2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE III LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Chapter 21 General Assembly
Section 21.030 What officer shall preside--contempt--rules.
What officer shall preside--contempt--rules.
21.030. When assembled, the president of the senate shall preside, and the meeting shall be governed by the standing rules adopted for that purpose by the concurrence of both houses; they may punish any person, other than a member, for disorderly or contemptuous behavior in their presence, by fine and imprisonment, in the manner and to the extent either house may punish for like conduct before them by the constitution of this state.
(RSMo 1939 12880, A.L. 1957 p. 595)Prior revisions: 1929 11255; 1919 7138; 1909 8134
CROSS REFERENCES:
General assembly, powers and duties, appointment of officers, Const. Art. III 18
Lieutenant governor, ex officio president of senate, Const. Art. IV 10
Signing of bills by presiding officers, Const. Art. III 30
Tie vote for office, how decided, 115.517
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