Section 21.210 – Allowance of accounts.
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 account, and directing […]
Section 21.220 – Expenses paid out of what fund.
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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, […]
Section 21.230 – Contingent expenses, how controlled.
Effective – 28 Aug 1957 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 the speaker and attested by the chief […]
Section 21.060 – Majority necessary to a choice in elections.
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 […]
Section 21.070 – Qualifications of senators.
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 […]
Section 21.080 – Qualifications of representatives.
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 […]
Section 21.090 – Vacancy, how filled.
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 […]
Section 21.110 – Governor shall issue writs of election, when.
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. ——– […]
Section 21.120 – Writs of election, how directed.
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 […]
Section 21.130 – Duty of election authority on receipt of writ.
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 […]