105.458. Prohibited acts by members of governing bodies of political subdivisions, exceptions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

105.458. Prohibited acts by members of governing bodies of political subdivisions, exceptions.

Prohibited acts by members of governing bodies of politicalsubdivisions, exceptions.

105.458. 1. No member of any legislative or governing body of anypolitical subdivision of the state shall:

(1) Perform any service for such political subdivision or any agencyof the political subdivision for any consideration other than thecompensation provided for the performance of his or her official duties,except as otherwise provided in this section; or

(2) Sell, rent or lease any property to the political subdivision orany agency of the political subdivision for consideration in excess of fivehundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars per annum, or inthe case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum, unless thetransaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let or a sale madeafter public notice and in the case of property other than real property,competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted is the lowestreceived; or

(3) Attempt, for any compensation other than the compensationprovided for the performance of his or her official duties, to influencethe decision of any agency of the political subdivision on any matter;except that, this provision shall not be construed to prohibit such personfrom participating for compensation in any adversary proceeding or in thepreparation or filing of any public document or conference thereon.

2. No sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, or corporationin which any member of any legislative body of any political subdivision isthe sole proprietor, a partner having more than a ten percent partnershipinterest, or a coparticipant or owner of in excess of ten percent of theoutstanding shares of any class of stock, shall:

(1) Perform any service for the political subdivision or any agencyof the political subdivision for any consideration in excess of fivehundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars per annum, or inthe case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum, unless thetransaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let after publicnotice and competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted isthe lowest received;

(2) Sell, rent or lease any property to the political subdivision orany agency of the political subdivision where the consideration is inexcess of five hundred dollars per transaction or five thousand dollars perannum, or in the case of a school board five thousand dollars per annum,unless the transaction is made pursuant to an award on a contract let or asale made after public notice and in the case of property other than realproperty, competitive bidding, provided that the bid or offer accepted isthe lowest received.