Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on Tuesday next following
the first Monday in November, 1998, or at a special election to be called by the governor for that
purpose, there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection,
the following amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:
Section A. Article III, Constitution of Missouri, is amended by adopting one new section, to be
known as section 39(f), to read as follows:
Section 39(f). 1. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association or the spouse,
officer, director, trustee, partner or senior management level employee of any person, firm,
corporation, partnership or association who has a direct or indirect interest in any legal
entity who holds a license or permit to operate a gaming or gambling enterprise shall as a
condition to the issuance or renewal of such license or permit waive such person's right to
make a contribution or expenditures, directly or indirectly, in connection with any election
to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political convention or
caucus held to select candidates for any political office in this state, including contributions
to political action committees or to political parties. For the purposes of this subsection
and subsection 2 of this section, "indirect interest" is ownership through any number of
layers of legal entities when twenty-five percent or more of each legal entity is owned by the
legal entity ownership above it.
2. It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association or the
spouse, officer, director, trustee, partner or senior management level employee of any
person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who has a direct or indirect interest
in any legal entity who holds a license or permit to operate a gaming or gambling enterprise to make a contribution or expenditure, directly or indirectly, in connection with any
election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election or political
convention or caucus held to select candidates for any political office in this state, including
contributions to political action committees.
3. It is unlawful for any candidate, political committee or other person knowingly to accept
or receive any contribution prohibited by this section.
4. Any person, corporation or any other entity who violates the provisions of subsection 2
of this section is guilty of a class C felony and such violation shall be grounds for the
revocation or denial of any license issued by the gaming commission. Any person who
violates the provisions of subsection 3 of this section is guilty of a class C felony and shall
pay such contributions received in violation of subsection 3 of this section over to the state
to be deposited in the general revenue fund.
5. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit an expenditure by a candidate for his or
her own campaign or a contribution, loan or transfer of funds by a candidate to his or her
own political committee.
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