Bill Text: MO HB959 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits any person who has pled guilty or nolo contendre to or has been found guilty of specified offenses from election or appointment to certain city offices in a third or fourth class city
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-19 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB959 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2011-HB959-Introduced.html
FIRST REGULAR SESSION
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES POLLOCK (Sponsor), DUGGER AND WELLS (Co-sponsors).
2079L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 115.346, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to candidates for certain municipal offices.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 115.346, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 115.346, to read as follows:
115.346. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, no person shall be certified as a candidate for a municipal office, nor shall such person's name appear on the ballot as a candidate for such office, who shall be in arrears for any unpaid city taxes or municipal user fees on the last day to file a declaration of candidacy for the office.
2. No person shall qualify for appointment or election to any public office, city attorney, or as a public notary, in any city of the third or fourth classification, if such person has plead guilty or nolo contendre to or been found guilty of any of the following provisions:
(1) Any crime designated as a felony in chapter 566;
(2) The crime of incest as provided in section 568.020;
(3) The crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree as provided in section 568.045;
(4) The crime of use of a child in a sexual performance as provided in section 568.080;
(5) The crime of promoting a sexual performance by a child as provided in section 568.090;
(6) The crime of furnishing pornographic material to minors as provided in section 573.040;
(7) Any offense committed in any other state or foreign country or location under federal, tribal, or military jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be a crime as described in subdivisions (1) to (6) of this subsection.
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