Title I — LAWS AND STATUTES

3.010. Revised statutes to be published, when — costs. — Only upon the adoption of a concurrent resolution by the general assembly, the revised statutes of Missouri shall be printed, published and distributed in as many volumes as the committee on legislative research (herein cal…

3.020. Contents. — The editions of the revised statutes hereby authorized shall contain: (1) The Constitution of the United States; (2) The constitution of this state; (3) All statute laws of a general nature which are in force in the state of Missouri, including all general acts…

3.030. Parts of acts to be omitted. — In preparing the revised statutes or any supplement or pocket part thereto for publication, the committee may omit the enacting clause of the several acts, and the titles of the several acts. Repealing, emergency and severability clauses also…

3.040. Laws to be omitted. — No law relating to the bonded indebtedness of the state, no law of incorporation, no law for the appropriation of money, no memorial or joint resolution, no law or part of law of a private, local or temporary nature shall be published in the revised s…

3.050. Arrangement — headnotes — numbering — source notes — index. — The committee may prefix to the statutory law a table of contents and shall prepare suitable headnotes or catch words to indicate briefly the subject matter of the several sections. The sections shall be numbere…

3.060. Powers of committee in preparing editions. — 1. The committee, in preparing editions of the statutes and supplements or pocket parts thereto, shall not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any legislative act; but may renumber sections and parts of sections thereof, chan…

3.065. Section amended by several acts, how published — conflicts with revising acts, effect. — 1. If any section of the revised statutes, supplement or pocket part, or of any act of the general assembly is amended or reenacted by more than one act at the same session of the gene…

3.066. Statutes declared unconstitutional on procedural grounds, duties of the revisor — statute enjoined, revisor's duty to publish footnote. — 1. When the Missouri supreme court or a federal court with competent jurisdiction makes a final ruling that a bill enacted by the Misso…

3.070. Revisor of statutes — appointment — duties — office. — The committee shall appoint and fix the compensation of a revisor of statutes and other attorneys and assistants necessary to the performance of its duties under this chapter. The compensation of the revisor of statute…

3.080. Original rolls furnished revisor. — The secretary of state shall deliver to the revisor of statutes the original rolls of all laws of a general nature which are necessary to enable the committee to incorporate in editions of the revised statutes or in supplements or pocket…

3.090. Comparison of printed statutes with original rolls — certification — evidence of laws — publication on website. — 1. The revisor of statutes shall supervise the printing and publication of all editions of the revised statutes of Missouri and all supplements and pocket part…

3.100. Legislative research committee to determine character of publication. — The committee shall determine the style and size of type, the grade of paper and the type and method of binding to be used in publishing the revised statutes, annotations and all supplements and pocket…

[Repealed or reserved.]

3.120. Future revision — subcommittee on revision — advisory group. — 1. After publication of the revised statutes for the year 1959, the committee shall formulate and supervise plans and methods for the future revision, clarification, classification, codification, arrangement, a…

3.125. Supplements or pocket parts, publication — reports. — 1. The committee may publish annual or biennial cumulative or noncumulative supplements or pocket parts to the revised statutes of Missouri in lieu of complete editions thereof except at such times as complete editions …

3.130. Committee to determine number of copies — distribution. — Such number of copies of each volume of each edition of the revised statutes of Missouri and annotations thereto and such number of the supplements or pocket parts thereto as may be necessary to meet the demand as d…

3.140. Sale of revised statutes, procedure for — cost, how determined. — The committee on legislative research may, through the revisor of statutes, sell copies of the revised statutes of Missouri, and any supplement or edition of pocket parts thereto, in print and/or in a web-ba…

3.142. Statutory revision fund, established, purposes. — 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a revolving fund known as the "Statutory Revision Fund", and which shall receive funds paid to the revisor of statutes for sales of the revised statutes of Missouri or an…

3.145. Temporary laws, how printed. — The committee on legislative research, through the revisor of statutes, shall cause all temporary laws to be printed in the revised statutes, and all supplements, with the termination date clearly shown. Appropriation bills shall not be print…

3.150. Revisor of statutes to recodify court costs into one chapter. — Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary the revisor of statutes is hereby directed to codify all sections of law or portions of sections of law imposing court costs, fees, miscellaneous …