Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 3
Statutory Revision
Section 3.140
August 28, 2008
Sale of revised statutes, procedure for--cost, how determined--order
blanks to circuit clerks.
3.140. 1. The committee on legislative research may,
through the revisor of statutes, sell copies of the revised
statutes of Missouri, and any supplement or edition of pocket
parts thereto, not required by this chapter to be distributed
without charge, at a price to be determined by the committee,
taking into account the cost of printing and binding, including
the cost of delivery, and the money received therefor shall be
paid to the director of revenue and deposited in the state
treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
2. The revisor of statutes shall also supply to the clerk of
the circuit court of each county order blanks in a number
sufficient to meet the public demand. The blanks may be used by
the public to order copies which shall be sold by the committee
as provided in subsection 1.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.13, A.L. 1953 p. 549, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88,
A.L. 1961 p. 463, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1770, A.L. 1977 S.B.
419)
(1996) The committee has the power to determine the form and price,
which may include a profit, of the statutes, but cannot keep them
from the public. Deaton v. Kidd, 932 S.W.2d 804 (Mo.App. W.D. 1996).
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