Missouri Laws 130.150 – Complaints filed with ethics commission or civil action for forfeiture ..
Complaints Concerning Violations
(1) Any person may file a complaint alleging violations of the contribution limits set forth above with the Missouri Ethics Commission which complaint shall be acted upon promptly by the commission in the same manner and with the same effect as other complaints over which the commission has jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 130.150
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Contribution: includes , but is not limited to:
(a) A candidate's own money or property used in support of the person's candidacy other than expense of the candidate's food, lodging, travel, and payment of any fee necessary to the filing for public office. See Missouri Laws 130.011
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: an individual, group of individuals, corporation, partnership, committee, proprietorship, joint venture, any department, agency, board, institution or other entity of the state or any of its political subdivisions, union, labor organization, trade or professional or business association, association, political party or any executive committee thereof, or any other club or organization however constituted or any officer or employee of such entity acting in the person's official capacity. See Missouri Laws 130.011
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Instead of filing a complaint with the Missouri Ethics Commission, any person may file a civil action in summary process in the circuit court for the circuit in which the alleged violation occurred, against the alleged violator or violators, seeking a forfeiture to the General Revenue of the State of any amount of contributions in excess of the limits set forth above.