Title IV — EXECUTIVE BRANCH

26.010. Salaries of governor and lieutenant governor. — As total compensation for all duties to be performed by them, the governor shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005, and the lieutenant g…

26.015. Terms of office. — The governor and lieutenant governor shall hold their offices for a term of four years beginning at 12:00 noon on the second Monday in January next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 121, …

26.020. Secretarial and clerical assistants of governor and lieutenant governor and their compensation. — Within the limits of appropriations for such purpose, the governor may employ and fix the compensation of such legal and clerical assistants as may be necessary for the effic…

26.030. Governor may veto appropriations — extent — exceptions. — The governor may veto any item or portion of any item of any appropriation bill or the whole thereof; except that the governor shall not reduce any appropriation for free public schools or for the payment of princi…

26.040. Governor may purchase lands at sales under proceedings to which state is party. — The governor may attend, in person or by his duly authorized agent, all sales of real estate made by any sheriff under any distress warrant issued by the state director of revenue, or sales …

26.050. Governor may sell such lands and execute deed. — Whenever any property is bid off by him for the state, he shall have the power to sell the same to any person or persons desiring to buy the same from the state, on such terms and conditions as he may think wise and conduci…

26.055. Governor may convey lands acquired at sale under distress warrant. — The governor shall have the authority and he is hereby empowered to reconvey or sell in the same manner as provided in section 26.050 any real estate which has heretofore been purchased by the state, and…

26.060. Governor to select auditors. — The governor may at any time, when in his judgment the public interest of the state will be conserved, select competent auditors or accountants to audit the accounts of any department, office, commission, board, bureau, institution, or any s…

26.070. Officials shall permit audit. — It shall be the duty of every public official, agent or employee of the state, and every official and employee of any county, municipality, township, school district or road district to permit such auditor or accountant to have access to th…

26.080. Penalty for refusal to permit audit. — Any public official, agent or employee of the state or any subdivision thereof, including road districts, school districts, townships, municipalities and counties, who violates the provisions of section 26.070 or refuses to comply wi…

26.090. Expense of audit. — The expense of any audit ordered by the governor under sections 26.060 to 26.090 shall be borne out of an auditing fund to be appropriated by the general assembly to be used by the governor for that purpose. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 13108, A.L. 1959 H.B…

26.101. Use of facsimile signature by governor authorized. — A facsimile of the governor's signature applied at his direction and under his supervision shall be deemed the governor's handwritten signature for all purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 499 § 1)

26.130. Governor may designate state agency to investigate and promote state's interests in connection with federal projects in Missouri. — 1. The governor is authorized to designate such state department or other state agency as in his opinion would best serve the interests of t…

26.135. Governor may accept retrocession of jurisdiction over federal land, when. — The governor may accept on behalf of the state of Missouri, retrocession of full or partial jurisdiction over land owned by the United States within the boundaries of the state of Missouri as prov…

26.140. Identification cards for consular officers — vehicle identification plates — unauthorized use a misdemeanor. — Whenever any consular officer shall have registered as such with the Department of State of the United States and has been issued an* exequatur or a diplomatic n…

26.215. Transition funds and facilities for governor and lieutenant governor. — 1. In each year in which a governor or lieutenant governor of this state is elected and the governor or the lieutenant governor so elected is not the incumbent at the time of the election, funds and f…

26.220. Governor and lieutenant governor transition period defined. — The transition period shall begin on the fifteenth day of November following the election of a governor or lieutenant governor who is not an incumbent and shall end when that governor-elect or lieutenant govern…

26.225. Transition facilities to be provided for governor and lieutenant governor. — 1. The commissioner of administration shall provide office space and equipment for the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect and their staff during the transition period. The facilitie…

26.275. Missouri state council on the arts assigned to office of lieutenant governor. — The Missouri state council on the arts, chapter 185, is transferred by type II transfer to the office of the lieutenant governor. The provisions of section 1 of the Omnibus State Reorganizatio…

26.301. Member of board or commission who moves out of state deemed to have vacated position. — Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor shall, at the time of their appointment, be residents of the state of …

26.500. Governor may submit plans for reorganization of executive agencies. — Within the first thirty days of any regular legislative session, the governor may submit to both houses of the legislature, at the same time, one or more formal and specific plans for the reorganization…

26.510. Plans, when effective — disapproval by resolution, when. — A reorganization plan so submitted shall become effective by executive order not sooner than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislature to which it is submitted, unless it is disappr…

26.520. Plan submitted to vote, when. — The presiding officer of the house in which a resolution disapproving a reorganization plan has been introduced, unless the resolution has been previously accepted or rejected by that house, shall submit it to a vote of the membership not s…

26.530. Approved plan to have effect of law, published how. — A reorganization plan not disapproved by one or the other house of the legislature in the manner set forth in section 26.510 shall be considered for all purposes as the equivalent in force, effect and intent of a publi…

26.540. Plans limited to certain matters. — Reorganization plans shall relate only to abolishing or combining agencies in the executive branch of the state government or to changing the organization thereof or the assignment of functions thereto. Each plan shall contain such prov…

27.010. Attorney general, election, term of office, begins when — compensation. — The attorney general for the state of Missouri shall be elected at each general election at which a governor and other state officers are elected, and his or her term shall begin at 12:00 noon on th…

27.020. Assistants and other personnel — qualifications — compensation. — 1. The attorney general is hereby authorized to appoint such assistant attorneys general as may be necessary to properly perform the duties of his office and shall fix the compensation of such assistants wi…

27.030. To aid prosecuting and circuit attorneys, when. — When directed by the governor, the attorney general, or one of his assistants, shall aid any prosecuting or circuit attorney in the discharge of their respective duties in the trial courts and in examinations before grand …

27.040. Opinions to be given, when. — When required, he shall give his opinion, in writing, without fee, to the general assembly, or to either house, and to the governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, commissioner of education, grain warehouse commissioner, director of …

27.050. To appear in supreme court and court of appeals, when. — The attorney general shall appear on behalf of the state in the court of appeals and in the supreme court and have the management of and represent the state in all appeals to which the state is a party other than mi…

27.060. To represent state in other cases. — The attorney general shall institute, in the name and on the behalf of the state, all civil suits and other proceedings at law or in equity requisite or necessary to protect the rights and interests of the state, and enforce any and al…

27.070. Shall file and index opinions. — The attorney general shall keep in his office and provide for his official use, and that of his successors, indexed copies of all opinions delivered by him during his term. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12905) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11280; 1919…

27.080. Court costs fund — creation — purpose — payments to and from. — There is hereby created a revolving fund for the department of attorney general to be known as "The Attorney General's Court Costs Fund", which shall consist of money transferred by the general assembly of th…

27.090. Transition funds and facilities for attorney general, when provided. — 1. In each year in which an attorney general of this state is elected and when the attorney general so elected is not the incumbent at the time of the election, funds and facilities for the attorney ge…

27.095. Attorney general's transition period defined. — The "transition period" shall begin on the fifteenth day of November following the election of an attorney general who is not an incumbent and shall end when that attorney general-elect has taken the oath of office. ­­------…

27.100. Facilities to be provided for attorney general. — 1. The commissioner of administration shall provide office space and equipment for the attorney general-elect and his staff during the transition period. The facilities provided shall be located at the seat of government a…

27.105. Attorney general's duty to enforce provisions of Chapter 572. — The attorney general shall have a concurrent duty to enforce the provisions of chapter 572. ­­-------- (L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 572.110; Effective 1-01-17

27.115. Legal counsel program for military service members — marketing, publicity — administration of program, attorney general to collaborate with Missouri Bar. — The attorney general shall design, implement, and oversee a dedicated program to help military service members and t…

28.005. Secretary of state, term of office, term begins, when. — The secretary of state shall hold office for a term of four years beginning at 12:00 noon on the second Monday in January next after his or her election and until a successor is elected and qualified. ­­-------- (L.…

28.010. Salary of secretary of state. — The secretary of state shall receive an annual salary of sixty thousand dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005, payable out of the state treasury as full compensation for all duties to be performed by him. ­…

28.020. Oath of office and bond. — The secretary of state, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and to demean himself faithfully in office, which shall be…

28.025. Day care centers for employees' children, procedure to establish, licensing, costs. — 1. Employees of the Missouri secretary of state may organize and file with the secretary of state an application as a not-for-profit corporation for the purpose of establishing a child d…

28.030. Appointment of clerks, employees — compensation. — The secretary of state is authorized to appoint, and, within the limits of the appropriations to his department, to fix the compensation of such clerks and employees as may be necessary in the performance of the duties of…

28.035. Help America Vote Act of 2002, secretary of state to be chief state election official for — procedures for election complaints to be established — rulemaking authority. — 1. The secretary of state shall be the chief state election official responsible for the administrati…

28.040. Custodian of state seal, records and documents — appointment of state librarian. — 1. He shall keep his office at the seat of government; have the safekeeping of the seal of state and of all public records, including surety bonds, except those for which other provisions a…

28.050. Seal to be affixed, when — exceptions. — He shall affix the seal of the state to and countersign all commissions and other official acts required by law to be issued or done by the governor, his approbation or disapprobation of the acts of the general assembly excepted, a…

28.060. Records of commissions and appointments. — He shall keep in his office an abstract of all commissions issued and appointments made by the governor, and shall register therein the substance of each commission, specifying the name of the person appointed, the office conferr…

28.070. Public inspection of records. — The governor and the members of either house of the general assembly, or committees thereof, shall have free access to his office for the inspection and examination of all books, papers, records and proceedings. All public records on file i…

28.080. No original document to be taken from office. — He shall not permit any original roll, paper or public document filed in his office to be taken out of it unless called for by a resolution of either or both houses of the general assembly, or for the examination of the chie…

28.090. To make copies of official acts. — He shall make out and deliver to every person requiring the same copies of any act, resolution, order of the general assembly, commission or other official act of the governor, roll, record, document, paper, bond or recognizance, deposit…