All Public Officers Legislation - Missouri

HCS/SB 1288 - This act bars executive branch employees from accepting gifts from lobbyists. Employees who unknowingly accept gifts may return the gift, pay market value for the gift, or donate the gift to charity. Currently, lobbyists must report expenditures on occasions when members of a standing committee of either the house of representatives or the senate are invited in writing. This act extends this requirement to expenditures for occasions where members of any committee of the house or senate are invited. Currently, lobbyists or their agents are required to provide a general description of the proposed legislation or action by the executive or judicial branch which they supported or opposed, to the Ethics Commission. This act removes that provision. Committees that cannot return nonallowable contributions because the contributor cannot be located, returns the contribution, or is a committee which is terminated, may deposit the contribution in the general revenue or donate [...]

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SB 1285 - Effective January 1, 2009, for all charter counties and the City of St. Louis, assessors are required to provide the city or county clerks with assessment books on or before March first of each year. The city or county clerks must make abstracts of the assessment books showing the aggregate amounts of different types of property and the valuations of each type for each political subdivision levying taxes on property. The governing bodies of political subdivisions must use the information provided in the abstracts to informally project non-binding tax rate levies and provide such projected levies to the clerk no later than April 15th of each year. Utilizing the projected tax levies, the county collector must then calculate the projected tax liability for each property for which the assessor intends to provide a notice of increased assessed value by April thirtieth. Failure by a political subdivision to provide projected tax levies by April 15th will result in a twenty percent reduction [...]

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SB 1024 - Currently, the state legal expense fund is liable, excluding punitive damages, for all economic damages to any one claimant and up to $350,000 for noneconomic damages for any judgment against a state officer or employee for claims arising from the operation of a motor vehicle or from causing a dangerous condition of property. This act limits the amount of liability for such claims to 2 million dollars for all claims arising from a single occurrence, and $300,000 for any one person in a single accident or occurrence. If these two types of claims are brought against the state or state entities and are also brought against an officer or employee thereof, the maximum allowable recovery shall be reduced by any amount paid towards the claim by the state, its entities, its officers or employees, or anyone acting on their behalf. Current law provides that state entities waive their immunity for liability for claims arising from the operation of a motor vehicle, up to the dollar [...]

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SB 1038 - This act repeals the campaign contribution limits for certain candidates running for office. Individuals and committees required to file campaign disclosure reports shall electronically file contributions exceeding $5,000 within 48 hours of receiving the contribution. The treasurer and deputy treasurer of all committees shall reside in the district or county in which the committee sits. Legislative and senatorial district committees shall retain only one address in the district in which it sits for the purpose of receiving contributions. Out-of-state committees that make contributions in support of or against candidates or issues in elections shall report the names of its contributors even when the contributions originally made to the out-of-state committee were not made specifically to influence any particular election. Current law imposes a penalty of twice the amount of the contribution or expenditure that is incorrectly reported up to $5,000. This amendment [...]

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CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 711 - This act modifies laws regarding property taxation by requiring tax rate rollbacks by all political subdivisions in reassessment years, changing the way voter-approved tax increases are applied to assessed values, changing the time line for the assessment and appeal of property taxes. The imposition of penalties and interest on the erroneous payments of property taxes is prohibited when there is clear and convincing evidence that the county made an error in determining the tax amount due. Any penalty or interest paid by the taxpayer will be refunded upon the discovery of the error or omission. Voter-approved property tax rate increases must to be applied to a political subdivision's most recent total assessed valuation, as certified by the city or county on or before the date of the election. Every political subdivision in a reassessment year must roll back its prior year's tax rate regardless of whether the political subdivision was levying the tax at its [...]

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SB 837 - This act revises provisions concerning the employment of public employees and appointed officials, and creates the Public Employee Due Process Act. This act prohibits public employees from appealing a dismissal or demotion if an employee has a right to appeal under the State Personnel Law (Merit System)or if the employee is in a policy making position without a right to appeal. Public bodies must serve written notice upon employees they intend to terminate, discipline, or demote. The notice must contain the grounds for the intended action, and notification of the right to request a hearing. If the charges are based on inefficiency, incompetence, or insubordination, the public body must provide the employee with a four month remediation plan before charging the employee. If a hearing is requested, it shall take place at least sixty days after the charges are served and the decision will be based on the doctrine of just cause. The act contains provisions concerning the [...]

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