Title III, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
3 chapters · 116 sections in this title.
§ 18.060 RSMo Southern states energy compact
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18.060. Southern states energy compact. — The Southern States Energy Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state as a party, and is of full force and effect between the state and any other states joining therein in accordance with the terms of the compact, which sa…
§ 18.065 RSMo Southern states energy board members, appointment, expenses
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18.065. Southern states energy board members, appointment, expenses. — The three members of the southern states energy board from the state of Missouri shall be the governor or his designee, one member of the senate appointed by the president pro tem of the senate, and one member…
§ 18.070 RSMo Supplemental agreements dependent upon appropriations — state agencies to cooperate with board
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18.070. Supplemental agreements dependent upon appropriations — state agencies to cooperate with board. — 1. Any supplementary agreement entered into under paragraph (6) of the compact in section 18.060 requiring the expenditure of funds shall not become effective as to Missouri …
§ 21.010 RSMo Meeting of the general assembly
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21.010. Meeting of the general assembly. — The general assembly shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January in the year 1971, and on the corresponding day in January every year thereafter; and at twelve o'clock of the day fixed by law for the convening of …
§ 21.020 RSMo Joint meeting of senate and house, where held
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21.020. Joint meeting of senate and house, where held. — If by the laws or constitution of this state, a joint meeting of the senate and house of representatives is required, they shall assemble, with their clerks, on the day and at the hour agreed on for that purpose, in the hal…
§ 21.030 RSMo What officer shall preside — contempt — rules
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21.030. What officer shall preside — contempt — rules. — When assembled, the president of the senate shall preside, and the meeting shall be governed by the standing rules adopted for that purpose by the concurrence of both houses; they may punish any person, other than a member,…
§ 21.040 RSMo Members of either house may be punished for contempt
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21.040. Members of either house may be punished for contempt. — Any member of either house who is guilty of disorderly behavior in the presence of a joint meeting may be punished by the house of which he is a member, in the same manner as if the offense were committed in the pres…
§ 21.050 RSMo Presiding officer may order detention of person disturbing meeting
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21.050. Presiding officer may order detention of person disturbing meeting. — If any person, whether a member or not, is guilty of any disorder in the presence of either house, or a committee of the whole of either house, or in joint meeting of both houses, while in session, the …
§ 21.060 RSMo Majority necessary to a choice in elections
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21.060. Majority necessary to a choice in elections. — In all elections made by either house, or by joint vote of both houses, the vote of a majority of the members present is necessary to a choice. When an election is by joint vote, the president of the senate shall grant the pe…
§ 21.070 RSMo Qualifications of senators
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21.070. Qualifications of senators. — Each senator shall be thirty years of age, and next before the day of his election shall have been a voter of the state for three years and a resident of the district which he is chosen to represent for one year, if such district shall have b…
§ 21.080 RSMo Qualifications of representatives
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21.080. Qualifications of representatives. — Each representative shall be twenty-four years of age, and next before the day of his election shall have been a voter for two years and a resident of the county or district which he is chosen to represent for one year, if such county …
§ 21.090 RSMo Vacancy, how filled
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21.090. Vacancy, how filled. — If any member elected to either house of the general assembly resigns in the recess thereof, he shall address and transmit his resignation, in writing, to the governor; and when any member resigns during any session, he shall address his resignation…
§ 21.110 RSMo Governor shall issue writs of election, when
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21.110. Governor shall issue writs of election, when. — If the governor receives any resignation or notice of vacancy, or if he is satisfied of the death of any member of either house, during the recess, he shall, without delay, issue a writ of election to supply the vacancy. -…
§ 21.120 RSMo Writs of election, how directed
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21.120. Writs of election, how directed. — If any vacancy happens in the senate, for a district composed of more than one county, the writ of election shall be directed to the election authority of the county first named in the report establishing the district; and if the vacancy…
§ 21.130 RSMo Duty of election authority on receipt of writ
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21.130. Duty of election authority on receipt of writ. — The election authority to whom any writ of election is delivered shall cause the election to supply the vacancy to be held within the limits composing the county or district at the time of the next preceding general electio…
§ 21.140 RSMo Compensation of members — additional compensation of officers — mileage allowance
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21.140. Compensation of members — additional compensation of officers — mileage allowance. — Each senator and representative shall receive from the treasury an annual salary of eighteen thousand seventy-eight dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005…
§ 21.145 RSMo Member's daily expense allowance — when paid
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21.145. Member's daily expense allowance — when paid. — Each senator or representative shall be reimbursed from the state treasury for actual and necessary expenses in an amount equal to eighty percent of the federal per diem established by the Internal Revenue Service for Jeffer…
§ 21.150 RSMo Legislative employees — compensation, how set — rejection of rates by legislature, effect of
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21.150. Legislative employees — compensation, how set — rejection of rates by legislature, effect of. — 1. Within five days after September 28, 1973, and on December fifteenth of each even-numbered year thereafter, the accounts committee of the house of representatives and the ac…
§ 21.155 RSMo Legislative employees, number, how determined
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21.155. Legislative employees, number, how determined. — 1. The accounts committee of the senate and the accounts committee of the house of representatives shall each, on January fifteenth of each year, set the total number of employees for their respective houses, taking into ac…
§ 21.160 RSMo Legislative furniture and equipment, how inventoried — employment of custodians authorized
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21.160. Legislative furniture and equipment, how inventoried — employment of custodians authorized. — The senate accounts committee and house accounts committee shall cause all legislative furniture and equipment in their respective custody to be marked so that it can be identifi…
§ 21.170 RSMo Expense of serving process — witnesses' fees
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21.170. Expense of serving process — witnesses' fees. — The sergeant at arms or other officer of each house of the general assembly is entitled to receive his actual expenses incurred in the service of all writs and process. Each witness attending either house, or a committee the…
§ 21.180 RSMo No allowance, except per diem
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21.180. No allowance, except per diem. — No allowance or emolument for any purpose shall be paid to any officer, agent, servant or employee of either house of the general assembly, or of any committee thereof, except the per diem provided by law. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 12867, A.…
§ 21.183 RSMo Freshman tour of state institutions by newly elected members — expenses
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21.183. Freshman tour of state institutions by newly elected members — expenses. — 1. The chairman of the senate appropriations committee and house budget committee shall arrange for and supervise a schedule for the personal visitation and inspection of state-supported institutio…
§ 21.187 RSMo Freshman tour, attendance of members at legislative conference for new members — expenses, how paid
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21.187. Freshman tour, attendance of members at legislative conference for new members — expenses, how paid. — In addition to the reimbursement of expenses allowed by section 21.183, all members of the general assembly may be reimbursed for necessary and actual expenses incurred …
§ 21.200 RSMo Expenses of visiting committees
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21.200. Expenses of visiting committees. — No member of any committee shall be allowed any pay by the committee on accounts or by resolution for visiting any institution or place, except actual necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties on the committee, which amo…
§ 21.210 RSMo Allowance of accounts
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21.210. Allowance of accounts. — When any member, officer or employee of either house presents his account for his compensation, and the same is allowed, according to the rules of the house to which he belongs, a certificate shall be granted, specifying the amount and on what acc…
§ 21.220 RSMo Expenses paid out of what fund
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21.220. Expenses paid out of what fund. — All costs and expenses of proceedings, including the necessary expenses of any officer in executing any writ or process of either house or of a joint meeting, and all witness fees, shall be paid: (1) By the party charged, if so adjudged, …
§ 21.230 RSMo Contingent expenses, how controlled
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21.230. Contingent expenses, how controlled. — Each house shall control its own contingent expenses; and when any accounts properly chargeable to the house of representatives are adjusted and allowed according to the rules of that house a certificate shall be granted, signed by t…
§ 21.232 RSMo Printing, other services for house of representatives — costs how paid — disposition of balance
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21.232. Printing, other services for house of representatives — costs how paid — disposition of balance. — 1. The house of representatives shall establish a revolving fund which shall be funded annually by appropriation, and which shall receive funds paid or transferred to the ho…
§ 21.235 RSMo Printing, other services for the senate — costs how paid — disposition of balance
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21.235. Printing, other services for the senate — costs how paid — disposition of balance. — 1. The senate shall establish a revolving fund which shall be funded annually by appropriation and which shall receive funds paid or transferred to the senate for printing, duplicating, p…
§ 21.240 RSMo Joint expenses, how controlled
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21.240. Joint expenses, how controlled. — All joint expenses shall be controlled by their concurrent vote and shall be ascertained and adjusted according to their joint rules, and a certificate shall be issued, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of the sen…
§ 21.250 RSMo Statutes, how authenticated when passed over veto, effective, when
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21.250. Statutes, how authenticated when passed over veto, effective, when. — When a bill that has passed both houses of the general assembly is returned by the governor without his signature, and with objections thereto, and upon a reconsideration, passes both houses by the cons…
§ 21.260 RSMo Appropriations to be itemized
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21.260. Appropriations to be itemized. — Appropriations for the operation and maintenance of departments shall be separately itemized; and separate appropriations shall be made for each item of extraordinary operation and maintenance expenditure and for each major capital expendi…
§ 21.270 RSMo Governor to return bills when general assembly recesses for more than fifteen and less than thirty days
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21.270. Governor to return bills when general assembly recesses for more than fifteen and less than thirty days. — When the general assembly recesses for more than fifteen days and less than thirty days all bills and joint resolutions passed by both houses and presented to the go…
§ 21.280 RSMo Local laws, how passed
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21.280. Local laws, how passed. — No local or special law shall be passed by the legislature of Missouri, unless notice of the intention to apply therefor is published as provided in section 21.290. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 12874, A.L. 1957 p. 595) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11249; 1…
§ 21.290 RSMo Notice
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21.290. Notice. — Notice of intention to apply for the enactment of local or special laws shall be published in each county or incorporated city or town to be affected by the local or special law, by advertisement in some newspaper, if one is published in the county or incorporat…
§ 21.300 RSMo By whom signed, where published
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21.300. By whom signed, where published. — The notice shall state the substance of the contemplated law, shall be signed by ten householders of the county or incorporated city or town where the notice is published and shall be inserted in four separate publications of the newspap…
§ 21.310 RSMo Proof of publication
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21.310. Proof of publication. — The proof of the publication of the notice shall be made by the affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper in which the notice is published, to which shall be attached a copy of the notice. The proof of notice published by handbills shall be made …
§ 21.320 RSMo Notice to be attached to bill
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21.320. Notice to be attached to bill. — A copy of the notice required by this chapter, duly authenticated and proved as set forth in section 21.310, shall be attached to the bill before its introduction and shall be once read in the senate and house of representatives before the…
§ 21.330 RSMo Mechanical roll call for house authorized
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21.330. Mechanical roll call for house authorized. — The vote of the members of the house of representatives may be taken and recorded by mechanical means in all cases where a vote by roll call is required by the constitution or ordered by members of the house. -------- (L. 194…
§ 21.340 RSMo Requirements for mechanical roll call
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21.340. Requirements for mechanical roll call. — The mechanical equipment installed and used for the purpose of taking and recording the votes of the members of the house shall be so constructed as to employ and use a roll call sheet, arranged in four separate columns, and to sho…
§ 21.350 RSMo Visual record board required
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21.350. Visual record board required. — There shall be installed as a part of the mechanical equipment visual record boards, in positions in the house chamber that enable all members of the house, and persons present in the house galleries, to see how each member of the house vot…
§ 21.360 RSMo Voting for another member — penalty
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21.360. Voting for another member — penalty. — Any member of the house of representatives who through the medium of any voting station, records the vote of another member, or who authorizes another member, or other person, to record his vote, and any person, other than a member o…
§ 21.370 RSMo Oaths, by whom administered
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21.370. Oaths, by whom administered. — The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives may administer all oaths and affirmations to the officers of their respective houses, to swear in the members of their respective houses, after first having taken th…
§ 21.380 RSMo Depositions
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21.380. Depositions. — In cases not otherwise provided for by law, depositions may be taken and read in either house, or before a committee thereof, or before both houses in joint meeting, in all cases where the taking and reading depositions would be allowed in any case pending …
§ 21.390 RSMo Presiding officer may issue commission to take depositions
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21.390. Presiding officer may issue commission to take depositions. — When necessary, the presiding officer of the house in which they are required, or of a joint meeting, may issue commissions to take such depositions as a court at law; and the proceedings, in taking and returni…
§ 21.400 RSMo Subpoenas shall be issued — attested, how
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21.400. Subpoenas shall be issued — attested, how. — Subpoenas for witnesses and the production of records shall be issued at the request of any member of the senate or the house of representatives, or the party accused, or any member of any committee; and all process awarded by …
§ 21.410 RSMo Writs and process may be issued
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21.410. Writs and process may be issued. — Each house, or both houses in joint meeting, may cause to be issued necessary writs and process to summon and compel any person charged with any offense, whereof they have jurisdiction, to appear before them or any committee, and carry i…
§ 21.420 RSMo Lobbyists not to go upon the floor of the house or senate — penalty
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21.420. Lobbyists not to go upon the floor of the house or senate — penalty. — It is unlawful for any person employed for a pecuniary consideration to act as legislative counsel or legislative agent for any person, corporation or association, to go upon the floor of either house …
§ 21.430 RSMo Disturbance of committee, how punished
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21.430. Disturbance of committee, how punished. — If any person, whether a member or not, disturbs the proceedings of any committee of either house, or is guilty of disorder in their presence, the house appointing the committee may punish the person as if the like offense were co…