FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 652

91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBIRDS (Sponsor), KING, LEVIN AND MYERS.

Read 1st time February 6, 2001, and 1000 copies ordered printed.

TED WEDEL, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 105, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to qualifications of public officers of whom a bond is required.




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 105.1230, to read as follows:

105.1230. Any person seeking an elective public office of this state, or any political subdivision of this state, for which the posting of a bond is required shall, at the time such person submits his or her name as a candidate for such office with the secretary of state or the election authority, show proof to the secretary of state or the election authority, as the case may be, that he or she will be able to obtain the bond required of such office in the event that such person is elected to such office. In the event that the person is unable to show proof of his or her ability to obtain the requisite bond, that person shall not be allowed to file for the office in question.



Missouri House of Representatives