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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 23.153

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23.153 Record kept by staff member on persons initiating inquiries or attempting ...

Official statutory text

23.153. Record kept by staff member on persons initiating inquiries or attempting to influence content of fiscal note — penalty. — 1. As part of the preparation of any fiscal note for any proposed piece of legislation, the staff member of the oversight division assigned to prepare that note shall maintain a log, which shall be a public record as defined in chapter 610 . That log shall contain a record of any contact initiated by any other person who either inquires regarding the content of the fiscal note or who attempts to influence the preparation of the fiscal note. The log shall contain, at a minimum, the name and position of the person initiating the contact, the time and date of the contact, the number of the fiscal note and the number of the proposed piece of legislation, and a narrative summary of the comments made by the person who initiated the contact.

2. Violation of the provisions of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1087)

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