SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1593

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WALKER.

         Read 1^st time March 1, 2004, and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 105, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to lobbying.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 105, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 105.479, to read as follows:

            105.479. 1. No person shall perform the functions of an executive lobbyist, judicial lobbyist, or legislative lobbyist, as those terms are defined in section 105.470, within twelve months of leaving a position as a statewide elected official or member of the general assembly.

            2. Any person who knowingly violates this section shall be guilty of illegal lobbying, and shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation. Such civil penalties shall be collected by action filed by the Missouri ethics commission. Any resident of the state or member of the commission may file a civil complaint against any person violating this section.