Missouri HB 113: Requires campaign finance disclosure reports to include bank statements

Bill Text

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 113
101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTZ.
0256H.02I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 130.041, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
campaign finance disclosure reports, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 130.041, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 130.041, to read as follows:
130.041. 1. Except as provided in subsection 5 of section 130.016, the candidate, if
2 applicable, treasurer or deputy treasurer of every committee which is required to file a statement
3 of organization, shall file a legibly printed or typed disclosure report of receipts and
4 expenditures. The reports shall be filed with the appropriate officer designated in section
5 130.026 at the times and for the periods prescribed in section 130.046. Except as provided in
6 sections 130.049 and 130.050, each report shall set forth:
7 (1) The full name, as required in the statement of organization pursuant to subsection 5
8 of section 130.021, and mailing address of the committee filing the report and the full name,
9 mailing address and telephone number of the committee's treasurer and deputy treasurer if the
10 committee has named a deputy treasurer;
11 (2) The amount of money, including cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting
12 period;
13 (3) Receipts for the period, including:
14 (a) Total amount of all monetary contributions received which can be identified in the
15 committee's records by name and address of each contributor. In addition, the candidate
16 committee shall make a reasonable effort to obtain and report the employer, or occupation if
17 self-employed or notation of retirement, of each person from whom the committee received one
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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18 or more contributions which in the aggregate total in excess of one hundred dollars and shall
19 make a reasonable effort to obtain and report a description of any contractual relationship over
20 five hundred dollars between the contributor and the state if the candidate is seeking election to
21 a state office or between the contributor and any political subdivision of the state if the candidate
22 is seeking election to another political subdivision of the state;
23 (b) Total amount of all anonymous contributions accepted;
24 (c) Total amount of all monetary contributions received through fund-raising events or
25 activities from participants whose names and addresses were not obtained with such
26 contributions, with an attached statement or copy of the statement describing each fund-raising
27 event as required in subsection 6 of section 130.031;
28 (d) Total dollar value of all in-kind contributions received;
29 (e) A separate listing by name and address and employer, or occupation if self-employed
30 or notation of retirement, of each person from whom the committee received contributions, in
31 money or any other thing of value, aggregating more than one hundred dollars, together with the
32 date and amount of each such contribution;
33 (f) A listing of each loan received by name and address of the lender and date and
34 amount of the loan. For each loan of more than one hundred dollars, a separate statement shall
35 be attached setting forth the name and address of the lender and each person liable directly,
36 indirectly or contingently, and the date, amount and terms of the loan;
37 (4) Expenditures for the period, including:
38 (a) The total dollar amount of expenditures made by check drawn on the committee's
39 depository;
40 (b) The total dollar amount of expenditures made in cash;
41 (c) The total dollar value of all in-kind expenditures made;
42 (d) The full name and mailing address of each person to whom an expenditure of money
43 or any other thing of value in the amount of more than one hundred dollars has been made,
44 contracted for or incurred, together with the date, amount and purpose of each expenditure.
45 Expenditures of one hundred dollars or less may be grouped and listed by categories of
46 expenditure showing the total dollar amount of expenditures in each category, except that the
47 report shall contain an itemized listing of each payment made to campaign workers by name,
48 address, date, amount and purpose of each payment and the aggregate amount paid to each such
49 worker;
50 (e) A list of each loan made, by name and mailing address of the person receiving the
51 loan, together with the amount, terms and date;
52 (5) The total amount of cash on hand as of the closing date of the reporting period
53 covered, including amounts in depository accounts and in petty cash fund;

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54 (6) The total amount of ou