Effective - 28 Aug 2004
21.820. Joint committee on government accountability established, members, duties, meetings, staff, report. — 1. There is established a joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Government Accountability" to be composed of seven members of the senate and seven members of the house of representatives. The senate members of the joint committee shall be appointed by the president pro tem and minority floor leader of the senate and the house members shall be appointed by the speaker and minority floor leader of the house of representatives. Each member shall be appointed for a term of two years or until a successor has been appointed to fill the member's place when his or her term has expired. Members may be reappointed to the joint committee. No party shall be represented by more than four members from the house of representatives nor more than four members from the senate. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum, but the concurrence of a majority of the members shall be required for the determination of any matter within the committee's duties.
2. The joint committee shall:
(1) Make a continuing study and analysis of inefficiencies, fraud and misconduct in state government;
(2) Determine the appropriate method of obtaining data on each entity of state government that will provide relevant information at least biennially for the identification of potential and actual inefficiencies in each state entity's function, duties, and performance;
(3) Determine from its study and analysis the need for changes in statutory law, rules, or policies; and
(4) Make any other recommendation to the general assembly necessary to reduce inefficiencies in state government;
(5) Identify and acknowledge government agencies and officials who perform functions in an efficient and effective manner.
3. The joint committee shall meet within thirty days after its creation and organize by selecting a chairperson and a vice chairperson, one of whom shall be a member of the senate and the other a member of the house of representatives. The chairperson shall alternate between members of the house and senate every two years after the committee's organization.
4. The committee shall meet at least four times a year. The committee may meet at locations other than Jefferson City when the committee deems it necessary.
5. The committee shall be staffed by legislative personnel as is deemed necessary to assist the committee in the performance of its duties.
6. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement from the joint contingent fund for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
7. It shall be the duty of the committee to compile a full report of its activities for submission to the general assembly. The report shall be submitted not later than the fifteenth of January of each year in which the general assembly convenes in regular session and shall include any recommendations which the committee may have for legislative action as well as any recommendations for administrative or procedural changes in the internal management or organization of state government agencies and departments. Copies of the report containing such recommendations shall be sent to the appropriate directors of state or local government agencies or departments included in the report.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1599)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title III - Legislative Branch
Section 21.010 - Meeting of the general assembly.
Section 21.020 - Joint meeting of senate and house, where held.
Section 21.030 - What officer shall preside — contempt — rules.
Section 21.040 - Members of either house may be punished for contempt.
Section 21.050 - Presiding officer may order detention of person disturbing meeting.
Section 21.060 - Majority necessary to a choice in elections.
Section 21.070 - Qualifications of senators.
Section 21.080 - Qualifications of representatives.
Section 21.090 - Vacancy, how filled.
Section 21.110 - Governor shall issue writs of election, when.
Section 21.120 - Writs of election, how directed.
Section 21.130 - Duty of election authority on receipt of writ.
Section 21.140 - Compensation of members — additional compensation of officers — mileage allowance.
Section 21.145 - Member's daily expense allowance — when paid.
Section 21.155 - Legislative employees, number, how determined.
Section 21.170 - Expense of serving process — witnesses' fees.
Section 21.180 - No allowance, except per diem.
Section 21.183 - Freshman tour of state institutions by newly elected members — expenses.
Section 21.200 - Expenses of visiting committees.
Section 21.210 - Allowance of accounts.
Section 21.220 - Expenses paid out of what fund.
Section 21.230 - Contingent expenses, how controlled.
Section 21.235 - Printing, other services for the senate — costs how paid — disposition of balance.
Section 21.240 - Joint expenses, how controlled.
Section 21.250 - Statutes, how authenticated when passed over veto, effective, when.
Section 21.260 - Appropriations to be itemized.
Section 21.280 - Local laws, how passed.
Section 21.300 - By whom signed, where published.
Section 21.310 - Proof of publication.
Section 21.320 - Notice to be attached to bill.
Section 21.330 - Mechanical roll call for house authorized.
Section 21.340 - Requirements for mechanical roll call.
Section 21.350 - Visual record board required.
Section 21.360 - Voting for another member — penalty.
Section 21.370 - Oaths, by whom administered.
Section 21.390 - Presiding officer may issue commission to take depositions.
Section 21.400 - Subpoenas shall be issued — attested, how.
Section 21.410 - Writs and process may be issued.
Section 21.420 - Lobbyists not to go upon the floor of the house or senate — penalty.
Section 21.430 - Disturbance of committee, how punished.
Section 21.525 - Institutions of higher education to report.
Section 21.553 - Joint committee on public retirement established — membership — terms.
Section 21.555 - Meeting of committee — quorum — officers, qualifications, expenses and per diem.
Section 21.557 - Personnel and actuarial assistance authorized — compensation, how paid.
Section 21.559 - Powers and duties of joint committee.
Section 21.561 - Retirement systems, state and local to cooperate.
Section 21.563 - Report, contents — submitted when.
Section 21.605 - Senate bills, how filed — immediate printing — what rules apply.
Section 21.610 - House bills, how filed — immediate printing — what rules apply.
Section 21.615 - Automatic introduction of filed bills.
Section 21.620 - Expenses, how paid.
Section 21.771 - Joint committee established, members, duties, meetings — expiration date.
Section 21.782 - Joint committee on eating disorders established, members, duties, report.
Section 21.790 - Task force established, members — duties — report.
Section 21.810 - Joint committee on tax policy established, members, appointment, duties.
Section 21.851 - Joint committee established, members, duties — report — expiration date.
Section 21.915 - Joint committee on rural economic development — members — duties — report.