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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.265 - Report to general assembly on sunsetting programs, content — presentation by oversight division.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012, 2 histories
23.265. Report to general assembly on sunsetting programs, content — presentation by oversight division. —
1. At the beginning of each regular session of the general assembly, the committee shall present to the general assembly and the governor a report on the programs scheduled to be sunset.
2. In the report, the committee shall include:
(1) Its specific findings regarding each of the criteria prescribed by section 23.268;
(2) Its recommendations based on the matters prescribed by section 23.271; and
(3) Any other information the committee deems necessary for a complete evaluation of the program.
3. The director of the oversight division shall present such reports to the house budget committee and the senate appropriations committee at such time as requested by the chairs of such committees.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1029)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.268 - Criteria considered by committee.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.268. Criteria considered by committee. —
The committee and its staff shall consider the following criteria in determining whether a public need exists for the continuation of a program, or for the performance of the functions of the program:
(1) The efficiency with which the program operates;
(2) An identification of the objectives intended for the program and the problem or need that the program was intended to address, the extent to which the objectives have been achieved, and any activities of the agency in addition to those granted by statute and the authority for such activities;
(3) An assessment of less restrictive or alternative methods of performing any rule or regulation that the agency performs that could adequately protect the public;
(4) The extent to which the jurisdiction of the agency and the programs administered by the agency overlap or duplicate those of other agencies and the extent to which the programs administered by the agency can be consolidated with the programs of other state agencies;
(5) Whether the agency has recommended to the general assembly statutory changes calculated to be of benefit to the public rather than to an occupation, business, or institution that the agency regulates;
(6) The promptness and effectiveness with which the agency disposes of complaints concerning persons affected by the program;
(7) The extent to which the agency has encouraged participation by the public in making rules and decisions as opposed to participation solely by those it regulates and the extent to which the public participation has resulted in rules compatible with the objectives of the program;
(8) The extent to which the agency has complied with applicable requirements of:
(a) An agency of the United States or this state regarding equality of employment opportunity and the rights and privacy of individuals; and
(b) State law and applicable rules of any state agency regarding purchasing goals and programs for historically underutilized businesses;
(9) The extent to which changes are necessary in the enabling statutes of the program so that the agency can adequately comply with the criteria established in this section;
(10) The extent to which the agency issues and enforces rules relating to potential conflicts of interest of its employees;
(11) The extent to which the agency complies with chapter 610 and follows records management practices that enable the agency to respond efficiently to requests for public information; and
(12) The effect of federal intervention or loss of federal funds if the program is sunset.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.271 - Program reports, content — portions of report to be submitted to state auditor.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.271. Program reports, content — portions of report to be submitted to state auditor. —
1. In its report on a program, the committee shall:
(1) Make recommendations on the sunset, continuation, or reorganization of each affected program and on the need for the performance of the functions of the program;
(2) Make recommendations on the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of programs within state agencies not under review when the programs duplicate functions performed in programs under review;
(3) Recommend appropriation levels for each program for which sunset or reorganization is recommended pursuant to subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection; and
(4) Include drafts of legislation necessary to carry out the committee's recommendations pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection.
2. On the date the committee presents its report to the general assembly pursuant to section 23.265, the committee shall present to the state auditor the committee's recommendations that do not require a statutory change to be put into effect. The state auditor shall examine the recommendations and shall prepare, as part of the next scheduled audit of the program, a report on the manner in which the agency has implemented the recommendations.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.274 - Exemption for certain agencies, when.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.274. Exemption for certain agencies, when. —
1. In the two-year period preceding the date scheduled for the sunset of a program pursuant to sections 23.250 to 23.298, the committee may exempt certain agencies from the requirements of sections 23.250 to 23.298 relating to staff reports, hearings, and evaluations.
2. The committee shall only exempt programs that have been inactive for a period of two years preceding the date the program is scheduled to sunset.
3. The committee's action in exempting programs pursuant to this section shall be done by an affirmative record vote of all members of the committee.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.277 - Monitoring of legislation during session.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.277. Monitoring of legislation during session. —
During each regular or special session of the general assembly, the staff of the committee shall monitor legislation affecting programs that have undergone sunset review and shall periodically report to the members of the committee on proposed changes which would modify prior recommendations of the committee.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.280 - Sunset act not to prohibit certain activities of the general assembly.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.280. Sunset act not to prohibit certain activities of the general assembly. —
Sections 23.250 to 23.298 shall not prohibit the general assembly from:
(1) Terminating a program at a date earlier than that provided in sections 23.250 to 23.298; or
(2) Considering any other legislation relative to a program subject to sections 23.250 to 23.298.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.292 - State agencies and officers to provide assistance to committee, when.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.292. State agencies and officers to provide assistance to committee, when. —
1. The committee may request the assistance of state agencies and officers to assist in gathering information pursuant to the committee objective.
2. In carrying out its functions pursuant to sections 23.250 to 23.298, the committee or its designated staff member may inspect the records, documents, and files of any state agency.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.295 - Division of workforce development to assist displaced employees.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.295. Division of workforce development to assist displaced employees. —
If an employee is displaced because a program is sunset, reorganized, or continued, the state agency and the division of workforce development in the department of economic development shall make a reasonable effort to relocate the displaced employee.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title III - Legislative Branch › Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research › Section 23.298 - Rights and duties not affected by sunsetting of programs.

Title III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 23
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
23.298. Rights and duties not affected by sunsetting of programs. —
Except as otherwise expressly provided, sunset of a program does not affect the rights and duties that matured, penalties incurred or imposed, civil or criminal liabilities that arose, or proceedings initiated before the effective date of the sunset.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 299 & 40)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.010 - Salaries of governor and lieutenant governor.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 01 Jan 1993, see footnote
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 governor shall receive an annual salary of forty-five thousand dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005. The salaries shall be paid at the times and in the manner provided by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13397, A.L. 1943 p. 869 § 1, A. 1949 S.B. 1008, A.L. 1955 p. 574, A.L. 1967 p. 97, A.L. 1977 H.B. 520, A.L. 1984 S.B. 528, A.L. 1992 S.B. 676 Adopted by referendum, Proposition C, November 3, 1992)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11775; 1919 § 10985
Effective 1-01-93
Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by §105.005, in Appendix E.
CROSS REFERENCE:
Lieutenant governor to discharge governor's duties, when, Const. Art. IV, Sec. ll(b)
(1991) Lieutenant governor not entitled to be paid compensation at the salary level of governor based on governor's presence or absence from the state but based only upon serving as acting governor. State ex rel. Ashcroft v. Blunt, 813 S.W.2d 849 (Mo. en banc.).
(1991) Where powers, duties and emolument of governor shall devolve upon lieutenant governor upon absence from state or other disability of the governor, absence from the state does not mean physical absence of governor but means effective absence which effectively debilitates or prevents governor from exercising the duties of his office. State ex rel. Ashcroft v. Blunt, 813 S.W.2d 849 (Mo. en banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.015 - Terms of office.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1979
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.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 121, A.L. 1979 H.B. 136)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.020 - Secretarial and clerical assistants of governor and lieutenant governor and their compensation.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
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 efficient conduct of his office. The lieutenant governor may likewise employ and fix the compensation of a secretary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13390, A.L. 1943 p. 870, A. 1949 S.B. 1008)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11768; 1919 § 10978; 1909 § 10681
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.030 - Governor may veto appropriations — extent — exceptions.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1959
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 principal and interest on the public debt.
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(RSMo 1939 § 10905, A.L. 1945 p. 1428 § 58, A.L. 1959 H.B. 121)
See also Const. Art. IV § 26.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.040 - Governor may purchase lands at sales under proceedings to which state is party.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1959
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 made pursuant to executions issued on any judgment, wherein the state of Missouri is a party litigant or is in any wise interested, and buy in the property, if he considers it necessary and expedient, in the name of the state, for its use and benefit, and take proper deed therefor. In such cases, he may credit the sheriff or other officer making the sale with the amount of the bid made on the distress warrant or execution.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12699, A.L. 1959 H.B. 121)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11075; 1919 § 6939; 1909 § 7943
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.050 - Governor may sell such lands and execute deed.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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 conducive to the best interests of the state, and on behalf of the state, to execute proper deeds therefor to the purchaser or purchasers. Such deed or deeds executed by him shall be countersigned by the secretary of state, and have thereto attached the great seal of the state, and shall be by him duly acknowledged before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12700)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11076; 1919 § 6940; 1909 § 7944
CROSS REFERENCE:
Powers and duties, office of administration, sale of state property, 37.005
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.055 - Governor may convey lands acquired at sale under distress warrant.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1951
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 in her name, at any sheriff's sale made under and by authority of any distress warrant heretofore issued by the state auditor.
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(L. 1951 p. 545)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.060 - Governor to select auditors.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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 subdivision of the state; also road districts, school districts, townships, municipalities and counties receiving for or from the state any money.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13105)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.070 - Officials shall permit audit.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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 the accounts, records, documents, vouchers and papers in the care or custody or under the control of any public official, or any employee of the state or any subdivision thereof upon any subject relating to the condition, management and expenses of the office, department, board, bureau, commission or institution being audited.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13106)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.080 - Penalty for refusal to permit audit.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
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 with sections 26.060 to 26.090 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13106, A.L. 1959 H.B. 121)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.090 - Expense of audit.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13108, A.L. 1959 H.B. 121)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.101 - Use of facsimile signature by governor authorized.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
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.
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(L. 1957 p. 499 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.130 - Governor may designate state agency to investigate and promote state's interests in connection with federal projects in Missouri.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
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 the state in relation to the subject at hand as the official agency of the state of Missouri, to cooperate or negotiate with the chief of engineers or other authorities as designated in Public Law 534, 78th Congress (58 Statutes at Large c. 665), or any amendments thereto.
2. Such agency or department as may be designated by the governor shall have authority to investigate, cooperate and protect the state's interests subject to the advice and approval of the governor. Such agency or department shall have power to promote the state's interests, and shall keep the governor advised of all developments in relation to such act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control and for other purposes as may affect Missouri under Public Law 534, 78th Congress (58 Statutes at Large c. 665), or any amendments thereto. Such agency or department shall make reports to the governor, general assembly and other state agencies upon request, stating its findings and recommendations when requested by the governor or such other state agencies, and whenever the general assembly is in session.
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(L. 1945 p. 939 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.135 - Governor may accept retrocession of jurisdiction over federal land, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1976
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 provided by Public Law 93-82, as passed by Congress on August 2, 1973. Retrocession of jurisdiction shall be effected upon written notice to the governor by the principal officer of the federal agency having supervision and control over the land. Documents concurring the retrocession shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the lands are located.
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(L. 1976 H.B. 1526 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.140 - Identification cards for consular officers — vehicle identification plates — unauthorized use a misdemeanor.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1985
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 note by the Department of State, the governor shall issue or cause to be issued to such consular officer an identification card with a short statement of his rights and privileges as such, identifying him as a consular officer for the country he represents.
"Consular officers"
, as used in this section, shall be deemed to include consuls general, consuls, vice consuls, consular agents, honorary consuls and none other. Such consular officers are authorized to use a motor vehicle identification plate identifying him as an official consular officer. Any person other than a consular officer using such vehicle identification plate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1955 p. 575 § 1, A.L. 1985 H.B. 336)
*Word "an" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.215 - Transition funds and facilities for governor and lieutenant governor.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
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 facilities for that governor-elect and lieutenant governor-elect, to be used by each of them in preparing an orderly transition of administrations, shall be provided.
2. The legislature shall appropriate to the commissioner of administration funds to be used only for the purpose of these transitions and to be expended during the transition period, but in no event shall the amount so appropriated exceed one hundred thousand dollars for the governor-elect and five thousand dollars for the lieutenant governor-elect for any such transition and all funds not expended for this purpose during the transition period shall revert to general revenue.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.220 - Governor and lieutenant governor transition period defined.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
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 governor-elect has taken the oath of office.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.225 - Transition facilities to be provided for governor and lieutenant governor.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
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 facilities provided shall be located at the seat of government and shall be suitable for the purpose and capable of adequately housing the transition staff of the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect. The facilities provided for the staffs of the governor-elect and the lieutenant governor-elect shall be separate facilities.
2. The commissioner of administration shall furnish the transition facilities with adequate telephone service, office furniture and office machines including but not limited to typewriters, adding machines and duplicating equipment.
3. The transition period office space may be located in state-owned buildings or in leased property. All salaries, expenses, rentals and equipment purchase and repairs shall be made only from funds appropriated for the purpose of these transitions.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.275 - Missouri state council on the arts assigned to office of lieutenant governor.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 2019
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 Reorganization Act of 1974 relating to the manner and procedures for transfer of state agencies shall apply to the transfer provided in this section, provided that the term
"director of the department"
as used in paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of subsection 7 of section 1 of the act shall include the lieutenant governor solely for the purpose of transferring the state council on the arts to the office of the lieutenant governor. For the sole purpose of transferring the state council on the arts to the office of the lieutenant governor, in the event of any conflict, this section shall supersede section 1 of the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974.
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(L. 2019 H.B. 612)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.301 - Member of board or commission who moves out of state deemed to have vacated position.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
Effective - 28 Aug 1996
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 Missouri. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, members of boards and commissions appointed by the governor who move from the state during their term on said boards and commissions shall be deemed to have vacated their position on said boards and commissions, and the governor shall appoint a person to the unexpired term as provided by law.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 876)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.500 - Governor may submit plans for reorganization of executive agencies.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
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 of executive agencies of state government.
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(L. 1967 p. 98 § 1)
(2003) Section authorized executive agency reorganization plan creating the Family Support Division of the Department of Social Services. State ex rel. Department of Social Services v. K.L.D., 118 S.W.3d 283 (Mo.App.W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.510 - Plans, when effective — disapproval by resolution, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
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 disapproved within sixty days of its submission to a regular session by a senate or house resolution adopted by a majority vote of the respective elected members thereof.
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(L. 1967 p. 98 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.520 - Plan submitted to vote, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
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 sooner than ten days or later than sixty days after the submission by the governor of the reorganization plan to which the resolution pertains.
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(L. 1967 p. 98 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.530 - Approved plan to have effect of law, published how.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
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 public act of the state upon its taking effect by executive order as set forth in section 26.510, and it shall be published together with the laws adopted by the general assembly at the session in which the plan is submitted.
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(L. 1967 p. 98 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 26 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor › Section 26.540 - Plans limited to certain matters.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 26
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
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 provisions as are necessary to assure the uninterrupted conduct of the governmental services and functions affected by the proposed reorganization plan.
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(L. 1967 p. 98 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.010 - Attorney general, election, term of office, begins when — compensation.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
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 the second Monday in January next succeeding his or her election, and shall continue for four years, or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The attorney general shall keep his or her office in the supreme court building, and receive an annual salary of sixty-five thousand dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005, payable out of the state treasury. The salary shall constitute the total compensation for all duties to be performed by him or her and there shall be no further payments made to or accepted by him or her for the performance of any duty now required of him or her under any existing law. The attorney general shall devote his or her full time to the office, and, except in the performance of his or her official duties, shall not engage in the practice of law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12897, A.L. 1943 p. 869 § 1, A. 1949 S.B. 1010, A.L. 1955 p. 573, A.L. 1967 p. 97, A.L. 1977 H.B. 520, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1984 S.B. 528, A.L. 1987 H.B. 456, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11272; 1919 § 692; 1909 § 966
Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 105.005, in Appendix E.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.020 - Assistants and other personnel — qualifications — compensation.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
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 within the limits of the amount appropriated by the general assembly. Said assistant attorneys general shall hold their office at the pleasure of the attorney general, shall possess the same qualifications as the attorney general, and before entering upon the discharge of their duties shall each take and subscribe to an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri and to faithfully demean themselves in office. It shall be their duty to assist the attorney general in his official duties with power and authority under his direction to represent him in the discharge of all the duties of his office.
2. The attorney general may, at the request of any officer, department, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state, assign assistant attorneys general to perform the duties prescribed by law before or upon behalf of such officer, department, board, bureau, commission or agency and may, upon request as aforesaid, from time to time reassign such assistants.
3. The attorney general is also authorized to appoint a chief clerk, stenographers, typists, clerks, investigators and such other employees as shall be necessary to properly perform the duties of his office and shall fix the compensation of persons thus employed within the limits of the amount appropriated by the general assembly. Said employees shall serve during the pleasure of the attorney general. The assistant attorneys general and the chief clerk, stenographers, typists, clerks, investigators and other employees shall be paid in the same manner and at the same time as the attorney general. The compensation and expenses of said assistants and employees may be paid out of any state or federal funds appropriated to said department for such purposes.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12902, A.L. 1949 p. 227)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11277; 1919 § 697; 1909 § 971
(1988) Attorney general was authorized to terminate an assistant attorney general at any time and was not required to adopt a post-discharge hearing procedure. Where more than one statute deals with the same subject, the statutes should be harmonized when reasonable but to the extent of any discord between them, the definite prevails. (Mo. App. W.D.) Wood v. Webster, 772 S.W.2d 1.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.030 - To aid prosecuting and circuit attorneys, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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 juries, and when so directed by the trial court, he may sign indictments in lieu of the prosecuting attorney.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12898)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11273; 1919 § 693; 1909 § 967
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.040 - Opinions to be given, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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 the department of commerce and insurance, the director of the division of finance, and the head of any state department, or any circuit or prosecuting attorney upon any question of law relative to their respective offices or the discharge of their duties.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12899)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11274; 1919 § 694; 1909 § 968
(1974) Opinions of the attorney general are entitled to no more weight than that given the opinion of any other competent attorney. Gershman Investment Corp. v. Danforth (Mo.), 517 S.W.2d 33.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.050 - To appear in supreme court and court of appeals, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
Effective - 01 Jan 1972, see footnote
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 misdemeanors and those cases in which the name of the state is used as nominal plaintiff in the trial court.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12900, A.L. 1959 H.B. 120, A.L. 1971 H.B. 779)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11275; 1919 § 695; 1909 § 969
Effective 1-01-72
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.060 - To represent state in other cases.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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 all rights, interests or claims against any and all persons, firms or corporations in whatever court or jurisdiction such action may be necessary; and he may also appear and interplead, answer or defend, in any proceeding or tribunal in which the state's interests are involved.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12901)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11276; 1919 § 696; 1909 § 970
CROSS REFERENCES:
Declaratory judgments--to be served copy of proceedings, when, 527.110
Delinquent taxes, to assist state director of revenue in collecting, 136.150
Division of workers' compensation, legal advice to, 287.620
State highways and transportation commission, to advise, 226.070
(1951) Proceeding to oust county treasurer from office involved public interest and was properly brought by attorney general. State ex rel. Taylor v. Cumpton, 362 Mo. 199, 240 S.W.2d 877.
(1958) Attorney general is not the attorney for a trustee of a public charitable trust, but such trustee has right to be represented by attorney of his own choosing. Murphey v. Dalton (Mo.), 314 S.W.2d 726.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.070 - Shall file and index opinions.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12905)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11280; 1919 § 700; 1909 § 974
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.080 - Court costs fund — creation — purpose — payments to and from.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
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 the state of Missouri from the general revenue fund to be credited to such fund, and any money paid into the state treasury and required by law to be credited to such fund. This fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other moneys in the state treasury and shall be paid out by the state treasurer upon warrants issued by the state auditor as certified to by the commissioner of administration, upon verified vouchers of the attorney general. Such money, after appropriation pursuant to law, shall be available only for the making of deposits and the payment of court costs incurred in any litigation, suit or hearing pending or which may hereafter be pending in any state or federal court or tribunal in which it is the duty of the attorney general to prosecute, defend or appear; provided, however, that such deposits and costs as may be awarded or refunded to the state at the termination of any such litigation, suit or hearing shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the attorney general's court costs fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12903, A.L. 1949 p. 227)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 11278; 1919 § 698; 1909 § 972
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.090 - Transition funds and facilities for attorney general, when provided.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
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 general-elect to be used by him in preparing an orderly transition of administration shall be provided.
2. The legislature shall appropriate to the commissioner of administration, funds to be used only for the purpose of this transition and to be expended during the transition period but in no event shall the amount so appropriated exceed ten thousand dollars for any such transition and all funds not expended for this purpose during the transition shall revert to general revenue.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.095 - Attorney general's transition period defined.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
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.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.100 - Facilities to be provided for attorney general.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
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 and shall be suitable for the purpose and capable of adequately housing the attorney general-elect and his staff.
2. The commissioner of administration shall furnish the transition facility with adequate telephone service, office furniture and office machines including but not limited to typewriters, adding machines and duplicating equipment.
3. The transition period office space may be located in state-owned buildings or in leased property. All salaries, expenses, rentals and equipment purchase and repairs shall be made only from funds appropriated for the purpose of this transition.
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(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.105 - Attorney general's duty to enforce provisions of Chapter 572.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Transferred 2014; formerly 572.110; Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 27 - Attorney General › Section 27.115 - Legal counsel program for military service members — marketing, publicity — administration of program, attorney general to collaborate with Missouri Bar.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 27
Effective - 28 Aug 2020
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 their families find and retain affordable and qualified legal counsel in this state. The program shall be marketed to attorneys and military service members and their families. The program shall publicize coordinated offerings of pro bono legal services available to military service members and their families. The attorney general shall collaborate with the Missouri Bar in administering this program.
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(L. 2020 S.B. 656)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 28 - Secretary of State › Section 28.005 - Secretary of state, term of office, term begins, when.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 28
Effective - 28 Aug 1987
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.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 456)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title IV - Executive Branch › Chapter 28 - Secretary of State › Section 28.010 - Salary of secretary of state.

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 28
• Effective - 01 Jan 1985, see footnote
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.
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(L. 1943 p. 869 § 1, A. 1949 S.B. 1011, A.L. 1955 p. 574, A.L. 1967 p. 97, A.L. 1972 S.B. 615, A.L. 1977 H.B. 520, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1984 S.B. 528)
Effective 1-01-85
Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 105.005, in Appendix E.