SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES CARPENTER (Sponsor), HUMMEL, ROORDA, PIERSON, SWEARINGEN, WALTON GRAY, KIRKTON, MEREDITH, OTTO, NEWMAN, DUNN, MCNEIL, NICHOLS, PETERS, LAFAVER, MORGAN, SMITH, MCDONALD, COLONA, ENGLUND, MAYFIELD, RUNIONS, ANDERS AND MCMANUS (Co-sponsors).
5371L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 105, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to ethics.
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 105.499, to read as follows:
105.499. 1. As used in this section, the term "constitutional officers" means the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, and executive department directors and acting directors.
2. Within one hundred twenty days of taking office, appointment, or employment, all constitutional officers and members of the general assembly shall complete four hours of ethics training that addresses, at a minimum, ethics laws in this chapter and chapters 130 and 576. All requirements of this subsection shall be completed by 5:00 p.m. of the last day designated for completing the requirement. When the last day of completing the requirement falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or on an official state holiday, the last day for completion shall be extended to 5:00 p.m. on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or an official state holiday.
3. In addition to completing the requirements of this section within one hundred twenty days of taking office, appointment, or employment, all constitutional officers and members of the general assembly shall complete the requirements of this section once every two years.
4. If any constitutional officer or member of the general assembly does not complete the requirements of this section within one hundred twenty days of taking office, appointment, or employment, the Missouri ethics commission shall, in writing, notify the individual of the individual's noncompliance. Any constitutional officer or member of the general assembly who fails to complete the requirements of this section within thirty days of receiving a written notice under this subsection shall be assessed a fee of ten dollars for each day such completion is overdue. The ethics commission shall list the name of any such constitutional officer or member of the general assembly who is assessed a fee under this subsection on its website, and such name shall remain on such website until the constitutional officer or member of the general assembly is in compliance with this section.
5. The ethics commission shall offer the training required in this section, and shall promulgate rules establishing format and minimum course content. 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 become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.
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