Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 130
Campaign Finance Disclosure Law
←130.011
Section 130.016.1
130.021→
August 28, 2015
Certain candidates exempt from filing requirements--procedure for exemption--restrictions on subsequent contributions and expenditures--rejection of exemption--candidate committees for certain general assembly leadership offices prohibited.
130.016. 1. No candidate for statewide elected office, general assembly,
or municipal office in a city with a population of more than one hundred
thousand shall be required to comply with the requirements to file a statement
of organization or disclosure reports of contributions and expenditures for
any election in which neither the aggregate of contributions received nor the
aggregate of expenditures made on behalf of such candidate exceeds five
hundred dollars and no single contributor, other than the candidate, has
contributed more than three hundred twenty-five dollars, provided that:
(1) The candidate files a sworn exemption statement with the appropriate
officer that the candidate does not intend to either receive contributions or
make expenditures in the aggregate of more than five hundred dollars or
receive contributions from any single contributor, other than the candidate,
that aggregate more than three hundred twenty-five dollars, and that the
total of all contributions received or expenditures made by the candidate and
all committees or any other person with the candidate's knowledge and consent
in support of the candidacy will not exceed five hundred dollars and that the
aggregate of contributions received from any single contributor will not
exceed the amount of the limitation on contributions to elect an individual
to the office of state representative as calculated in subsection 2 of section
130.032*. Such exemption statement shall be filed no later than the date set
forth in section 130.046 on which a disclosure report would otherwise be
required if the candidate does not file the exemption statement. The
exemption statement shall be filed on a form furnished to each appropriate
officer by the executive director of the Missouri ethics commission. Each
appropriate officer shall make the exemption statement available to
candidates and shall direct each candidate's attention to the exemption
statement and explain its purpose to the candidate; and
(2) The sworn exemption statement includes a statement that the
candidate understands that records of contributions and expenditures must be
maintained from the time the candidate first receives contributions or makes
expenditures and that an exemption from filing a statement of organization or
disclosure reports does not exempt the candidate from other provisions of
this chapter. Each candidate described in this subsection who files a
statement of exemption shall file a statement of limited activity for each
reporting period described in section 130.046.
2. Any candidate who has filed an exemption statement as provided in
subsection 1 of this section shall not accept any contribution or make any
expenditure in support of the person's candidacy, either directly or
indirectly or by or through any committee or any other person acting with the
candidate's knowledge and consent, which would cause such contributions or
expenditures to exceed the limits specified in subdivision (1) of subsection
1 of this section unless the candidate later rejects the exemption pursuant
to subsection 3 of this section. Any contribution received in excess of such
limits shall be returned to the donor or transmitted to the state treasurer
to escheat to the state.
3. If, after filing the exemption statement provided for in this section,
the candidate subsequently determines the candidate wishes to exceed any of
the limits in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section, the candidate
shall file a notice of rejection of the exemption with the appropriate
officer; however, such rejection shall not be filed later than thirty days
before election. A notice of rejection of exemption shall be accompanied by
a statement of organization as required by section 130.021 and any other
statements and reports which would have been required if the candidate had not
filed an exemption statement.
4. A primary election and the immediately succeeding general election are
separate elections, and restrictions on contributions and expenditures set
forth in subsection 2 of this section shall apply to each election; however,
if a successful primary candidate has correctly filed an exemption statement
prior to the primary election and has not filed a notice of rejection prior
to the date on which the first disclosure report applicable to the succeeding
general election is required to be filed, the candidate shall not be required
to file an exemption statement for that general election if the limitations
set forth in subsection 1 of this section apply to the succeeding general
election.
5. A candidate who has an existing candidate committee formed for a prior
election for which all statements and reports required by this chapter have
been properly filed shall be eligible to file the exemption statement as
provided in subsection 1 of this section and shall not be required to file the
disclosure reports pertaining to the election for which the candidate is
eligible to file the exemption statement if the candidate and the treasurer
or deputy treasurer of such existing candidate committee continue to comply
with the requirements, limitations and restrictions set forth in subsections
1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section. The exemption permitted by this subsection
does not exempt a candidate or the treasurer of the candidate's existing
candidate committee from complying with the requirements of subsections 6 and
7 of section 130.046 applicable to a prior election.
6. No candidate for supreme court, circuit court, or associate circuit
court, or candidate for political party office, or for county office or
municipal office in a city of one hundred thousand or less, or for any
special purpose district office shall be required to file an exemption
statement pursuant to this section in order to be exempted from forming a
committee and filing disclosure reports required of committees pursuant to
this chapter if the aggregate of contributions received or expenditures made
by the candidate and any other person with the candidate's knowledge and
consent in support of the person's candidacy does not exceed one thousand
dollars and the aggregate of contributions from any single contributor does
not exceed three hundred twenty-five dollars. No candidate for any office
listed in this subsection shall be excused from complying with the provisions
of any section of this chapter, other than the filing of an exemption
statement under the conditions specified in this subsection.
7. If any candidate for an office listed in subsection 6 of this section
exceeds the limits specified in subsection 6 of this section, the candidate
shall form a committee no later than thirty days prior to the election for
which the contributions were received or expended which shall comply with all
provisions of this chapter for committees.
8. No member of or candidate for the general assembly shall form a
candidate committee for the office of speaker of the house of representatives
or president pro tem of the senate.
(L. 1978 S.B. 839, A.L. 1979 S.B. 129, A.L. 1985 H.B. 150, et al.,
A.L. 1990 S.B. 631, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262, A.L. 1997 S.B. 16, A.L.
2003 H.B. 99, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1900, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1038)
*Section 130.032 was repealed by S.B. 1038, 2008.
2007
2003
1997
2007
130.016. 1. No candidate for statewide elected office, general
assembly, or municipal office in a city with a population of more than one
hundred thousand shall be required to comply with the requirements to file
a statement of organization or disclosure reports of contributions and
expenditures for any election in which neither the aggregate of
contributions received nor the aggregate of expenditures made on behalf of
such candidate exceeds five hundred dollars and no single contributor,
other than the candidate, has contributed more than the amount of the
limitation on contributions to elect an individual to the office of state
representative as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032, provided
that:
(1) The candidate files a sworn exemption statement with the
appropriate officer that the candidate does not intend to either receive
contributions or make expenditures in the aggregate of more than five
hundred dollars or receive contributions from any single contributor, other
than the candidate, that aggregate more than the amount of the limitation
on contributions to elect an individual to the office of state
representative as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032, and that
the total of all contributions received or expenditures made by the
candidate and all committees or any other person with the candidate's
knowledge and consent in support of the candidacy will not exceed five
hundred dollars and that the aggregate of contributions received from any
single contributor will not exceed the amount of the limitation on
contributions to elect an individual to the office of state representative
as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032. Such exemption statement
shall be filed no later than the date set forth in section 130.046 on which
a disclosure report would otherwise be required if the candidate does not
file the exemption statement. The exemption statement shall be filed on a
form furnished to each appropriate officer by the executive director of the
Missouri ethics commission. Each appropriate officer shall make the
exemption statement available to candidates and shall direct each
candidate's attention to the exemption statement and explain its purpose to
the candidate; and
(2) The sworn exemption statement includes a statement that the
candidate understands that records of contributions and expenditures must
be maintained from the time the candidate first receives contributions or
makes expenditures and that an exemption from filing a statement of
organization or disclosure reports does not exempt the candidate from other
provisions of this chapter. Each candidate described in this subsection
who files a statement of exemption shall file a statement of limited
activity for each reporting period described in section 130.046.
2. Any candidate who has filed an exemption statement as provided in
subsection 1 of this section shall not accept any contribution or make any
expenditure in support of the person's candidacy, either directly or
indirectly or by or through any committee or any other person acting with
the candidate's knowledge and consent, which would cause such contributions
or expenditures to exceed the limits specified in subdivision (1) of
subsection 1 of this section unless the candidate later rejects the
exemption pursuant to subsection 3 of this section. Any contribution
received in excess of such limits shall be returned to the donor or
transmitted to the state treasurer to escheat to the state.
3. If, after filing the exemption statement provided for in this
section, the candidate subsequently determines the candidate wishes to
exceed any of the limits in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this
section, the candidate shall file a notice of rejection of the exemption
with the appropriate officer; however, such rejection shall not be filed
later than thirty days before election. A notice of rejection of exemption
shall be accompanied by a statement of organization as required by section
130.021 and any other statements and reports which would have been required
if the candidate had not filed an exemption statement.
4. A primary election and the immediately succeeding general election
are separate elections, and restrictions on contributions and expenditures
set forth in subsection 2 of this section shall apply to each election;
however, if a successful primary candidate has correctly filed an exemption
statement prior to the primary election and has not filed a notice of
rejection prior to the date on which the first disclosure report applicable
to the succeeding general election is required to be filed, the candidate
shall not be required to file an exemption statement for that general
election if the limitations set forth in subsection 1 of this section apply
to the succeeding general election.
5. A candidate who has an existing candidate committee formed for a
prior election for which all statements and reports required by this
chapter have been properly filed shall be eligible to file the exemption
statement as provided in subsection 1 of this section and shall not be
required to file the disclosure reports pertaining to the election for
which the candidate is eligible to file the exemption statement if the
candidate and the treasurer or deputy treasurer of such existing candidate
committee continue to comply with the requirements, limitations and
restrictions set forth in subsections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section. The
exemption permitted by this subsection does not exempt a candidate or the
treasurer of the candidate's existing candidate committee from complying
with the requirements of subsections 6 and 7 of section 130.046 applicable
to a prior election.
6. No candidate for supreme court, circuit court, or associate
circuit court, or candidate for political party office, or for county
office or municipal office in a city of one hundred thousand or less, or
for any special purpose district office shall be required to file an
exemption statement pursuant to this section in order to be exempted from
forming a committee and filing disclosure reports required of committees
pursuant to this chapter if the aggregate of contributions received or
expenditures made by the candidate and any other person with the
candidate's knowledge and consent in support of the person's candidacy does
not exceed one thousand dollars and the aggregate of contributions from any
single contributor does not exceed the amount of the limitation on
contributions to elect an individual to the office of state representative
as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032. No candidate for any
office listed in this subsection shall be excused from complying with the
provisions of any section of this chapter, other than the filing of an
exemption statement under the conditions specified in this subsection.
7. If any candidate for an office listed in subsection 6 of this
section exceeds the limits specified in subsection 6 of this section, the
candidate shall form a committee no later than thirty days prior to the
election for which the contributions were received or expended which shall
comply with all provisions of this chapter for committees.
8. No member of or candidate for the general assembly shall form a
candidate committee for the office of speaker of the house of
representatives or president pro tem of the senate.
2003
130.016. 1. No candidate for statewide elected office, general
assembly, or municipal office in a city with a population of more than one
hundred thousand shall be required to comply with the requirements to file
a statement of organization or disclosure reports of contributions and
expenditures for any election in which neither the aggregate of
contributions received nor the aggregate of expenditures made on behalf of
such candidate exceeds five hundred dollars and no single contributor,
other than the candidate, has contributed more than the amount of the
limitation on contributions to elect an individual to the office of state
representative as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032, provided
that:
(1) The candidate files a sworn exemption statement with the
appropriate officer that the candidate does not intend to either receive
contributions or make expenditures in the aggregate of more than five
hundred dollars or receive contributions from any single contributor, other
than the candidate, that aggregate more than the amount of the limitation
on contributions to elect an individual to the office of state
representative as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032, and that
the total of all contributions received or expenditures made by the
candidate and all committees or any other person with the candidate's
knowledge and consent in support of the candidacy will not exceed five
hundred dollars and that the aggregate of contributions received from any
single contributor will not exceed the amount of the limitation on
contributions to elect an individual to the office of state representative
as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032. Such exemption statement
shall be filed no later than the date set forth in section 130.046 on which
a disclosure report would otherwise be required if the candidate does not
file the exemption statement. The exemption statement shall be filed on a
form furnished to each appropriate officer by the executive director of the
Missouri ethics commission. Each appropriate officer shall make the
exemption statement available to candidates and shall direct each
candidate's attention to the exemption statement and explain its purpose to
the candidate; and
(2) The sworn exemption statement includes a statement that the
candidate understands that records of contributions and expenditures must
be maintained from the time the candidate first receives contributions or
makes expenditures and that an exemption from filing a statement of
organization or disclosure reports does not exempt the candidate from other
provisions of this chapter. Each candidate described in this subsection
who files a statement of exemption shall file a statement of limited
activity for each reporting period described in section 130.046.
2. Any candidate who has filed an exemption statement as provided in
subsection 1 of this section shall not accept any contribution or make any
expenditure in support of the person's candidacy, either directly or
indirectly or by or through any committee or any other person acting with
the candidate's knowledge and consent, which would cause such contributions
or expenditures to exceed the limits specified in subdivision (1) of
subsection 1 of this section unless the candidate later rejects the
exemption pursuant to subsection 3 of this section. Any contribution
received in excess of such limits shall be returned to the donor or
transmitted to the state treasurer to escheat to the state.
3. If, after filing the exemption statement provided for in this
section, the candidate subsequently determines the candidate wishes to
exceed any of the limits in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this
section, the candidate shall file a notice of rejection of the exemption
with the appropriate officer; however, such rejection shall not be filed
later than thirty days before election. A notice of rejection of exemption
shall be accompanied by a statement of organization as required by section
130.021 and any other statements and reports which would have been required
if the candidate had not filed an exemption statement.
4. A primary election and the immediately succeeding general election
are separate elections, and restrictions on contributions and expenditures
set forth in subsection 2 of this section shall apply to each election;
however, if a successful primary candidate has correctly filed an exemption
statement prior to the primary election and has not filed a notice of
rejection prior to the date on which the first disclosure report applicable
to the succeeding general election is required to be filed, the candidate
shall not be required to file an exemption statement for that general
election if the limitations set forth in subsection 1 of this section apply
to the succeeding general election.
5. A candidate who has an existing candidate committee formed for a
prior election for which all statements and reports required by this
chapter have been properly filed shall be eligible to file the exemption
statement as provided in subsection 1 of this section and shall not be
required to file the disclosure reports pertaining to the election for
which the candidate is eligible to file the exemption statement if the
candidate and the treasurer or deputy treasurer of such existing candidate
committee continue to comply with the requirements, limitations and
restrictions set forth in subsections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section. The
exemption permitted by this subsection does not exempt a candidate or the
treasurer of the candidate's existing candidate committee from complying
with the requirements of subsections 6 and 7 of section 130.046 applicable
to a prior election.
6. No candidate for supreme court, circuit court, or associate
circuit court, or candidate for political party office, or for county
office or municipal office in a city of one hundred thousand or less, or
for any special purpose district office shall be required to file an
exemption statement pursuant to this section in order to be exempted from
forming a committee and filing disclosure reports required of committees
pursuant to this chapter if the aggregate of contributions received or
expenditures made by the candidate and any other person with the
candidate's knowledge and consent in support of the person's candidacy does
not exceed one thousand dollars and the aggregate of contributions from any
single contributor does not exceed the amount of the limitation on
contributions to elect an individual to the office of state representative
as calculated in subsection 2 of section 130.032. No candidate for any
office listed in this subsection shall be excused from complying with the
provisions of any section of this chapter, other than the filing of an
exemption statement under the conditions specified in this subsection.
7. If any candidate for an office listed in subsection 6 of this
section exceeds the limits specified in subsection 6 of this section, the
candidate shall form a committee no later than thirty days prior to the
election for which the contributions were received or expended which shall
comply with all provisions of this chapter for committees.
1997
130.016. 1. No candidate for statewide elected office, general
assembly, judicial office other than municipal judge, or municipal office
in a city with a population of more than one hundred thousand shall be
required to comply with the requirements to file a statement of
organization or disclosure reports of contributions and expenditures for
any election in which neither the aggregate of contributions received nor
the aggregate of expenditures made on behalf of such candidate exceeds five
hundred dollars and no single contributor, other than the candidate, has
contributed more than two hundred fifty dollars of the aggregate
contributions received, provided that:
(1) The candidate files a sworn exemption statement with the
appropriate officer that the candidate does not intend to either receive
contributions or make expenditures in the aggregate of more than five
hundred dollars or receive contributions from any single contributor, other
than himself or herself, that aggregate more than two hundred fifty dollars
and that the total of all contributions received or expenditures made by
the candidate and all committees or any other person with his knowledge and
consent in support of his candidacy will not exceed five hundred dollars
and that the aggregate of contributions received from any single
contributor will not exceed two hundred fifty dollars. Such exemption
statement shall be filed no later than the date set forth in section
130.046 on which a disclosure report would otherwise be required if the
candidate does not file the exemption statement. The exemption statement
shall be filed on a form furnished to each appropriate officer by the
executive director of the Missouri ethics commission. Each appropriate
officer shall make the exemption statement available to candidates and
shall direct each candidate's attention to the exemption statement and
explain its purpose to the candidate; and
(2) The sworn exemption statement includes a statement that the
candidate understands that records of contributions and expenditures must
be maintained from the time the candidate first receives contributions or
makes expenditures and that an exemption from filing a statement of
organization or disclosure reports does not exempt the candidate from other
provisions of this chapter. Each candidate described in subsection 1 of
this section, who files a statement of exemption, shall file a statement of
limited activity for each reporting period, described in section 130.046.
2. Any candidate who has filed an exemption statement as provided in
subsection 1 of this section shall not accept any contribution or make any
expenditure in support of the person's candidacy, either directly or
indirectly or by or through any committee or any other person acting with
the candidate's knowledge and consent, which would cause such contributions
or expenditures to exceed the limits specified in subdivision (1) of
subsection 1 of this section unless the candidate later rejects the
exemption pursuant to the provisions of subsection 3 of this section. Any
contribution received in excess of such limits shall be returned to the
donor or transmitted to the state treasurer to escheat to the state.
3. If, after filing the exemption statement provided for in this
section, the candidate subsequently determines the candidate wishes to
exceed any of the limits in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this
section, the candidate shall file a notice of rejection of the exemption
with the appropriate officer; however, such rejection shall not be filed
later than thirty days before election. A notice of rejection of exemption
shall be accompanied by a statement of organization as required by section
130.021 and any other statements and reports which would have been required
if the candidate had not filed an exemption statement.
4. A primary election and the immediately succeeding general election
are separate elections, and restrictions on contributions and expenditures
set forth in subsection 2 of this section shall apply to each election;
however, if a successful primary candidate has correctly filed an exemption
statement prior to the primary election and has not filed a notice of
rejection prior to the date on which the first disclosure report applicable
to the succeeding general election is required to be filed, the candidate
shall not be required to file an exemption statement for that general
election if the limitations set forth in subsection 1 of this section apply
to the succeeding general election.
5. A candidate who has an existing candidate committee formed for a
prior election for which all statements and reports required by this
chapter have been properly filed shall be eligible to file the exemption
statement as provided in subsection 1 of this section and shall not be
required to file the disclosure reports pertaining to the election for
which the candidate is eligible to file the exemption statement if the
candidate and the treasurer or deputy treasurer of such existing candidate
committee continue to comply with the requirements, limitations and
restrictions set forth in subsections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this section. The
exemption permitted by this subsection does not exempt a candidate or the
treasurer of the candidate's existing candidate committee from complying
with the requirements of subsections 6 and 7 of section 130.046 applicable
to a prior election.
6. No nonpartisan candidate for supreme court, circuit court, or
associate circuit court, or candidate for political party office, or for
county office or municipal office in a city of one hundred thousand or
less, or for any special purpose district office shall be required to file
an exemption statement pursuant to this section in order to be exempted
from forming a committee and filing disclosure reports required of
committees pursuant to this chapter if the aggregate of contributions
received or expenditures made by the candidate and any other person with
the candidate's knowledge and consent in support of the person's candidacy
does not exceed one thousand dollars and the aggregate of contributions
from any single contributor does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars. No
candidate for any office listed in this subsection shall be excused from
complying with the provisions of any section of this chapter, other than
the filing of an exemption statement under the conditions specified in this
subsection.
7. If any candidate for an office listed in subsection 6 of this
section exceeds the limits specified in subsection 6 of this section, the
candidate shall form a committee no later than thirty days prior to the
election for which the contributions were received or expended which shall
comply with all provisions of this chapter for committees.
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