Title VIII, PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, BONDS AND RECORDS

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…

105.510. 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…

105.600. 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…

105.640. Employees detailed to this state — qualifications waived — supervision by agreement — death or disability of. — 1. When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of sections 105.600 t…

105.650. Travel expenses of persons assigned to this state. — A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel regulations of the agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under sections 105.600 to 105.650 during the period of the assignments on t…

105.660. Definitions, retirement benefit changes. — The following words and phrases as used in sections 105.660 to 105.685, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall mean: (1) "Actuarial valuation", a mathematical process which determines plan financial…

105.661. All retirement plans to prepare financial report, content audit by state auditor and joint committee on public employee retirement — rules submitted to joint committee on public employee retirement, when — report required. — 1. Each plan shall annually prepare and have a…

105.662. Public pension funds not to be commingled — trusteeship. — The assets of public pension funds represent the deferred wages and future economic security of plan participants and shall not be commingled with any other funds of the political jurisdiction. All funds of the p…

105.663. Retirement plan may appoint attorney as legal advisor. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each public retirement plan as defined in section 105.660, through its board of trustees or other responsible administrative body, is authorized to appoin…

105.664. Actuarial valuation performed at least biennially — forwarded to joint committee on public employee retirement, when. — 1. Each plan shall at least biennially prepare and have available as public information an actuarial valuation performed in compliance with applicable …

105.665. Cost statement of proposed changes prepared by actuary — contents. — 1. The legislative body or committee thereof which determines the amount and type of plan benefits to be paid shall, before taking final action on any substantial proposed change in plan benefits, cause…

105.666. Board member education program, curriculum, requirements — annual pension benefit statement required. — 1. Each plan shall, in conjunction with its staff and advisors, establish a board member education program, which shall be in effect on or after January 1, 2008. The c…

105.667. Gain or profit from funds or transactions of plan, prohibited when. — 1. Any appointing authority, board member, or employee shall be prohibited from receiving any gain or profit from any funds or transaction of the plan, except benefits from interest in investments comm…

105.669. Felony conviction, ineligible for benefits, when — employer to notify of offenses, when — list of offenses. — 1. Any participant of a plan who is convicted of a felony offense listed in subsection 3 of this section, which is committed in direct connection with or directl…

105.670. Cost statement available for inspection — effect of changes (general assembly). — When the general assembly is the legislative body responsible for authorizing a substantial proposed change in plan benefits, a prepared statement regarding the cost of such change shall be…

105.675. Cost statement available for inspection (political subdivisions). — When a political subdivision or instrumentality of the state is the legislative body responsible for making a substantial proposed change in benefits, a prepared statement regarding the cost of such chan…

105.679. Contact information for retired members to be provided, when (St. Louis City). — Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 610.010 to 610.035 to the contrary, any retirement plan as defined in section 105.660, located in a city not within a county, providing retirement …

105.680. Expenses for cost statements, how paid. — 1. For any proposed change in plan benefits, the expense of having the cost statement prepared shall be assured before the legislative body may take final action to approve a proposed substantial change in plan benefits. 2. The e…

105.683. Plan deemed delinquent, when, effect of. — Any plan, other than a plan created under sections 169.010 to 169.141 or sections 169.600 to 169.715, whose actuary determines that the plan has a funded ratio below sixty percent and the political subdivision has failed to make…

105.684. Benefit increases prohibited, when — amortization of unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities — accelerated contribution schedule required, when. — 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no plan shall adopt or implement any additional benefit increase, supplement, enh…

105.685. Effective date of changes. — A substantial proposed change in plan benefits shall not become effective until such time as the provisions of sections 105.660 to 105.685 are complied with. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 130 § 6) Effective 8-06-79

105.687. Definitions. — As used in sections 105.687 to 105.689, the following terms mean: (1) "Equity interests", limited partnership interests and other interests in which the liability of the investor is limited to the amount of the investment, but does not include general part…

105.688. Investment fiduciaries, duties. — The assets of a system may be invested, reinvested and managed by an investment fiduciary subject to the terms, conditions and limitations provided in sections 105.687 to 105.689. An investment fiduciary shall discharge his or her duties…

105.689. Investment fiduciary may make investments in certain countries. — Nothing in sections 105.687 to 105.689 shall prevent any investment fiduciary from making investments in any company which does business in any country with which the United States maintains diplomatic rel…

105.690. Selection of fiduciaries, preference to Missouri firms. — When selection is made of a venture capital firm, a consultant or a fiduciary, preference must be given to a Missouri based company. ­­-------- (L. 1987 S.B. 20 § 4)

105.691. Definitions — agreements to transfer service between plans — election to transfer — transfer of service, determination of value — amount due, payment period — effect of transfer — transfer not to result in receipt of benefits under more than one plan. — 1. As used in thi…

105.692. Shares of common stock, voting requirements. — 1. All shares of common stock held directly by a system, as defined under section 105.687, shall be voted solely in the economic interest of plan participants. Voting shares for the purposes of furthering noneconomic environ…

105.693. Restricted entity and restricted investment products — definitions — investment prohibited — plan to divest, when — report — immunity from liability, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Board", the governing board or decision-making body of…

105.695. Contributions to ballot measures and candidates prohibited — permitted actions — system defined. — 1. No contribution or expenditure of system funds shall be made directly by any public pension system to advocate, support, or oppose the passage or defeat of any ballot me…

105.702. Minority and women money managers, brokers, and investment counselors, procurement action plan required — annual report. — All retirement plans defined under section 105.660 shall develop a procurement action plan for utilization of minority and women money managers, bro…

105.711. Legal expense fund created — officers, employees, agencies, certain health care providers covered, procedure — rules regarding contract procedures and documentation of care — certain claims, limitations — funds not transferable to general revenue — rules. — 1. There is h…