Mo. Const. art. III – Legislative Department | Midpage1Legislative power — general assembly2Prohibited activities by General Assembly members and employees — campaign contribution limits and restrictions3Election of representatives — legislative redistricting methods — house independent bipartisan citizens commission, appointment, duties, compensation — court actions, procedure4Qualifications of representatives5Senators — number — senatorial districts6Qualifications of senators7Senate independent bipartisan citizens commission, appointment, duties, compensation — court actions, procedure8Term limitations for members of General Assembly9Apportionment of representatives10Basis of apportionment — alteration of districts11Time of election of senators and representatives12Members of general assembly disqualified from holding other offices13Vacation of office by removal of residence14Writs of election to fill vacancies15Oath of office of members of assembly — administration — effect of refusal to take oath and conviction of violation16Compensation, mileage allowance and expenses of general assembly members17Limitation on number of legislative employees18Appointment of officers of houses — jurisdiction to determine membership — power to make rules, punish for contempt and disorderly conduct and expel members19Legislative privileges — legislative records — legislative proceedings public20Regular sessions of assembly — quorum — compulsory attendance — public sessions — limitation on power to adjourn20(a)Automatic adjournment — tabling of bills, when20(b)Special session, procedure to convene — limitations — automatic adjournment20(c)Political fundraising prohibited on state property20(d)Severability provision21Style of laws — bills — limitation on amendments — power of each house to originate and amend bills — reading of bills22Referral of bills to committees — recall of referred bills — records of committees — provision for interim meetings23Limitation of scope of bills — contents of titles — exceptions24Printing of bills and amendments25Limitation on introduction of bills26Legislative journals — demand for yeas and nays — manner and record of vote27Concurrence in amendments — adoption of conference committee reports — final passage of bills28Form of reviving, reenacting and amending bills29Effective date of laws — exceptions — procedure in emergencies and upon recess30Signing of bills by presiding officers — procedure on objections — presentation of bills to governor31Governor's duty as to bills — time limitations — failure to return, bill becomes law32Vetoed bills reconsidered, when34Revision of general statutes — limitation on compensation35Committee on legislative research36Payment of state revenues and receipts to treasury — limitation of withdrawals to appropriations — order of appropriations37Limitation on state debts and bond issues37(a)State building bond issue authorized — interest rate — payment from income tax and other funds37(b)Water pollution control fund established — bonds authorized — funds to stand appropriated37(c)Additional water pollution control bonds authorized — procedure37(d)Third state building bond issue authorized — procedures — use of funds37(e)Water pollution control, improvement of drinking water systems and storm water control — amount of indebtedness, bonds authorized, procedure37(f)Fourth state building bond and interest fund created — bond issue authorized, procedure — use of funds37(g)Rural water and sewer grants and loans — bonds authorized, procedure — appropriation of funds, limitations37(h)Storm water control plans, studies and projects — bonds authorized, procedure — storm water control bond and interest fund created, administration (includes St. Louis City and counties of the first classification)38(a)Limitation on use of state funds and credit — exceptions — public calamity — blind pensions — old age assistance — aid to children — direct relief — adjusted compensation for veterans — rehabilitation — participation in federal aid38(b)Tax levy for blind pension fund38(c)Neighborhood improvement districts, cities and counties may be authorized to establish, powers and duties — limitation on indebtedness38(d)Stem cell research — title of law — permissible research — violations, penalty — report required, when — prohibited acts — definitions39Limitation of power of general assembly39(a)Bingo may be authorized — requirements39(b)State lottery, authority to establish — lottery proceeds fund established, purpose39(c)Pari-mutuel wagering may be authorized by general assembly — horse racing commission established, election procedure to adopt or reject horse racing39(d)Gaming revenues to be appropriated to public institutions of elementary, secondary and higher education39(e)Riverboat gambling authorized on Missouri and Mississippi Rivers — boats in moats authorized39(f)Raffles and sweepstakes, charitable or religious organizations may sponsor, standards and conditions39(g)Sports wagering — licensure, requirements — rulemaking authority — wagering tax, amount — online sports wagering — fund created, use of monies — definitions — severability clause40Limitations on passage of local and special laws41Indirect enactment of local and special laws — repeal of local and special laws42Notice of proposed local or special laws43Title and control of lands of United States — exemption from taxation — taxation of lands of nonresidents44Uniform interest rates45Congressional apportionment45(a)Term limitations for members of U.S. Congress — effective when — voluntary observance required, when46Militia46(a)Emergency duties and powers of assembly on enemy attack47State parks — appropriations for, required48Historical memorials and monuments — acquisition of property49Reservation of power to enact and reject laws50Initiative petitions — signatures required — form and procedure51Appropriations by initiative — effective date of initiated laws — conflicting laws concurrently adopted52(a)Referendum — exceptions — procedure52(b)Veto power — elections — effective date53Basis for computation of signatures required