Opinion No. 179-78 (1978)

Dear Senator Schneider:

This opinion is in response to your question asking whether a corporation, labor union or other organization which makes campaign contributions or expenditures in excess of $500 from its own funds or property is a "committee" within the meaning of the newly-enacted Missouri law on campaign financing, §§ 130.011 to 130.096, V.A.M.S., and is thus required to comply with the organizational and reporting requirements for such committees, as set out in §§ 130.021, 130.036 and130.041, V.A.M.S.

Section 130.011 provides in pertinent part as follows:

"As used in this chapter,…