FIRST REGULAR SESSION

SENATE BILL NO. 128

90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCHNEIDER.

Pre-filed December 1, 1998, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.



TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

S0442.01I


AN ACT

To repeal section 105.464, RSMo 1994, relating to conflicts of interest of the judiciary, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A.  Section 105.464, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 105.464, to read as follows:

105.464.  1.  No person serving in a judicial or quasi-judicial capacity shall participate in such capacity in any proceeding in which:

(1)  The person knows that a party is any of the following: the person or the person's great-grandparent, grandparent, parent, stepparent, guardian, foster parent, spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, foster child, ward, niece, nephew, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, or cousin, or any firm or corporation in which the person has an ownership interest, or any trust in which the person has any legal, equitable or beneficial interest;

(2)  The person knows the subject matter is such that the person may receive a direct [or indirect] financial gain from any potential result of the proceeding, except that no provision in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the person from participating in any proceeding by reason of the fact that the state, or any agency of the state, or any agency of a political subdivision thereof, is a party.

2.  No provision in the section shall be construed to prohibit him from entering an order disqualifying himself or herself or transferring the matter to another court, body, or person for further proceedings.


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