Title III, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

21.555. Meeting of committee — quorum — officers, qualifications, expenses and per diem. — 1. The joint committee on public employee retirement shall meet within ten days after its creation and organize by selecting a chairman and a vice chairman, one of whom shall be a member of…

21.557. Personnel and actuarial assistance authorized — compensation, how paid. — The committee may employ such personnel and actuarial assistance as it deems necessary to carry out its duties and prepare required reports. The compensation of such personnel and the expenses of th…

21.559. Powers and duties of joint committee. — The committee shall: (1) Make a continuing study and analysis of all state and local government retirement systems; (2) Devise a standard reporting system to obtain data on each public employee retirement system that will provide in…

21.561. Retirement systems, state and local to cooperate. — 1. All state and local public employee retirement systems shall cooperate with and assist the committee in the performance of its duties and shall make available all books, records and information requested. 2. If any st…

21.562. Cost-of-living increases in pension benefits or other increases in payments beyond prior year, notice of to committee, when — evidence of actuarial soundness, when. — 1. All state or local public employee retirement systems shall notify the committee within seven calendar…

21.563. Report, contents — submitted when. — The committee shall compile a full report of its activities for submission to the general assembly. The report shall be submitted not later than the annual first quarterly meeting of the joint committee on public employee retirement ea…

21.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 21.600 to 21.620, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Bill", proposed legislation drafted in the form of an act or joint resolution for introduction into either the house of representatives or t…

21.605. Senate bills, how filed — immediate printing — what rules apply. — A member or a member-elect of the senate may file a bill by mail or in person, according to appropriate rules of the senate, with the secretary of the senate at any time during the filing period. Upon rece…

21.610. House bills, how filed — immediate printing — what rules apply. — A member or member-elect of the house of representatives may file a bill by mail or in person, according to appropriate rules of the house of representatives, with the clerk of the house at any time during …

21.615. Automatic introduction of filed bills. — Bills filed during the filing period with the secretary of the senate or clerk of the house shall be automatically introduced on the opening day of that session of the general assembly which next succeeds the last day of the filing…

21.620. Expenses, how paid. — The expenses of filing and printing of bills pursuant to sections 21.600 to 21.620 shall be paid out of the regular appropriation made to each house for the printing of bills and approved according to the rules or practices of the senate or house of …

21.771. Joint committee established, members, duties, meetings — expiration date. — 1. There is established a joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect" to be composed of seven members of the senate and seven members of…

21.782. Joint committee on eating disorders established, members, duties, report. — 1. There is hereby established a joint committee of the general assembly, which shall be known as the "Joint Committee on Eating Disorders", which shall be composed of three members of the senate,…

21.790. Task force established, members — duties — report. — 1. There is hereby established the "Task Force on Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment". The task force shall be composed of six members from the house of representatives, six members from the senate, and four membe…

21.795. Joint committee on transportation oversight, members, quorum — report, when, contents — meetings, examination of reports, records required to be submitted. — 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on…

21.805. Joint committee on the life sciences established, members, appointment, duties, meetings, report. — 1. There is hereby established a joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on the Life Sciences" to be composed of seven members of the se…

21.810. Joint committee on tax policy established, members, appointment, duties. — 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Tax Policy" which shall be composed of five members of the senate, appointed by th…

21.820. Joint committee on government accountability established, members, duties, meetings, staff, report. — 1. There is established a joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Government Accountability" to be composed of seven members of the…

21.851. Joint committee established, members, duties — report — expiration date. — 1. There is hereby established a joint committee of the general assembly, which shall be known as the "Joint Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Awareness" and shall be composed of the following…

21.880. Joint committee established, members, meetings, duties, report — permanent subcommittee on the Missouri criminal code — staff assistance — compensation. — 1. There is hereby established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly, which shall be known as the "Join…

21.900. Committee established, members, appointment, meetings — research, report — dissolution of committee, when. — 1. There is established a joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Agriculture" to be comprised of five members of the senate…

21.915. Joint committee on rural economic development — members — duties — report. — 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development" which shall be composed of five members of the senat…

21.930. Fund created, certain general revenue collections to be deposited, use of moneys — certain refunds to be paid in full, when. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Surplus Revenue Fund", which shall consist of money collected under subsection 2 of this se…

21.950. Article V convention, selection and participation of Missouri commissioners — recommended commissioner instructions. — 1. When a convention is called to propose amendments to the United States Constitution pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, the selec…