Bill Text: MO HB2030 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Specifies that no person will qualify as a candidate for any elective public office who has been convicted of, found guilty of, or pled guilty to certain crimes
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Elections (H) [HB2030 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HB2030-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DIEHL.
4343L.02I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 115.350, RSMo, and section 115.348 as enacted by conference committee substitute for senate substitute for senate committee substitute for house committee substitute for house bill no. 353, ninety-third general assembly, first regular session, and section 115.348 as enacted by conference committee substitute for senate substitute for senate committee substitute for house committee substitute for house bill no. 58, ninety-third general assembly, first regular session, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to candidate qualifications.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 115.350, RSMo, and section 115.348 as enacted by conference committee substitute for senate substitute for senate committee substitute for house committee substitute for house bill no. 353, ninety-third general assembly, first regular session, and section 115.348 as enacted by conference committee substitute for senate substitute for senate committee substitute for house committee substitute for house bill no. 58, ninety-third general assembly, first regular session, are repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 115.350, to read as follows:
115.350. No person shall qualify as a candidate for any elective public office in the state of Missouri, including any elective public office of any political subdivision of this state, who has:
(1) Been convicted of or found guilty of or pled guilty to a felony under the laws of this state;
(2) Been convicted of or found guilty of or pled guilty to any crime in any other jurisdiction that would be a felony if committed in this state;
(3) Been convicted of or found guilty of or pled guilty to any felony or misdemeanor under the federal laws of the United States of America;
(4) Been convicted of or found guilty of or pled guilty to any crime in this state or in any other jurisdiction that involves misconduct in public office or dishonesty.
[115.348. No person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office in the state of Missouri who has been found guilty of or pled guilty to a felony or misdemeanor under the federal laws of the United States of America.]
[115.348. No person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office in the state of Missouri who has been convicted of or pled guilty to a felony or misdemeanor under the federal laws of the United States of America.]
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