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SENATE SUBSTITUTE NO. 3 FOR
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 38
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HEGEMAN. Offered February 4, 2020. Senate Substitute No. 3 adopted February 4, 2020. Taken up for Perfection February 4, 2020. Bill declared Perfected and Ordered Printed, as amended. ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary.4110S.08P
JOINT RESOLUTION
Submitting to the qualified voters of Missouri, an amendment repealing sections 2,3, and 7 of article III of the Constitution of Missouri, and adopting three newsections in lieu thereof relating to regulating the legislature to limit theinfluence of partisan or other special interests.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein:
That at the next general election to be held in the state of Missouri, on2Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, 2020, or at a special3election to be called by the governor for that purpose, there is hereby submitted4to the qualified voters of this state, for adoption or rejection, the following5amendment to article III of the Constitution of the state of Missouri:Section A.Sections 2, 3, and 7, article III, Constitution of Missouri, are2repealed and three new sections adopted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections32, 3, and 7, to read as follows:Section 2.(a)After December 6, 2018, no person serving as a member of 2or employed by the general assembly shall act or serve as a paid lobbyist, register3as a paid lobbyist, or solicit prospective employers or clients to represent as a4paid lobbyist during the time of such service until the expiration of two calendar5years after the conclusion of the session of the general assembly in which the6member or employee last served and where such service was after December 6,72018.8(b)No person serving as a member of or employed by the general
EXPLANATION--Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SS#3 SJR 382 9assembly shall accept directly or indirectly a gift of any tangible or intangible10item, service, or thing of value from any paid lobbyist or lobbyist principal
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in11excess of five dollars per occurrence
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.This Article shall not prevent candidates12for the general assembly, including candidates for reelection, or candidates for13offices within the senate or house from accepting campaign contributions14consistent with this Article and applicable campaign finance law.Nothing in this15section shall prevent individuals from receiving gifts, family support or anything16of value from those related to them within the fourth degree by blood or17marriage.
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The dollar limitations of this section shall be increased or decreased18each year by the percentage of increase or decrease from the end of the previous19calendar year of the Consumer Price Index, or successor index as published by the20U.S. Department of Labor, or its successor agency, and rounded to the nearest21dollar amount.
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22(c)The general assembly shall make no law authorizing unlimited23campaign contributions to candidates for the general assembly, nor any law that24circumvents the contribution limits contained in this Constitution.In addition25to other campaign contribution limitations or restrictions provided for by law, the26amount of contributions made to or accepted by any candidate or candidate27committee from any person other than the candidate in any one election
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for the28general assembly
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to the office of state representative or state senator
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hundred dollars; and32(2)To elect an individual to the office of state representative, two33thousand dollars.34The contribution limits and other restrictions of this section shall also35apply to any person exploring a candidacy for
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a public office listed in this36subsection
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the office of state representative or state senator
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For purposes of this subsection, "base year amount" shall be the38contribution limits prescribed in this section.Contribution limits set forth herein39shall be adjusted on the first day of January in each even-numbered year40hereafter by multiplying the base year amount by the cumulative Consumer Price41Index and rounded to the nearest dollar amount, for all years after 2018.
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42(d)No contribution to a candidate for legislative office shall be made or43accepted, directly or indirectly, in a fictitious name, in the name of another44person, or by or through another person in such a manner as to, or with the
SS#3 SJR 38 345intent to, conceal the identity of the actual source of the contribution.There shall46be a rebuttable presumption that a contribution to a candidate for public office47is made or accepted with the intent to circumvent the limitations on contributions48imposed in this section when a contribution is received from a committee or49organization that is primarily funded by a single person, individual, or other50committee that has already reached its contribution limit under any law relating51to contribution limitations.A committee or organization shall be deemed to be52primarily funded by a single person, individual, or other committee when the53committee or organization receives more than fifty percent of its annual funding54from that single person, individual, or other committee.55(e)In no circumstance shall a candidate be found to have violated limits56on acceptance of contributions if the Missouri ethics commission, its successor57agency, or a court determines that a candidate has taken no action to indicate58acceptance of or acquiescence to the making of an expenditure that is deemed a59contribution pursuant to this section.60(f)No candidate shall accept contributions from any federal political61action committee unless the committee has filed the same financial disclosure62reports that would be required of a Missouri political action committee.Section 3.(a)
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There is hereby established the post of "Nonpartisan State2Demographer".The nonpartisan state demographer shall acquire appropriate3information to develop procedures in preparation for drawing legislative4redistricting maps on the basis of each federal census for presentation to the5house apportionment commission and the senatorial apportionment commission.6(b)The nonpartisan state demographer shall be selected through the7following process.First, state residents may apply for selection to the state8auditor using an application developed by the state auditor to determine an9applicant's qualifications and expertise relevant to the position.Second, the state10auditor shall deliver to the majority leader and minority leader of the senate a11list of at least three applicants with sufficient expertise and qualifications, as12determined by the state auditor, to perform the duties of the nonpartisan state13demographer.Third, if the majority leader and minority leader of the senate14together agree that a specific applicant should be selected to be the nonpartisan15state demographer, that applicant shall be selected and the selection process shall16cease.Fourth, if the majority leader and minority leader of the senate cannot17together agree on an applicant, they may each remove a number of applicants on18the state auditor's list equal to one-third of the total number of applicants on that