SECOND REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES CROWELL (Sponsor), DUSENBERG, MYERS, TOWNLEY,
SANDER, KING, STEVENSON, LIPKE, REINHART, YATES, SMITH (14), ICET,
MILLER AND HANAWAY (Co-sponsors).
Pre-filed January 6, 2004, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 130, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to inaugural committees.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 130, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 130.018 and 130.019, to read as follows:
130.018. 1. Every governor-elect shall form a gubernatorial inaugural committee to receive and accept contributions, monetary and in-kind, to be used solely in support of the governor-elect's inaugural activities. The committee shall be subject to all reporting requirements, penalties, procedures, limitations, and obligations of candidate committees and of candidates for the office of governor as provided in sections 130.011 to 130.160, and shall be subject to any regulations adopted pursuant to such sections.
2. No expenditure of public funds shall be made in support of any gubernatorial inaugural activity until the governor-elect has formed a gubernatorial inaugural committee as provided by this section. The expenditure of public funds shall not be subject to the contribution limitation in section 130.032, RSMo.
3. Any funds remaining in the inaugural committee's bank account after all inaugural expenses have been paid shall escheat to the state.
130.019. 1. The house of representatives and the senate shall form a legislative inaugural committee to receive and accept contributions, monetary and in-kind, to be used solely in support of the legislative inaugural activities. The committee shall be subject to all reporting requirements, penalties, procedures, limitations, and obligations of candidate committees and of candidates for offices in the house of representatives as provided in this chapter, and shall be subject to any regulations adopted pursuant to such sections.
2. No expenditure of public funds shall be made in support of any legislative inaugural activity until the house of representatives and senate have formed a legislative inaugural committee as provided by this section. The expenditure of public funds shall not be subject to the contribution limitation in section 130.032.
3. Any funds remaining in the legislative inaugural committee's bank account after all legislative inaugural expenses have been paid shall escheat to the state.