Financial Disclosure

Financial Disclosure

A Personal Financial Disclosure (PFD) is a statement, completed and filed, by a public official, an employee or a candidate, to provide to the public information about their financial interests. The PFD statement is used to disclose any potential conflicts of interest by a public official or employee. For political subdivisions with a conflict of interest policy, ordinance, or resolution, the PFD is also known as a Financial Interest Statement.

Lobbying

Lobbying

A state lobbyist is an individual who attempts to influence state executive, state legislative, or state judicial actions; and meets one or more of the following: a) acting in the ordinary course of business; or b) engaged in pay as a lobbyist; or c) designated to act as a lobbyist by a person, business entity, governmental entity, religious organization, nonprofit corporation, association or other entity; or d) spends $50 or more on behalf of public officials, annually. An elected local government official lobbyist is an individual who is employed for the purpose of attempting to influence any action by a local government official elected in a county, city, town, or village with an annual operating budget of over $10 million.

Enforcement Actions

Enforcement Actions

Any individual may file a complaint with the Missouri Ethics Commission if that individual believes any candidate or other individual has violated campaign finance disclosure laws, personal financial disclosure laws, lobbying laws, conflict of interest laws, or any violation of law, order, ordinance, or resolution dealing with the official conduct of officials or employees. The Commission may also initiate an investigation upon the review of reports and related records that are required to be filed by law.