91	91	of receipts or no-tax-due statements received from the 65
92	92	collector and official statements from the collector that 66
93	93	indicate the person has paid all taxes due and is not 67
94	94	delinquent in any tax. The election authority shall review 68
95	95	such documentation and the affirmation of tax payments 69
96	96	required under subdivision (2) of this subse ction. 70
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