Effective – 28 Aug 1974 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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, for disorderly […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1978 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 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1978 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 or […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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, in writing, to the […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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. ——– […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1978 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 happens […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1978 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 election, and […]
Effective – 01 Jan 1985 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. The speaker of the house and the president pro tem of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1999 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 Jefferson City for each day on […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1973 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 accounts committee of the senate shall establish […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2022, 2 histories 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 account the rates of pay […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1977, 2 histories 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 identified for inventory and to protect the furniture […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 thereof, or a […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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. 1949 […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2000 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 institutions by persons elected to membership in the general assembly […]
