3.010. As soon as possible after the final adjournment of the seventieth general assembly and at least every ten years thereafter, the revised statutes of Missouri shall be printed, published and distributed in as many volumes as the committee on legislative research (herein called "the committee") shall determine, and such publication shall be under the direction and supervision of the committee. The annotations may be printed separately. The cost of printing, binding and delivery of such publication shall be paid from funds appropriated from the general revenue for that purpose.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.01, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.020. The editions of the revised statutes hereby authorized shall contain:
(1) The Constitution of the United States;
(2) The constitution of this state;
(3) All statute laws of a general nature which are in force in the state of Missouri, including all general acts passed by the general assembly during its 1959 regular session;
(4) A full and accurate index of the statute laws and constitution of this state; and
(5) Such annotations, historical notes, supreme court rules and other information as the committee deems appropriate to include.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.02, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)CROSS REFERENCES:
Departmental organization plans to be published, Reorganization Act of 1974, Appendix B, RSMo 1978
Reorganization of executive agencies, RSMo 26.530
3.030. In preparing the revised statutes or any supplement or pocket part thereto for publication, the committee may omit the enacting clause of the several acts, and the titles of the several acts. Repealing, emergency and severability clauses also may be omitted.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.03, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)CROSS REFERENCE:
Severability of statutes, when portion of statutes found unconstitutional remaining provisions remain valid, exceptions, RSMo 1.140
3.040. No law relating to the bonded indebtedness of the state, no law of incorporation, no law for the appropriation of money, no memorial or joint resolution, no law or part of law of a private, local or temporary nature shall be published in the revised statutes or supplements or pocket parts thereto, but all such laws and provisions not expressly repealed shall continue in force or expire, according to their respective provisions or limitations.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.04, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.050. The committee may prefix to the statutory law a table of contents and shall prepare suitable headnotes or catch words to indicate briefly the subject matter of the several sections. The sections shall be numbered in such sequence as to permit insertion of additional legislation without changing the numbers. Notes shall be inserted to indicate the source of the various sections. The committee shall classify and arrange the entire body of statute laws in a logical order throughout the volumes, the arrangement to be such as will enable subjects of a kindred nature to be placed under one general head with necessary cross references. Notes of decisions of the courts, historical references and other material included in editions of the revised statutes of Missouri and supplements or pocket parts thereto shall be arranged in such manner as the committee finds will promote the usefulness thereof.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.05, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.060. 1. The committee, in preparing editions of the statutes and supplements or pocket parts thereto, shall not alter the sense, meaning, or effect of any legislative act; but may renumber sections and parts of sections thereof, change the wording of headnotes, rearrange sections, change reference numbers or words to agree with renumbered chapters or sections, substitute the word "chapter" for "act" or "article" and the like, substitute figures for written words and vice versa and change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity and correct manifest clerical or typographical errors.
2. It may
(1) Correct therein all words misspelled in enrollment;
(2) Correct all manifest clerical errors, including punctuation, but no correction shall constitute an alteration of or a departure from the enrollment;
(3) Transfer sections or divide or combine sections so as to give to distinct subject matters a section number but without changing the meaning;
(4) Substitute therein the name of any agency, officer or instrumentality of the state or of a county to which powers, duties and responsibilities have been transferred by law, for the name of any other agency, officer or instrumentality of the state or of a county previously vested with the same powers and charged with the same duties and responsibilities;
(5) Supply any obvious omission or inaccuracy, which shall be identified in the text. In any such case the committee shall add a footnote calling attention to such omission or correction and explaining the reason therefor; and
(6) Substitute therein the abbreviations: "RSMo" for "Missouri Revised Statutes", and "RSMo Supp." for any cumulative supplement to the Missouri Revised Statutes.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.06, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.065. 1. If any section of the revised statutes, supplement or pocket part, or of any act of the general assembly is amended or reenacted by more than one act at the same session of the general assembly, the section may be incorporated in the revised statutes edition, supplement or pocket part as amended or altered by the several acts if the amendments, changes or alterations can be incorporated in the section in such manner as to make the section intelligible. In any such case the revisor of statutes shall insert a note at the end of the section explaining the insertions or omissions accomplished by the various enactments. If the section cannot be made intelligible by incorporation of the amendments the section as enacted by each of the several acts shall be published in full.
2. If any section of existing law affected by a revision act is amended, reenacted or repealed by other acts passed at the same regular or extra session of the general assembly, the revision act shall be given effect only to the extent that its provisions do not conflict with the changes made in the existing law by the other acts and, in accordance with this provision, the section shall be shown as repealed or incorporated in the statutes as amended or altered by the several acts passed affecting it. The revisor of statutes, in such cases, shall insert an explanatory note at the end of the section indicating the changes made in its provisions by the several enactments.
(L. 1959 S.B. 88, A.L. 1969 H.B. 685)
3.066. When the Missouri supreme court or a federal court with competent jurisdiction makes a final ruling that a bill enacted by the Missouri general assembly or a Missouri state statute or any portion of a Missouri state statute contained in a bill enacted by the Missouri general assembly is unconstitutional on procedural grounds, the Missouri revisor of statutes shall:
(1) For a repealed statute or an amended statute contained in such bill, reprint the statute as it existed in the revised statutes of Missouri prior to the enactment of the bill that the court declared unconstitutional;
(2) For a new statute contained in such bill, remove the new statute from the revised statutes of Missouri, if necessary, and publish only a footnote calling attention to the ruling of the court explaining the reason for the removal of such statute from the revised statutes of Missouri.
(L. 2004 S.B. 884 § 3.075)
3.070. The committee shall appoint and fix the compensation of a revisor of statutes and other attorneys and assistants necessary to the performance of its duties under this chapter. The compensation of the revisor of statutes and his assistants and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties shall be paid from appropriations made for the committee on legislative research. The revisor of statutes shall be duly licensed to practice law in this state and serves at the pleasure of the committee. The revisor of statutes shall perform all duties required by the committee in connection with its duties under this chapter. He shall conform to all regulations prescribed for the internal operation of the committee and shall render such assistance to the general assembly in connection with pending or proposed legislation as required by the committee or by any law imposing duties on the committee. He is subject also in all respects to the law governing other persons appointed or employed by the committee. The division of design and construction shall provide adequate office space in the capitol building for the revisor of statutes and the attorneys and employees associated with him.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.07, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)CROSS REFERENCES:
Boilers, revision of state regulations relating to emissions restrictions, director of department of natural resources to notify revisor, RSMo 650.216
Sunday sales law exemptions for counties or areas, notation by revisor, RSMo 578.100, 578.110
Sunday sales law exemption for St. Louis City, certain areas, notation by revisor, RSMo 578.106
3.080. The secretary of state shall deliver to the revisor of statutes the original rolls of all laws of a general nature which are necessary to enable the committee to incorporate in editions of the revised statutes or in supplements or pocket parts thereto all laws required to be included therein by this chapter. The revisor of statutes is responsible for the safekeeping of the original rolls while they are in his possession and shall, as soon as the comparisons required by this chapter are completed, return same to the secretary of state's office.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.08, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.090. 1. The revisor of statutes shall supervise the printing and publication of all editions of the revised statutes of Missouri and all supplements and pocket parts thereto. He shall proofread and compare all copies of laws appearing in the revised statutes of Missouri and supplement or pocket parts thereto and supervise the correction thereof to ensure that all such copies are true and correct copies of the existing laws of this state according to the original rolls thereof with only such variations in the language thereof as are authorized by section 3.060.
2. When any volume of any edition of the revised statutes of Missouri, or any supplement or any edition of pocket parts thereto is printed and published the revisor of statutes shall certify that all laws printed therein have been examined and compared as required by this section and that the same are true and correct copies thereof as passed and remaining in the office of the secretary of state, and that the revised statutes, supplement or pocket part thereto, as thus published, and all laws as therein contained, are true copies of the existing laws of the state of Missouri, of a general nature. He shall deposit a copy of each volume of the revised statutes, supplement or pocket part, so certified, in the secretary's office, which shall be prima facie evidence of such statutes. The certificate shall be printed in each copy of the revised statutes, supplement or pocket part, and every copy so printed containing the certificate may be used in evidence without other or further proof of authentication.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.09, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)(1974) Revised statutes are no more than prima facie evidence of a statute, and revisors, absent a legislative act amending a section, have no authority to change substantive meaning of a law. Protection Mutual Insurance Co. v. Kansas City (Mo.), 504 S.W.2d 127.
3.100. The committee shall determine the style and size of type, the grade of paper and the type and method of binding to be used in publishing the revised statutes, annotations and all supplements and pocket parts thereto.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.10, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.110. The printing and publication of the revised statutes of Missouri, annotations thereto and supplements or pocket parts and the paper used therefor, shall be obtained through the state director of the division of purchasing, as otherwise provided by law.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.09a, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)
3.120. 1. After publication of the revised statutes for the year 1959, the committee shall formulate and supervise plans and methods for the future revision, clarification, classification, codification, arrangement, annotation, indexing, printing, binding and publication of the revised statutes of Missouri, including annotations, supplements and pocket parts and all editions thereof, and make its report and recommendations thereon to the general assembly.
2. The committee shall establish a subcommittee on revision which shall conduct and supervise a continuing program of statute revision which is designed to correct defectively enacted or worded statutes without changing the substantive provisions thereof to the end that the statute publication may become a more accurate and authentic statement of the laws of the state. In connection with this program, the committee may select an advisory committee on statute revision, composed of four members of the Missouri Bar, who are known to be interested in the improvement of statute laws and may authorize the payment of the expenses incurred by such members while attending meetings with the committee, the subcommittee on revision or with the revisor of statutes. The subcommittee on revision shall present to each general assembly such revision bills as it finds appropriate to accomplish its purposes.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.11, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88)CROSS REFERENCE:
Revision bill, content, RSMo 23.045
3.125. 1. The committee may publish annual or biennial cumulative or noncumulative supplements or pocket parts to the revised statutes of Missouri in lieu of complete editions thereof except at such times as complete editions are published. Any supplement or edition of pocket parts is subject in all respects to the provisions of this law relating to the publication of an edition of the revised statutes and the committee has the same powers and duties with respect to the publication thereof. When funds for the printing thereof are duly appropriated by the general assembly, the committee shall cause to be classified, arranged, numbered and printed in either an edition of the revised statutes or in supplements or pocket parts thereto, in accordance with this chapter, all laws of a general nature adopted at any session of the general assembly.
2. The committee shall report to the general assembly whenever called upon, and shall prepare and submit to the general assembly such consolidation, revision and other matters relating to the statutes as can be completed from time to time.
(L. 1959 S.B. 88, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1770)Effective 5-12-76
3.130. 1. Such number of copies of each volume of each edition of the revised statutes of Missouri and annotations thereto and such number of the supplements or pocket parts thereto as may be necessary to meet the demand as determined by the committee shall be printed and bound, and also produced in an electronic format, and delivered to the revisor of statutes, who shall execute and file a receipt therefor with the director of revenue. The revisor of statutes shall distribute the copies, in either version or combination, without charge as follows:
(1) To each state department, and each division and bureau thereof, one copy as requested in writing specifying the version;
(2) To each member of the general assembly when first elected, one bound version and, if requested, one copy in the electronic version; and at each general assembly thereafter, one printed version and one copy in the electronic version if so requested in writing; each member to receive one printed version and, if requested, one copy in the electronic version of each supplement and of each new edition of the revised statutes when published;
(3) To each judge of the supreme court, the court of appeals and to each judge of the circuit courts, except municipal judges, one copy in either version;
(4) To the probate divisions of the circuit courts of Jackson County, St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis, four additional copies each in either version or combination, and to the probate divisions of the circuit courts of those counties where the judge of the probate division sits in more than one city, one additional copy each in either version;
(5) To the law library of the supreme court, ten copies in either version or combination;
(6) To the law libraries of each district of the court of appeals, six copies each in either version or combination;
(7) To the library of the United States Supreme Court, one copy in either version;
(8) To the United States district courts and circuit court of appeals for Missouri, two copies each in either version or combination;
(9) To the state historical society, two copies in either version or combination;
(10) To the libraries of the state university at Columbia, at St. Louis, at Kansas City and at Rolla, one bound version and one electronic version each;
(11) To the state colleges, Lincoln University, the community colleges, Missouri Western State College, Linn State Technical College, and Missouri Southern State College, one bound version and one electronic version each;
(12) To the public school library of St. Louis, two copies in either version or combination;
(13) To the Library of Congress, one copy in either version;
(14) To the Mercantile Library of St. Louis, one bound version and one electronic version;
(15) To each public library in the state, if requested, one copy in either version;
(16) To the law libraries of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Kansas City and St. Joseph, one bound version and one electronic version each;
(17) To the law schools of the state university, St. Louis University, and Washington University, one bound version and one electronic version each;
(18) To the circuit clerk of each county of the state for distribution to each county officer, to be by him or her delivered to his or her successor in office, one copy in either version as requested in writing;
(19) To the director of the committee on legislative research, such number of copies in either version or combination as may be required by such committee for the performance of its duties;
(20) To any county law library, when requested by the circuit clerk, one bound version and one electronic version;
(21) To each county library, one copy of either version, when requested in writing;
(22) To any committee of the senate or house of representatives, as designated and requested by the accounts committee of the respective house.
2. The revisor of statutes shall also provide the librarians of the supreme court library and the committee on legislative research such copies in either version or combination as may be necessary, not exceeding fifty-one each, to enable them to exchange the copies for like compilations or revisions of the statute laws of other states and territories.
(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.12, A.L. 1953 p. 549, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88, A.L. 1971 S.B. 222, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1770, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1849, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
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).
3.142. 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a revolving fund known as the "Statutory Revision Fund", and which shall receive funds paid to the revisor of statutes for sales of the revised statutes of Missouri or any supplement thereto, whether in printed, electronic, magnetic, or other form and funds received for any other service for which there is a fee charged by the committee on legislative research. The committee on legislative research shall determine the form and any fees or charges for the statutes or services. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and shall make disbursements from the fund for enhancing or producing the electronic form of the revised statutes in a computer readable form, enhancing the electronic* processing of computerized legislative drafting and such other purposes authorized by the joint committee on legislative research upon appropriation by the general assembly. Moneys in the fund may also be used at the direction of the committee on legislative research to provide the revised statutes of Missouri and any supplement thereto to public libraries of this state in a computer readable format for use by patrons of the libraries.
2. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of any biennium not to exceed twice the cost of providing the annual supplement to the revised statutes of Missouri is exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, relating to transfer of unexpended balances to the ordinary revenue fund.
(L. 1992 H.B. 1849 § 1)Effective 5-28-92
*Word "electric" appears in original rolls.
3.145. The committee on legislative research, through the revisor of statutes, shall cause all temporary laws to be printed in the revised statutes, and all supplements, with the termination date clearly shown. Appropriation bills shall not be printed.
(L. 1977 S.B. 419)
3.150. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary the revisor of statutes is hereby directed to codify all sections of law or portions of sections of law imposing court costs, fees, miscellaneous charges and surcharges imposed in connection with filing and prosecution of judicial cases, both civil and criminal, into one chapter of the revised statutes of Missouri. The revisor shall recodify those sections or portions of sections of existing law which impose such court costs, including, but not limited to, sections 56.310, 56.765, 57.280, 57.290, 57.955, 66.110, 67.133, 193.205, 193.265, 221.070, 221.120, 455.205*, 476.053*, 478.401*, 479.260, 479.261*, 482.345, 483.500, 483.505, 483.530, 483.535, 483.550, 483.580, 483.591*, 485.100*, 485.120*, 487.170*, 488.305, 488.605, 488.1005, 488.1010, 491.280, 491.420, 494.455, 494.480, 513.623, 517.151, 561.035*, 577.048*, 590.140* and 595.045, RSMo, chapters 514 and 550, RSMo, subsection 2 of sections 476.385, RSMo, and 488.2205, RSMo, and any other sections or portions of sections of law which impose such court costs, both existing and future, into one chapter of the revised statutes which deals with court costs, which shall be titled to reflect that all sections relating to such court costs are contained within said chapter. From time to time, the revisor of statutes shall call upon the state courts administrator for assistance in determining what sections, or portions of sections, of law impose court costs for purposes of this section.
(L. 1996 S.B. 869)*Transferred 2000; 455.205 now 488.445 476.053 now 488.027 478.401 now 488.447 479.261 now 488.607 483.591 now 488.2275 485.100 now 488.2250 485.120 now 488.2253 487.170 now 488.2300 561.035 now 488.5332 577.048 now 488.5334 590.140 now 488.5336
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