To repeal sections 105.483 and 105.487, RSMo 1994, relating to public officers and employees, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject, with an emergency clause.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI,

AS FOLLOWS:

Section A. Sections 105.483 and 105.487, RSMo 1994, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 105.483 and 105.487, to read as follows:

105.483. Each of the following persons shall be required to file a financial interest statement:

(1) Associate circuit judges, circuit court judges, judges of the courts of appeals and of the supreme court, and candidates for any such office;

(2) Persons holding an elective office of the state, whether by election or appointment, and candidates for elective office of the state;

(3) The principal administrative or deputy officers or assistants serving the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, state auditor and attorney general, which officers shall be designated by the respective elected state official;

(4) The members of each board or commission and the chief executive officer of each public entity created pursuant to the constitution or interstate compact or agreement and the members of each board of regents or curators and the chancellor or president of each state institution of higher education;

(5) The director and each assistant deputy director and the general counsel and the chief purchasing officer of each department, division and agency of state government;

(6) Any official or employee of the state authorized by law to promulgate rules and regulations or authorized by law to vote on the adoption of rules and regulations;

(7) Any member of a board or commission created by interstate compact or agreement, including the executive director and any Missouri resident who is a member of the bi-state development agency created pursuant to sections 70.370 to 70.440, RSMo;

(8) Any board member of a metropolitan sewer district authorized under section 30(a) of article VI of the state constitution;

(9) Any member of a commission appointed or operating pursuant to sections 64.650 to 64.950, RSMo, sections 67.650 to 67.658, RSMo, or sections 70.840 to 70.859, RSMo;

(10) The members, the chief executive officer and the chief purchasing officer of each board or commission which enters into or approves contracts for the expenditure of state funds;

(11) Each elected official, the chief administrative officer, the chief purchasing officer and the general counsel, if employed full time, of each political subdivision with an annual operating budget in excess of one million dollars, each candidate for elective office in each political subdivision with an annual operating budget in excess of one million dollars, and each official or employee of a political subdivision with an annual operating budget in excess of one million dollars who is authorized by the governing body of the political subdivision to promulgate rules and regulations with the force of law or to vote on the adoption of rules and regulations with the force of law; unless the political subdivision adopts an ordinance, order or resolution pursuant to subsection 4 of section 105.485;

(12) Any person identified as a decision-making public servant pursuant to subdivision (6) of section 105.450.

105.487. The financial interest statements shall be filed at the following times, but no person is required to file more than one financial interest statement in any calendar year:

(1) Unless otherwise exempted by section 105.483, each candidate for elective office shall file a financial interest statement no later than the forty-fifth day after the last day for filing for the election at which he seeks nomination or election, and the statement shall be for the twelve months prior to the closing date, except that in the event an individual does not become a candidate until later than the forty-fifth day after the last day for filing for the election, the statement shall be filed within ten days of his becoming a candidate. An individual required to file a financial interest statement because of his candidacy for office prior to a primary election in accordance with this section is also required to amend such statement within seven days prior to the following general election to reflect any changes in financial interest during the interim. The appropriate election authority shall provide to the candidate at the time of filing for election written notice of the candidate's obligation to file under sections 105.483 to 105.492 and the candidate shall sign a statement acknowledging receipt of such notice;

(2) Each person appointed to office and each official or employee described in section 105.483 who is not otherwise covered in this subsection shall file the statement within thirty days of such appointment or employment;

(3) Every other person required by sections 105.483 to 105.492 to file a financial interest statement shall file the statement annually not later than the first day of May and the statement shall cover the calendar year ending the immediately preceding December thirty-first; provided that the governor, lieutenant governor, any member of the general assembly or any member of the governing body of a political subdivision may supplement his financial interest statement to report additional interests acquired after December thirty-first of the covered year until the date of filing of the financial interest statement;

(4) The deadline for filing any statement required by sections 105.483 to 105.492 shall be 5:00 p.m. of the last day designated for filing the statement. When the last day of filing falls on a Saturday or Sunday or on an official state holiday, the deadline for filing is extended to 5:00 p.m. on the next day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or official holiday. Any statement required within a specified time shall be deemed to be timely filed if it is postmarked not later than midnight of the day previous to the last day designated for filing the statement.

Section B. Because of the need for clarity in campaign laws, the unfair treatment of candidates, and the need to maintain the public's faith in the election process, this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.