FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 555
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HOUSE.
Read 1st time February 26, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
2091S.01I
AN ACT
To amend chapter 290, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to noncompetition clauses for broadcasting industry employees.
Section A. Chapter 290, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 290.600, to read as follows:
290.600. 1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1) "Broadcast employee", any employee of a broadcast employer, excluding sales and management employees; and
(2) "Broadcast employer", television stations, television networks, radio stations, or radio networks.
2. A broadcast employer shall not require, in any employment contract, that broadcast employees or prospective broadcast employees refrain from obtaining employment in a specified geographic area for a specific period of time after termination of employment with such broadcast employer. This section shall not apply to prevent the enforcement of such a covenant during the term of an employment contract or against a broadcast employee who breaches such an employment contract.
3. Any broadcast employer who violates this section shall be civilly liable for damages, attorney's fees and costs.