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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2301
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE OEHLERKING.
5743H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 130.170, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
campaign finance.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 130.170, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 130.170, to read as follows:
130.170. For purposes of sections 130.170 to 130.188, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Committee", the same meaning as otherwise provided in section 130.01 1, except
3 it shall not include candidate committees or continuing committees, pr ovided that if a
4 continuing committee makes an expenditure that is subject to subsection 3 of section
5 130.176 or makes a contribution to a committee that has made an expenditur e that is
6 subject to subsection 3 of section 130.716, that continuing committee shall be consider ed
7 a committee for the purposes of sections 130.170 to 130.188 ;
8 (2) "Directly or indirectly", acting either alone or jointly with, through, or on behalf
9 of any other committee, or ganization, person, or other entity;
10 (3) "Foreign national", any of the following:
11 (a) An individual who is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United
12 States of America;
13 (b) A government, or subdivision, of a foreign country or municipality thereof;
14 (c) A foreign political party;
15 (d) Any entity , such as a partnership, association, corporation, or ganization, or other
16 combination of persons, that is or ganized under the laws of, or has its principal place of
17 business in, a foreign country; or
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (e) Any entity or ganized pursuant to the laws of the United States of America or any
19 state thereof that is wholly or majority owned by a person or entity described in paragraphs
20 (a) to (d) of this subdivision, unless:
21 a. Any contribution or expenditure it makes derives entirely from funds generated by
22 the entity's United States operations; and
23 b. All decisions concerning the contribution or expenditure are made by individuals
24 who are United States citizens or lawful permanent residents, except for setting overall budget
25 amounts;
26 (4) "Funds obtained through the usual course of business", funds generated entirely
27 by the entity's United States operations;
28 (5) "Lobbyist", the same meaning as in section 105.470;
29 (6) "Prohibited sources", contributions from or expenditures by a foreign national
30 made with the intent to use such funds to influence an election on a ballot measure;
31 (7) "Preliminary activity", includes, but is not limited to, conducting a poll, drafting
32 ballot measure language, conducting a focus group, making telephone calls, and travel;
33 (8) "T ax-exempt or ganization", an or ganization that is described in Section 501(c) of
34 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of such
35 code. A political or ganization or ganized pursuant to Section 527 of such code shall not be
36 considered a tax-exempt or ganization.
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