Missouri Constitution Article III Sec. 29 – Effective date of laws — exceptions — procedure in emergencies and upon recess
No law passed by the general assembly, except an appropriation act, shall take effect until ninety days after the adjournment of the session in either odd-numbered or even-numbered years at which it was enacted. However, in case of an emergency which must be expressed in the preamble or in the body of the act, the general assembly by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house, taken by yeas and nays may otherwise direct; and further except that, if the general assembly recesses for thirty days or more it may prescribe by joint resolution that laws previously passed and not effective shall take effect ninety days from the beginning of the recess.
Terms Used In Missouri Constitution Article III Sec. 29 - Effective date of laws -- exceptions -- procedure in emergencies and upon recess
- 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
- Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
- Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.