Title III, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

21.527. Contracts or leases of facilities by state agencies or state institutions of higher education to be first approved by general assembly. — No department of state government or state institution of higher education supported in whole or in part by appropriations made by the…

21.550. Definition. — The phrase "state and local public employee retirement systems", as used in sections 21.550 to 21.564*, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall mean: any retirement system established by the state of Missouri or any political sub…

21.553. Joint committee on public retirement established — membership — terms. — 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement" to be comprised of six members of the senate and six mem…

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 …

*21.750. Firearms legislation preemption by general assembly, exceptions — limitation on civil recovery against firearms or ammunitions manufacturers, when, exception. — 1. The general assembly hereby occupies and preempts the entire field of legislation touching in any way firea…

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…

23.010. Establishing a committee on legislative research — members — appointment — discharge. — A permanent joint committee of the general assembly known as the "Committee on Legislative Research", to be comprised of the chairman of the senate appropriations committee, the presid…

23.020. Duties of committee. — The committee shall perform the following services for the members of the general assembly: (1) Provide a research and reference service on legislative problems; (2) Upon written request, make investigation into legislative and governmental institut…

23.030. Legislative library — reference service. — The legislative library room located on the third floor of the capitol building and in a northerly position between the senate chamber and the house chamber is set aside as a legislative library quarters under the direction and c…

23.040. Service concerning bills. — From the time the general assembly of the state convenes until it is adjourned finally, the committee on legislative research, through its representatives, shall give consideration to and service concerning any bill before the general assembly …

23.045. Revision bill, content. — Any bill denominated as a revision bill by the committee shall contain only that subject matter approved by the committee and additional material may not be amended thereto, unless needed as a technical correction. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 1849 §…

23.050. Committee empowered to obtain information concerning state departments and institutions — assemble information and make report. — 1. The committee shall obtain information upon the needs, organization, functioning, efficiency and financial status of any department of stat…

23.060. Legislative library, material available to whom — procuring information from other state agencies. — The material, including books and other publications of the research library maintained by the committee, is available to the members of the general assembly. All officers…

23.070. Committee on legislative research, officers, how selected — director, duties of — meetings, when held, quorum, number required for. — The committee on legislative research shall meet within thirty days after the convening of each general assembly and organize by selecting…

23.080. Director of committee on legislative research — how employed, compensation, qualifications — staff — oversight division supervision — library expenditures authorized. — 1. The committee may regularly employ and fix the compensation of a director of research who is compete…

23.090. Legislative library and other space under control of committee on legislative research. — The committee on legislative research has charge and control of the legislative library and all other space within the capitol assigned to it, including the oversight division. ­­---…

23.140. Fiscal notes required for legislation — exceptions — contents — interference with staff prohibited — changes in fiscal notes, hearings, procedure — cooperation of agencies — post-implementation fiscal note prepared, when. — 1. Legislation, with the exception of appropriat…

23.150. Oversight division organized, duties — oversight director and staff employed, qualifications. — 1. The committee on legislative research shall organize an oversight division to prepare fiscal notes and to conduct program evaluations, including program evaluations involvin…

23.153. Record kept by staff member on persons initiating inquiries or attempting to influence content of fiscal note — penalty. — 1. As part of the preparation of any fiscal note for any proposed piece of legislation, the staff member of the oversight division assigned to prepar…

23.156. Oath required, oversight division employees — violation, penalty. — 1. Every employee of the oversight division of the joint committee on legislative research shall, before entering upon his or her duties, take and file in the offices of the secretary of the senate and th…

23.180. Powers of committee. — The committee may: (1) Subpoena and examine witnesses by subpoena issued under the hand of the speaker of the house or the president pro tem of the senate and may require the appearance of any person and the production of any paper or document in th…

23.190. Recommendations made to agency — response procedure for agency — evaluation reports, distribution, charge for public — review of agency in one year, report. — 1. In making program evaluations the division shall make recommendations and suggestions, in writing, to the pers…

23.195. Register of all state bonds and evidence of indebtedness — content of register — report by division to general assembly, when, purpose — copies delivered to whom — all state agencies and state auditor to furnish information. — 1. The oversight division of the committee on…

23.205. Annual report by committee on laws which expire, sunset, terminate or become ineffective in two years. — The joint committee on legislative research shall file a report with the general assembly by January third of each year which provides a detailed listing of all statut…