Title VIII, PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS

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 pers…

105.465. Dissolution of candidate committee required, when — disbursement of moneys, limitations — exceptions — 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 no…

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 …

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 compensatio…

105.470. Definitions. — As used in section 105.473, unless the context requires otherwise, the following words and terms mean: (1) "Elected local government official lobbyist", any natural person employed specifically for the purpose of attempting to influence any action by a loc…

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…

*105.473. Duties of lobbyist — report required, contents — exception — penalties — supersession of local ordinances or charters. — 1. Each lobbyist shall, not later than January fifth of each year or five days after beginning any activities as a lobbyist, file standardized regist…

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 pr…

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 po…

105.477. Electronic filing, lobbying reports — information to be made available, to whom — internet website connection, when. — 1. The commission shall supply an electronic reporting system which shall be used by all lobbyists registered with the ethics commission for filing by e…

105.478. Penalty. — Any person guilty of knowingly violating any of the provisions of sections 105.450 to 105.498 shall be punished as follows: (1) For the first offense, such person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor; (2) For the second and subsequent offenses, such person is gu…

105.482. Severability. — It is the intent of the legislature that sections 105.450 to 105.482 be severable as noted in section 1.140. In the event that any provision of sections 105.450 to 105.482 be declared invalid under the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution…

105.483. Financial interest statements — who shall file, exception. — Each of the following persons shall be required to file a financial interest statement: (1) Associate circuit judges, circuit court judges, judges of the courts of appeals and of the supreme court, and candidat…

105.485. Financial interest statements — form — contents — political subdivisions, compliance — redaction of certain information, when. — 1. Each financial interest statement required by sections 105.483 to 105.492 shall be on a form prescribed by the commission and shall be sign…

105.487. Financial interest statements — filed, when, exception. — The financial interest statements shall be filed at the following times, but no person is required to file more than one financial interest statement in any calendar year: (1) Each candidate for elective office, e…

105.489. Financial interest statements — to be kept with filing officer. — The financial interest statements required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of sections 105.483 to 105.492, other than pursuant to subsection 4 of section 105.485, shall be filed with the appropriate…

105.491. Executive director of commission — duties. — 1. The executive director of the commission shall: (1) Develop and publish forms and printed instructions for use in filing the statements described in section 105.485; (2) Furnish the necessary forms and instructions to perso…

105.492. Penalties. — 1. Any person required in sections 105.483 to 105.492 to file a financial interest statement who fails to file such statement by the times required in section 105.487 shall, if such person receives any compensation or other remuneration from public funds for…

105.494. Governor — appointment to certain boards or commissions prohibited. — No governor shall be appointed by any board or commission of state government to any administrative position which such board or commission has the authority to fill, during that governor's term of off…

105.496. Permanent select committee on ethics. — Upon the convening of the next general assembly after January 1, 1991, the house of representatives and the senate shall each, respectively, establish by rule a permanent select committee on ethics and shall adopt the rules by whic…

105.498. Out-of-state travel costs for full-time employees, reporting requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the spouse of any full-time employee of a public institution of higher education incurs out-of-state travel costs that are paid …

105.500. Definitions. — For purposes of sections 105.500 to 105.598, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and phrases mean: (1) "Bargaining unit", a unit of public employees at any plant or installation or in a craft or in a function of a public body that es…

*105.503. Applicability — exceptions — federal law supersedes, when. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the provisions of sections 105.500 to 105.598 shall apply to all employees of a public body, all labor organizations, and all labor agreements between suc…

*105.505. Dues and fees — requirements for nonmembers — authorization of nonmember not a condition of employment — financial records to be maintained, requirements — agency shop defined. — 1. No sum shall be withheld from the earnings of any public employee for the purpose of pay…

105.510. Certain public employees may join labor organizations and bargain collectively — exceptions — discharge or discrimination for exercise of right prohibited — allowable organizations for excepted employees. — Employees, except police, deputy sheriffs, Missouri state highwa…

*105.525. Issues as to appropriate bargaining units and majority representative status to be decided by board — appeal to circuit court. — Issues with respect to appropriateness of bargaining units and majority representative status, as determined under section 105.575, shall be …

*105.530. Law not to be construed as granting right to strike. — Nothing contained in sections 105.500 to 105.598 shall be construed as granting a right to public employees covered in sections 105.500 to 105.598 to strike. ­­-------- (L. 1965 p. 232 § 4, A.L. 1967 p. 192 § 105.54…

*105.533. Constitution and bylaws, requirements — financial report, contents — definitions. — 1. Every labor organization shall adopt a constitution and bylaws and shall file a copy thereof with the department, together with a report, signed by its president and secretary or corr…

*105.535. Officer and employee report, certain financial disclosures required. — 1. Every officer of a labor organization and every employee of a labor organization, other than an employee performing exclusively clerical or custodial services, shall file with the department a sig…

*105.537. Attorney-client information not to be included in reports, when. — Nothing contained in the provisions of sections 105.533 to 105.555 shall be construed to require an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any state to include in any report required to …

*105.540. Reports deemed public records — department regulations. — 1. The contents of the reports and documents filed with the department under the provisions of sections 105.533 and 105.535 shall be considered a public record, as that term is defined in section 610.010, and sha…

*105.545. Maintenance of records, requirements. — Every person required to file any report under the provisions of sections 105.533 to 105.555 shall maintain records on the matters required to be reported that will provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and …

*105.550. Filing of reports, when. — 1. Each labor organization shall file the initial report required under subsection 1 of section 105.533 within ninety days after the date on which it first becomes subject to the provisions of sections 105.533 to 105.555. 2. Each person requir…

*105.555. Fines for false statements, misrepresentations, tampering with records, and failure to file reports. — 1. Any person who makes a false statement or representation of a material fact, knowing it to be false, or who knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, in any docu…

*105.570. Supervisory public employees, separate bargaining unit — labor organization not to represent nonsupervisory and supervisory public employees — definition. — 1. Supervisory public employees shall not be included within the same bargaining unit as the public employees the…

*105.575. Representation of bargaining unit, procedure, election — decertification, procedure — fees for election. — 1. Any labor organization wishing to represent a bargaining unit as an exclusive bargaining representative shall present to the board cards containing the signatur…

*105.580. Bargaining agreement, procedure — renewal — term of agreement, limitation. — 1. Within eight weeks after a labor organization is certified as the exclusive bargaining representative for the public employees in a bargaining unit as described in section 105.575, represent…

*105.583. Tentative agreement, requirements. — 1. Prior to any tentative agreement being presented to an exclusive bargaining representative or a public body for ratification, such tentative agreement shall be discussed in detail in a public meeting. Any such tentative agreement …

*105.585. Labor agreements, limitations on. — Labor agreements negotiated between a public body and a labor organization may cover wages, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment for public employees within the bargaining unit and shall be subject to the followi…

*105.590. Copies of agreement provided to public employees. — The secretary or corresponding principal officer of each labor organization shall forward a complete copy of each agreement made by such labor organization with any public body to any public employee who requests such …

*105.595. Civil action for violations. — Whenever it shall appear that any labor organization or representative of any labor organization or any public body or representative of a public body has violated or is about to violate any of the provisions of sections 105.570 to 105.590…

*105.598. Rulemaking authority. — The board may promulgate rules necessary to implement the provisions of sections 105.500 to 105.595. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall be…

105.600. Definitions. — For the purposes of sections 105.600 to 105.650 the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: (1) "Receiving agency", any department or agency of the federal government or a state government which receives an employee …

105.610. Employers authorized to exchange employees — length of exchange period, exception — elected officials exempted. — 1. Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, …

105.620. Status of exchanged employees. — 1. Employees of a sending agency participating in an exchange of personnel as authorized in section 105.610 may be considered during such participation to be on detail to regular work assignments of the sending agency. 2. Employees who ar…

105.630. Travel expenses during assignment. — A sending agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of the state or the agency, pay the travel expenses of employees assigned to a receiving agency on either a detail or leave basis, but shall not pay the tra…