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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2691
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE CHAPPELL.
5142H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 34, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to state purchasing
of electric vehicles, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 34, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 34.630, to read as follows:
34.630. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Electric vehicle", a motor vehicle that is pr opelled to a significant extent by
3 an electric motor that draws electricity fr om a battery capable of being recharg ed fr om
4 an external sour ce of electricity;
5 (2) "Forced labor", all work or service that is:
6 (a) Obtained by for ce, fraud, or coer cion, including by thr eat of serious harm to,
7 or physical res traint against, any person; by means of any scheme, plan, or pattern
8 intended to cause the person to believe that if such person did not perform such labor or
9 services, such person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical res traint;
10 or by means of the abuse or thr eatened abuse of the law or the legal proce ss;
11 (b) Imposed on the basis of a pr otected characteristic;
12 (c) Not offered or prov ided voluntarily by the worker; or
13 (d) Pr oduced thr ough oppr essive child labor;
14 (3) "Governmental entity", a state agency or political subdivision of this state or
15 any school, college, university , administration, authority , or other enterprise operated
16 by the state or any political subdivision ther eof;
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.
17 (4) "Oppress ive child labor", a condition of employment under which any
18 person under fourteen years of age is employed in an occupation hazardous for the
19 employment of children , such as manufacturing or mining;
20 (5) "Pr otected characteristic", any characteristic pr otected by the Missouri
21 human rights act.
22 2. No governmental entity shall enter into a contract for the pr ocur ement of
23 electric vehicles, or any component of an electric vehicle, unless the governmental entity
24 is prov ided a sworn certification fro m the manufactur er of the electric vehicle or the
25 component of an electric vehicle that does the following:
26 (1) Consents to the personal jurisdiction by the state over the manufactur er; and
27 (2) Certifies that no entity involved in the pr oduction of the electric vehicle or
28 component of an electric vehicle, including the pro duction of any constituent part or the
29 mining or other sour cing of any materials, used for ced labor or oppr essive child labor in
30 its activities.
31 3. (1) In addition to any other re medies available at law or equity , if the
32 manufactur er or seller provi des false or misleading information under subsection 2 of
33 this section, the individual pro viding the false or misleading information shall be liable
34 for a civil penalty of ten thousand dollars per false or misleading statement or one-half
35 the total price paid by the governmental entity for the vehicles or components,
36 whichever is great er .
37 (2) Any governmental entity that knowingly violates subsection 2 of this section
38 shall be subject to a fine of ten thousand dollars per false or misleading statement or the
39 total price paid by the governmental entity for the vehicles or components, whichever is
40 gr eater . The fines under this subdivision shall be payable to the general reven ue fund.
41 (3) Any state employee that knowingly violates subsection 2 of this section shall
42 personally pay a fine of five thousand dollars to the Missouri veterans commission.
43 (4) Any employee of a local government or political subdivision that knowingly
44 violates subsection 2 of this section shall personally pay a fine of five thousand dollars to
45 the school districts in the county in which the violation occurr ed. Such funds shall be
46 allocated in pr oportion to the average daily attendance of each school district in the
47 county .
48 (5) Each member of a statewide board who votes in the affirmative to authorize
49 a pur chase that violates subsection 2 of this section shall personally pay a fine of five
50 thousand dollars to the Missouri veterans commission.
51 (6) Each member of a local government or political subdivision board who votes
52 in the affirmative to authorize a purch ase that violates subsection 2 of this section shall
53 personally pay a fine of five thousand dollars to the school districts in the county in
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54 which the violation occurr ed. Such funds shall be allocated in prop ortion to the average
55 daily attendance of each school district in the county .
56 (7) Any citizen within the jurisdiction of the state of Missouri or any political
57 subdivision ther eof shall have standing to bring enforce ment of this section.
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