Missouri Laws 23.030 – Legislative library — reference service
The legislative library room located on the third floor of the capitol building and in a northerly position between the senate chamber and the house chamber is set aside as a legislative library quarters under the direction and control of the committee on legislative research. Out of an appropriation made for that purpose, the committee on legislative research shall maintain a reference service which shall be available to the general assembly and the public. This service may include the following specific functions:
(1) Maintain a legislative library and purchase for the library any printed or written reference material relating to problems of the state or political subdivisions as would in the judgment of the committee aid the members of the general assembly;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 23.030
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Secure and file copies of all bills, resolutions, amendments, memorials, reports of committees, journals and other documents printed by order of either house of the general assembly; and collect, catalogue and index material as soon as practicable after it has been printed;
(3) Keep an index or digest of the action on each bill, resolution, and memorial by either body of the general assembly and the governor, the digest to be printed and distributed at intervals the committee deems practicable.